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To properly group the species, however, requires a knowledge of 

 their life-histories, and a prolonged study of all the characters offered 

 by the various stages in order to see how far the different characters 

 support the gen italic grouping. Without any real knowledge of the 

 characters here noted as desirable, we have already (1906) separated 

 group 1, ari/ioliis, piispa, etc., as Celastrina ; whilst Felder, considering 

 haralduii " not congeneric with anything else," called it Lycaenojisis 

 (1865). We are not aware whether other authors have provided names 

 for groups 3 or 4, nor are we at all sure that it would be considered 

 desirable in the present stage of our knowledge. Dr. Chapman has 

 treated them all as one group, applied Felder's name (type haraldm) 

 to the whole of the group, and leaves to some later student who may 

 work it fi-om another standpoint, to further break it up if he finds 

 characters that agree with the groups suggested by the ancillary 

 appendages, and thus support the subdivision. 



Some day, perhaps, we may get a revision of the Celastrinids in 

 their widest sense, including Zizera {maha, etc.), ? Notarthrinus, 

 Neo/iithecops (zalmora), etc. Dr. Chapman has done the collar work 

 for this future piece of study excellently; he has shown many supposed 

 species to be only forms of others, to which their relationship was not 

 expected ; he has given easy means of defining species (except in the 

 puzzling dilecta group), he has given a definition of the Lj^caenopsids 

 or Celastrinids in their wider sense, and turns out some species hitherto 

 considered to belong to the group ; his paper is a clear, concise, and 

 masterly summary, and is only not more extensive, because, whilst he 

 has been at work on this, the present writer has asked his assistance in a 

 dozen other directions — Everids, Agriadids, etc. — and, forgetful that 

 there are only 24 hours in the day, now gives the most unkindest cut 

 of all, by following up his crude criticism of his friend's work with the 

 Oliver Twist gasp for "more," always "more." 



The third volume of the Bolletmo de Lab. di Zoologia Generale e 

 A(jraria d. Prntici has just come to hand, and maintains the high 

 position attained by its predecessors. Papers on "Parasitic Hymen- 

 optera," by F. Silvestri, " Chalcids," by L. Masi, " Thysanoptera," by 

 P. Baffa, " Material for the study of the Hispidae," by R. Gestro, an 

 exhaustive account of " Dicrannra vinnla and its parasites," by G. 

 Martelli, are only indications to some of the chief papers published in 

 this excellently printed and illustrated journal. 



In the Int. Ent. Zeiu., iii., p. 140, Noack records the capture of a 

 gynandromorph Lymantria vionacha near Stettin, on August 24th. 

 The left side is J , 26mm. in wing-expanse, of the typical monacha 

 form ; the right side is J , 22mm. in wing-expanse, of the form 

 eremita; the antennje, thorax, and abdomen are divided bilaterally like 

 the wings. 



A very interesting personal note occurs in the current number of 

 the Canadian Entomologist, to the effect that the late Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards, finding himself without the necessary funds to publish the 

 third volume of his Butterfiies of North America, contemplated offering 

 his collection of North American butterflies to the Trustees of the 

 British Museum, in order to secure the money to enable him to go on 

 with his work. To prevent the types of his species going out of 

 America, Dr. W. .J. Holland offered to pay the bills for the publication 

 of the third volume of the Butter/lies of North America as they became 



