LEPIDOPTEROLOGY. 113 



Western Europe and Algeria. 4. Tropical Africa. Under each of 

 these IS a list of species with historical and critical remarks in most 

 cases, much of which one would desire to quote if space allowed. 



Article III. is a translation from The National Reriew of China 

 (Shanghai) on the region of Ta-tsien-lou, prefaced by some introductory 

 notes, and by a communication from the late Pere Dejean. IV. deals 

 with the Zyg^nas of Central Italy, and a paper by Signor Orazio Querci 

 on these is given in Italian and in French translation, and V. an 

 important communication on Ziji/aena tranaulpina and its variation by 

 ■Count E. Turati occupies twenty pages and refers to the figures in 

 PI. LXII. in the fifth fasciculus. 



There follows, as Section VI., a most interesting account of a new 

 Arctia discovered by Mr. H. Powell in Algeria. It is allied to Cyw- 

 balophora pudica, a common South European moth, notable for 

 squeaking when on the wing. The new species Ti/mpanophora liamhli 

 (Harold Powell) Oberthiir, is apparently very rare and local in Algeria, 

 yet Mr. Powell found an area of some two or three square miles in 

 which the larva swarmed to such an extent as to totally destroy the 

 barley crops and clear off much grassy and other herbage. Mr. 

 Powell's observations are of great interest, he deals with the life-history 

 in detail, and his account of the way in which the male repeats his 

 ■cry when approaching the female, and the less loud replies of the 

 female, of his investigations of the structures by which the sound is 

 produced, and of various other details of structure and habits, makes 

 such a record of curious facts and persevering observations, and is set 

 forth in so clear and simple a manner, as is quite a luxury to read. 



There are next some 80 or 90 pages of " Revision des Phalenites," 

 continuing the account of Guenee's types, and referring to 226 figures 

 on Plates CXLIV to CLX. 



The next ten plates give figures of exotic butterflies chiefly from 

 Central Asia, but also from Africa and South America. These are all 

 ■dealt with in the explanation of plates. 



Then follow thirteen plates of varieties of Arctias, Jiavia, hehe, 

 villica, caja (six plates), purpnrata and doniinida, of which a number of 

 villica and caja are from British examples, some of which suggest big 

 prices at Stevens. These plates are in illustration of the treatment of 

 the Arctiids in Fasc. V., and details are given in the explanation of 

 plates. Varieties of caja have been much figured, but nowhere else is 

 there so large a collectien of varied forms so beautifully presented as 

 here. There are four or five more plates of chiefly non-European 

 Arctiids (not varieties) including T;iwpano}ihoya haroldi, with its 

 semi-apterous female. Then follows a plate of varieties of S. menthastri, 

 under the name of Inbriripcda ; most of these examples are British. 

 In Vol. v., M. Oberthiir gives his reasons for believing this species to 

 be really the inbricipeda of Linnaeus, and that Esper was in error in 

 applying that name to the species to which we now apply it. It 

 appears, however, from what M. Oberthiir says, that Linnanis, by 

 his reference to Roesel, included both species under hthricipeda, though 

 his description was taken from iiientlmatri, Esper. It was, therefore, 

 quite within his right for Esper to retain the Linnean name for either 

 species, renaming the other, besides which Esper was the first to 

 figure the insects under these names, though M. Oberthiir apparently 



