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Part 9 of the "Illustrations of Typical Si)ecimens of 

 Lepidoptera Iletcrocera in the Collection of the British 

 Museum," })ublished in 1893, is devoted to the Macro- 

 Hctcrocera of Ceylon, and is written by Sir George Hampson, 



Alalay rciiiiisula. 



Two books may be noticed under this heading. In 1843 

 Delessert published his " Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans ITnde," 

 in which Guerin-Mt'neville described and figured an interesting 

 series of conspicuous Butterflies and Moths. 



The Butterflies have since been very fully described and 

 figured by Mr. AV. L. Distant in his " Rhopalocera Malayana : 

 a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula," pub- 

 lished in parts from 1882 to 1886, 



Fhilippi/ies. 



A large work, edited by C. Semper, and entitled " Reisen 

 im Archipel der Philippinen," is now in course of publication at 

 Wiesbaden, the second series (Zweiter Theil) of which is 

 devoted to " Scientific Results " (Wissenchaftliche Resultate). 

 The Lepidoptera are edited by G. Semper ; and the Butterflies, 

 forming vol. v. of the series, are now completed ; vol. vi. part i, 

 commencing the Moths, appeared in 1896. This book is 

 notable on account of the prominence given to metamorphoses, 

 both in the text and en the plates. 



Java. 



Under this heading we may include Horsfield's unfinished 

 *' Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained 

 in the Museum of the East India Company " (2 parts, 4to, 

 1828 and 1829), which was chiefly based on his collection 

 and observations of the metamorphoses of the Lepidoplera of 

 I ava. 



