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Meyrick, and others, will be found in the " Proceedings of the 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales," and other Australian 

 journals. 



New Zealand. 



In 1874 Dr. A. G. Butler published a ''Catalogue of the 

 Lepidoptera of New Zealand," as part of a long-interrupted 

 work, " Hie Zoology of the Voyage of the Erebus and Terror," 

 incorporating references to all that was then known on the 

 subject. Since then much progress has been made, but chiefly 

 in journals, though we may notice Mr. George Hudson's 

 "Elementary Manual of New Zealand P^ntomology " (1892), 

 which includes descriptions and figures of Lepidoptera. Tliose 

 interested in the subject should consult the " Transactions 

 and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute," published 

 at Wellington, N.Z. 



Nearctic Region. 



The literature of both North and South America is much 

 older and more extensive than that of any other part of the 

 world, except Europe. Perhaps the oldest book of importance 

 relative to North America (and one frequently quoted by 

 Linnaeus), is Catesby's " Natural History of Carolina, Florida, 

 and the Bahama Islands," which forms two folio volumes and 

 an Appendix, first published in 173 1, 1743, and 1748 respec- 

 tively. There are several later editions in English, besides 

 translations in Latin, French, German, and Dutch. Several 

 North American Butterflies and Moths are figured in this book. 



Another work, issued at the end of the last century, but of 

 great and permanent value, is Abbot and Smith's " Natural 

 History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia," published 

 in two folio volumes in 1797. It contains 104 coloured i)lates, 

 each representing the metamorphoses of a single species. Abbot 



