2o6 Lloyd's natural hlstorv 



Crai/ibida', ' published in January, 1896, by the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, may be specially noticed. 



We will close our notice of the literature of the Nearctic 

 Region with that of two essays published by one of our own 

 countrymen. Lord Walsingham, who is chiefly interested in the 

 Micro- Lepidoptera^ and who, some years ago, undertook an 

 expedition through the Western States of America, adding to 

 his collection of insects on every opportunity. 



Part 4 of the "Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepi- 

 doptcra Heterocera in the British Museum" consists of a treatise 

 on North American Tortricidce by Lord Walsingham, largely 

 augmented from his own collections in California and Oregon. 



In 1880 Lord Walsingham published a smaller work on the 

 PteropJwridcc of California and Oregon. 



The principal American writers on Micro-Lcpidopfera have 

 been Brackenridge Clemens, Robinson, Fernald, and V. T. 

 Chambers. The collected papers of Clemens (unfortunately 

 so far only as they relate to Tijiece) were reprinted by Stainton 

 in 1872 under the title of " The llneina of North America." 



NEOTRoncAL Region. 



Mr. W. Schaus has commenced a work entitled, "American 

 Lepidopiera: Illustrations of New and Rare Species" (London, 

 1892), but as yet only one part has appeared. 



Mexico and Central America. 



The one great entomological undertaking of which England 

 may be really proud is Messrs. Godman and Salvin's "Biologia 

 Ccntrali-Amcricana," the zoological portion of which, com- 

 menced in 1879, takes in the fauna of all the countries 

 between the northern frontier of Mexico and the Isthmus of 

 Parama. At present, the second volume of Lcpidoptera 



