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on the banks of" llie Great Western Railway, between 

 Reading and Oxford, three specimens of C. Edusa; also 

 one of Gonepleryx rhamni. — E. H. Maycock; 22, Clemens 

 Street, Leamington. 



[Three specimens of Colias Edusa also seen at Ryde, Isle 

 of Wight, by Mr. Liveridge, on the 22nd April.— Ed.] 



Revision of the HesperiD/E. — In the current part of the 

 * Stettiner Entomologische Zeilnng' there is an excellent 

 monograph of the Hesperides of the European fauna, by Dr. 

 A. Speyer (vol. xxxix., pp. 167 — 193). The views there 

 expressed do not appear to emanate from any sensational 

 love of change, or to establish any arbitrary or whimsical 

 arrangement; but the conclusions are arrived at after the 

 careful study of the structure of most of the known forms. 

 From this it is very probable that his generic distinctions 

 will be ado))ted till our, at present, somewhat meagre know- 

 ledge of this neglected group of butterflies is increased. An 

 analytical table of the genera is given, but for i)resent and 

 practical purposes it will suffice to indicate to which of these 

 genera the British species are relegated. This is, perhaps, 

 the more necessary, since even the three genera of Double- 

 day's list are ignored in 'British Butterflies;' Newuian, 

 with some misgivings (B. B. p. 169) followed Herrich- 

 Schaffer in keeping the species all under Hesperia. Dr. 

 Speyer divides the group into nine genera, one only of which 

 is new, though others are restricted and altered. Amongst 

 these the forty-one species are rather unequally divided. 

 Our British species occur as follows: — 

 Carte iioCEPHALUs, Led. 



Palasmon, Pall. = Paniscus, Fab. 

 Thymelicus, Huh. 



Thaumas, Uufn. = Linea, JV. V. 



Aclaeon, Rolt. 

 Pamphila, Fah. 



Co nun a, Liini. 



Sylvanus, Esp. 

 ScELOTHRix, Ramb. 



Malvaj, Linn. = Alveolus, Hub. 

 NiSONIADES, Hub. 



Tages, Linn. Edward A. Fitch. 



Heliothis armigkra in Gloucestershire. — 1 caught a 

 specimen of H. ann'ujera in my felt hat at one o'clock in 

 the day, on August 29ih, near Woottou-under-Edge. It was 

 flying (looking almost while) in the broiling sun, among the 

 long bent grasses that cover the sides of our hills. 1 had no 



