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by M. Fonscolombe ', M. Gen6^ Dr. Brandt ^ and M. Bouche^ in 

 various valuable memoirs''. 



Lepidoptera. — In this beautiful order our continental neighbours 

 have been making great advances. Two distinct and beautiful pe- 

 riodical works are now in progress of publication in Paris, devoted 

 to the illustrations of the larvse and pupae of Europaean Lepidoptera *>. 

 Three also, in like manner, devoted to figures of the perfect insects, 

 forming, in fact, supplements to the great works of Hiibner and 

 Godart, are in course of publication ''. M. Boisduval has published a 

 work upon the Lepidoptera of the islands of the Southern Ocean -^. 

 Mr. Swainson has illustrated numerous exotic groups of Butterflies 

 in the New Series of his 'Zoological Illustrations.' Meigen has com- 

 menced an illustrated Mork upon the Lepndoptera of Europe ; but 

 perhaps the most valuable undertaking connected with this order is 

 the Microlcpidopterology of Count Fischer, of which the commence- 

 ment has just appeared^, in as much as the objects to which it is de- 

 voted, the Tortricidce and TineidcB, especially in their preparatory 

 states, have most need of careful illustration. The beautiful work of 

 Mr. Wood will be found exceedingly serviceable to the English Le- 

 pidopterist. Mr. Stephens has laid before the Society an account of 



' In the Annales Soc. Ent. de France, Vol. III. Part II. 



" In the Fanna del Regno di Napoli. 4to. With plates. 



3 In Memoires Acad. Imp. Scienc. St. Petersboiirg. 6th Series. Vol. III. Liv. 1. 



'' Naturgeschichte der Insecteri, Vol. I. 8vo. 1831. With plates. 



* Dr. Buniieister has also, since this Report was read, published sonic very valuable 

 observations upon this family in the 2nd Volume of his Handbucher ; in which he 

 has given an entire revision of the whole of the Suctorial Hemiptera, to which the 

 Pediculidse are added. 



'' Collection Iconographique et Histori(iue des Chenilles : par MM. Boisduval, 

 Rambur et Graslin, Paris, 8vo, Livr. 1 — 30. Iconographie des Chenilles: par M. 

 Duponchel, Livr. 1 — 12, Paris, 8vo. 



7 Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres ou Papillons de France. Par Godart, con- 

 tinuee par M. Duponchel, Tom. I — XII. Paris, 8vo. — Supplement a I'Histoire Na- 

 turelle de Lepidopteres. Par M. Duponchel, Livr. 1 — 17. Paris, 8vo. — Icones Hi- 

 storiques des Lepidopteres nouveaux ou pen connus. Parle Docteur Boisduval. Livr. 

 1 — 30. Paris, 8vo. — M. Cantener has commenced a Histoire Naturelle des Lepido- 

 pteres Rhopaloceres (knobbed-horned) des Departemens du Haut et du Bas-Rhin. 

 Livr. 1 — 4. Paris. — Treitschkehasbegun a Hulfsbuch fur Schmetterlings Sammler. 

 Vienne and Paris, 1834. With coloured figures. He has also completed the great 

 work of Ochsenheimer ' Die Schmetterlinge von Europa.' — M. Freyer is also pub- 

 lishing a periodical work upon the Lepidoptera, with coloured plates, entitled ' Neuer 

 Beitrage zur Schmetterlingskunde, &'c. Dregsburg, 1 — 1(3 Hefte, each with 6 plates. 

 • — MM. Villiers and Guenee have imdertaken a comprehensive work under the title 

 of Tableaux Synoptiques des Lepidopteres d'Europe, which is announced as likely 

 to form 8 Volumes, 4to. — M. Poey's Centurie des Lepidopteres de I'lle de Cuba, 

 Paris, 8vo, commenced in 1832, must not be omitted. 



^ Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon, Maurice; Lepidopteres par M. 

 Boisduval. Large 8vo. M. Boisduval has also published a memoir upon the same 

 subject in the Nouv. Ami. de Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Tom. II. No. 2. The same author 

 has published a Monographic des Zygsenides, including a Synopsis of European 

 Lepidoptera, 8vo, Paris, 1828; and, in conjunction with ^I. Lecomte, has com- 

 menced the publication of an illustrated work upon the Lepidoptera of North 

 America; parts 11—22 have just been published in Paris. 



" Alibildunger zur Berechtigung und Ergiinzung Schmetterlingkunde besonders 

 der Mikrolepidopterologie, &c. Voir J. E, Fischer. 4to, in parts. Leipzig, 1834. 

 With coloured plates. 



