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families Autichlorinse and Charideinse," both published in the 

 * Journal of the Linnean Society,' vol. xii. 



Descriptions of new American species of Noctuidse, by H. K. 

 Morrison, appear in Proceedings Boston Soc. N. H., xviii. p. 114. 



A valuable " List of the Butterflies of Peru, with Descriptions 

 of New Species," by Mr. Herbert Druce, F.L.S-., &c., appears in 

 the 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society' (1876, p. 205), with 

 two plates. 



Descriptions of new Exotic Butterflies from various parts of 

 the New World are given by Weymer, in the Entom. Zeit. of 

 Stettin (xxxvi. p. 868). 



A memoir by George Semper on the Philippine Species of the 

 Pierideous Genus Tachyris appears in the Ent. Zeitung of Stettin 

 (xxxvi. p. 393). 



Mr. S. H. Scudder has published a ' Eeport on the Butterflies 

 collected on the Yellowstone Expedition ; ' also " Remarks on the 

 old Genus Callidryas," and " Descriptions of some Labradorean 

 Butterflies," in the Proc. Boston Soc. (xvii.) ; and in his collected 

 Entomological Notes, also " Notes on the Butterflies of Cape 

 Breton Island (Proc. Boston Soc, xviii. p. 188), and an article on 

 the small blue butterflies (Polyommati) of North America. 



The curious Lepidopterous genus Eumeus, which I placed, in 

 the ' Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera,' at the head of the Lycsenidse 

 has formed the subject of a memoir by Mr. S. H, Scudder, who has 

 fortunately been able to obtain the larva and pupa (the former of 

 which I had not seen), published in the 'Memoirs of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History' (vol. ii., pt. iv., No. 2), with figures. 



It will be sufiicient for me, in this place, to notice the publica- 

 tion by Dr. Boisduval of the first volume of the " Species General 

 des Lepidopteres-Heteroceres," containing the Sphingidse, Zy- 

 gaenidse, Castniie, and allied groups. 



Memoirs by Mr. Grote on the North-American Noctuse are 

 noticed in the ' Entomologische Zeitung' of Stettin (xxxvi., 

 pp. 97, 131, 345). 



We cannot sufficiently praise the admirable ' Monograph of the 

 Geometrid Moths, or Phalsenidse, of the United States,' published 

 by Mr. A. S. Packard, jun , M.D., at Washington, 1876, 4to, 

 pp. 606, with thirteen plates (forming the tenth volume of 

 Haydon's Eeport of the Geological Survey of the Territories). 

 An excellent introduction, in which the Bibliographical history. 



