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present generation of British lepidopterists South's list will 

 worthily fill the place occupied by Doubleday's in the past. 



Omitting accidental visitors, Mr. South enumerates 1982 

 indigenous species, distributed as follows : — 



The Nycteolidse (Sarothripus, Earias, and Hylophila), are 

 placed at the head of the Bombyces ; in the same group are 

 included the Drepanulidse, the Pseudo-bombyces of Guenee and 

 Doubleday's List, and the Noctuo-bombycidae or Cymatophoridee 

 {Thyatira, Cymatophora, and Asphalia) . Diloba and Asteroscopus 

 are relegated to the Nocture ; the former to the Bombycoidse, 

 the latter to the Xylinidae. The Aventiidee, Boletobiidse, Her- 

 miniidse, and Hypenidss are classed as Noctuse, at the end of the 

 group. The Pterophori are placed between the Pyralides and 

 the Crambi, the erstwhile Elachistid, Chrysocorys festaliclla, 

 being put at the head of them. Choreutes and Symcethis are 

 ranged as Tortrices, between the Grapholithidss and Conchylidre. 

 The Psychidse are retained amongst the Tineaa. 



Thus, the separation of the Dicranuridse, Pygaeridse and 

 Notodontidse from the Bombyces, and the promotion of the 

 Geometrse above the Noctuse, are both abandoned, and the 

 arrangement again becomes very much what it used to be, 

 Consule Planco, with the solitary exception that, instead of 

 forming the rear-guard of the order, the Pterophori are inter- 

 posed between the Pyralides (ending with Acentropus) and the 

 Crambi (beginning with Chilo). This location of the Plume- 

 moths is the striking feature of Mr. South's classification; it 

 was, I believe, first suggested by Dr. Knaggs, and others have 

 noticed the affinity between Acentropus and Agdistis, to which 

 Chrysocorys has manifest relationship: as Curtis said, " this moth 

 is closely allied to the Pterophori." 



On the whole, the sequence in Mr. South's List appears to 

 me more natural than that in Doubleday's. 



Of course the entomological aspect of the Catalogue is the 

 principal thing. But I am glad that the author has not allowed 



