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certain extent be regarded as the result of their joint labours. In the 

 present volume the same relation is preserved — the published contri- 

 butions of both authors are reprinted, together with extracts from 

 the MS. note-books above mentioned ; while Mr. Hellins has sup- 

 plemented the work of his friend with an appendix containing 

 descriptions of those larvae with regard to which nothing was written 

 by Mr. Buckler, and with notes upon many of the other species. 

 We have thus at the hands of these experienced and indefatigable 

 workers a scries of life-histories of the larger Lepidoptera of these 

 islands of the most minute description, and we can only hope that 

 the untimely decease of Mr. Hellins may not prove an obstacle in 

 the way of the issue of the succeeding volumes. 



Of the figures accompanying these descriptions, and which occupy 

 thirty-five plates in the first two volumes, we can only say that in 

 general they are very beautiful and life-like representations of the 

 objects. In some cases, indeed, the colours, especially reds and 

 greens, strike us as being rather too bright ; but on the whole the 

 figures leave little or nothing to bo desired, and we can congratu- 

 late the student of British Lepidoptera on having furnished to him 

 such a magnificent series of figures of the larvse of nearly all his 

 favourite insects. Of many species the caterpillars are figured at 

 difi'erent ages, and occasionally the pupae arc illustrated. 



A particularly valuable feature of the work is the addition of 

 tables of the parasites which have been observed to issue from the 

 larvae and pupae of the insects described in each volume. These 

 tables have been furnished to the editor by Mr. G. C. Bignell, and it 

 is to be hoped that their publication will induce others to take up a 

 line of investigation which must lead to most interesting results. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 Note on Tudicula inermis 6,'c. By Edgae A. Smith. 



There are three species at present described which belong to Tudi- 

 cula, namely T, armigera, A. Adams, T. spinosa, H. & A. Adams, 

 and T. inennis, Angas. All are from the shores of Australia. The 

 first and second species have been found at various localities on the 

 coast of Queensland. 2\ spinosa also occurs in Torres Straits. 

 The other species iiihabits the western side of the continent. Mr. 

 Angas in describing this species observes that " the exact locality of 

 the habitat could not be satisfactorily determined," as the specimens 

 he had under examination were obtained from a dealer at Singa- 

 pore. 



The British Museum has recently acquired, through the liberality 

 of Mr. T. H. Hayncs, three specimens of this rare shell, collected by 

 that gentleman at Exmouth Gulf, West Australia. Mr. Brazier, of 

 Sydney, also informs me that he possesses examples of this species 

 from Nicol Bay, somewhat further to the north-east of Exmouth 



