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The number of species enumerated in Theil I. is 4744, which, with 

 13 given in the Addenda, make a total of 4757 as against 2854 in the 

 second edition. In Theil II. there are 4962 species, including 180 in 

 the Addenda, thus exceeding the total in the corresponding part of the 

 1871 'Catalog' by 1735. 



These very considerable additions are largely due to the extended 

 eastern and southern limits of the region embraced under the term 

 Palsearctic. Formerly Dc. Staudinger drew the eastern line at the 

 Amur, but now Ussuri is included, and in many cases Northern China, 

 Corea, and Japan also. 



The changes adopted in genera and in specific names, so far as 

 concerns British species, will be found in the list at the end of these 

 remarks. It may, however, be mentioned here, that the somewhat 

 unwieldy genera — Ai/rotis, Cidaria (changed to Larentia), and Acidalia 

 are still retained, and not even sectiouized as formerly, although a 

 very much larger number of species are referred to each of them. In 

 Agrotis, for example, there are now 304 species, whilst in the second 

 edition there were only 171. In the matter of genera there probably 

 will never be a time when perfect unanimity will prevail. We shall 

 always have " splitters "and " lumpers " ; the former will continue to 

 found new genera, or to drag forth the dead ones ; and the latter will 

 re-inter many of the defunct, and deal summarily with the newly 

 created. These differences of opinion among the doctors are apt to 

 confuse and perplex the student, but they make for progress in the end. 



A retrogressive step seems to be .that many names which appeared 

 in the synonymy in the second edition have been dropped out without 

 in any way being accounted for, so that workers will still have to 

 refer to the second edition, as well as to the third, to obtain full 

 synonymy. 



We have little doubt that this new edition will be as generally 

 accepted and as widely adopted as was that which it now supersedes. 

 The 1871 ' Catalog ' was of the utmost service to the student of the 

 lepidopterous fauna of Europe, but the revised and extended edition 

 will be simply indispensable to those who are interested in Palaearctic 

 Lepidoptera. 



The more important changes in nomenclature among British species 

 of " Macro-Lepidoptera " are for the most part concerning genera, and 

 are as given below : — 



Leptidia sinapis for heticophasia sinapis. 



Polygonia c-album for Vanessa c-album. 



Epinephele lanira, L., changed to E. jurtina, L. 



Aphantopus hijperanthus for Epinephele hyperanthus. 



Callophrys rubl for ThecLa rubi. 



Zephyrus quercus and Z. betulcB for Thecla quercus and T. betulcE. 



Chrysophanus dispar and C. pliUeas for Polyommatus dispar and P. 



phlceas. 

 Lampides boeticits for Lyccena bcetica. 

 LyccBna argus, Linn., for L. (egon, Schiff. 

 Cyaniris argiolus for L. argiolus. 

 Pamphila palamon for Carterocephalus paloRmon. 

 Hesperia lineola, A. thaumas, and A. actceon in Adopcea. 



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