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this historic event. — Mr. A. W. Hughes exhibited Phigalia pilosaria, 

 inckiding a pale olive unicolorous variety, from Eastham, also 

 Hyhernia leucophcearia and var. marmorinaria from the same locality ; 

 he further reported that Nyssia zonaria had been plentiful at Crosby. 

 — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. Sec. 



EECENT LITERATURE. 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera PhalmncB in the British Museum. 

 Vol. xiii. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. Pp. i-xiv, 1-609. 

 London : Printed by order of the Trustees. 1913. 



In this volume, the tenth dealing with Noctuidae, the genera and 

 species of Catocalinse remaining over from vol. xii. receive treatment, 

 and the subfamilies Mominae and Phytometrinaa are considered. 



Altogether 70 genera and 679 species are here classified, and of 

 these 379 species in 44 genera are assigned to Catocalinae ; 11 genera 

 and 74 species to Mominse and 15 genera with 226 species to 

 Phytometringe. 



The largest genera of the Catocalinse now considered are Safia, 

 Guen. (53 sp.), Zale, Hb. (49 sp.), and Mods, Hb. (31 sp.). 



Sir George Hampson does not accept Hiibner's ' Tentamen ' 

 names for genera, Euclidia, Hb., is therefore rejected. He finds 

 that fixa, Fab., is the type of Euclidia, Treit., and that the latter 

 name will therefore supersede Synthymia, Hb. (a genus belonging to 

 the Acronyctinge, vol. ix., p. 372). The species usually referred to 

 Euclidia are here placed under Euclidiviera, Hamps. (type mi, 

 Clerck), or Gonospileia, Hb. (type munita, Hb.). Glyphica, Linn., is 

 included in the latter genus. 



In Mods, Hb., are included Pelamia, Guen. (t. phasaianoides, 

 Guen.), Bemigia, Guen. (t. frugalis, Fabr.), Baratha, Walk, [disse- 

 verans. Walk.), and Cauninda, Moore (t. undata, Fb.). 



" Catep)hia" trifasciata, an Australian species described as a 

 British insect by Stephens (111. Brit. Ent. Haust., vol. iii., p. 128), is 

 assigned to Mods. 



Twenty-one of the species comprised in Mominae belong to 

 Trisidoides, Butl. (t. sericea, Butl.), which includes Tambana, Moore 

 (t. variegata, Moore), and Anacroniata, Warren (t. caliginea, Butl.). 



Ccenobita, Esp., is the type of Diphthera, Ochs., also of Panthea, 

 Hb., both of these names, together with Audela, Walk., and Platy- 

 cerusa, Pack., fall under Dipththera, Treit. (t. ccenohita, Esp.). 



In this connection it may be mentioned that alpinum, Osbeck = 

 orion, Esp., so frequently referred to Diphthera, Hb., has been trans- 

 ferred to Daseochata, Warren (Phal., viii., p. 30). 



Coryli, Linn., is the type of Devias, Steph. (1829), and also of 

 Calocasia, Hb. (1827) ; the latter takes precedence. 



In Phytometrinae the largest genera are Syngrapha, Hb. (31 sp.), 

 and Phytometra, Haw. (158 sp.). The majority of the species 

 hitherto referred to Plusia are here placed under Phytometra, Haw. 

 {t. festucce, Linn.). 



Some 450 species are depicted in colour on the eighteen plates 

 forming the Atlas issued with this volume. 



