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a student ; since its publication, hoAvever. many new species 

 have been discovered, certain changes of arrangement due 

 to increased knowledge have been found necessary and 

 the system of dividing species into local races has beem 

 matured, 

 (ii) Moore's " Lepidoptera Indica "" begun in 1890 and com- 

 pleted by Col. Swinhoe nearly to the end of the Lycsenidse. 

 It is a magnificent M^ork, each insect being fully descrilbed 

 and figured ; its price unfortunately puts it beyond the reaclt 

 of most collectors in India. The general arrangement is 

 similar to that adopted by De Niceville, but in details there is 

 a great difference ; large comprehensive genera are split up 

 into several new genera and in man}* cases numbers of new 

 species are formed out of Avhat had previous^ been regarded 

 as a single variable species, 

 (iii) Bingham's " Butterflies " (Fauna of India), the first two 

 volumes to the middle of the Lycaenidse issued in 1905 and 

 1907; the third and fourth volumes being completed by 

 Mr, H. Druce. Drastic, perhaps too drastic, treatment is here 

 jneted out to many of Moore's genera and species ; many 

 hitherto supposed species are placed as local races or sunk 

 as synonyms or mere varieties, 

 (iv) Seitz " Macrolepidoptera of the World " by various German 

 naturalists, begun in 1906 ; the palsearctic portion is com- 

 pleted, the Indo Malayan section has got as far as the begin- 

 ning of the Nymphalinge, the Papilionidse, Pieridse, Danainse 

 and Satyrinag being completed. This is an excellent and 

 reasonably priced work of reference with a coloured figure of 

 nearly eveiy species ; the descriptions, however, are very 

 meagre. The numbers of actual species are considerably 

 reduced but many new local races and varieties are introduced 

 while in many cases names have been given to seasonal 

 forms. The general arrangement differs somewhat from that 

 adopted by English authors. 

 (v) Elwes and Edwards "Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidge," 

 1896, based on Watson's "Key to the Indian genera of 

 Hesperiidre " issued shortly before. This monograph gives 



