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description of each one. As is inevitable under such a system, the sections 

 are unequal m value, some (such as those on Zyc/aenidcs and Sphingidce by 

 Dr. Karl Jordan) being very well written and others hardly of the same 

 quality. Dr. Seitz himself deals with the Syntomidcs, " Arctiidcs " Noto- 

 do7itidce, Megalopygidce, Limaeodidcs, Heterogymdcs and Cossidcs' He is 

 perhaps an expert on Butterflies but we may be pardoned for sucroestinff 

 that his views regarding Moths must not always be taken too seriously 

 His ideas of the limits of the Arctiadce, for example, seem very hazy and 

 will doubtless undergo revision after further study. The student of Indian 

 Moths will note that Pexinola longirostris (here placed in the Nolince) is 

 really a Mendarchis and belongs to the CarjMsinidce (Tortricina) The 

 Hypstn(B are here given as a sub-family of the ArctiadcB, but it is unfor- 

 tunate that the only species included should be Eligma narcissus which is 

 really a Noctuid, whilst Argina and Nyctemera, which are really Kypsidce 

 are relegated to the " Micmctiince'' and iVt/cie;«enW respectively The 

 name Micmrctia is here published, by the way, as a new generic term and 

 various new generic and specific names are brought forward in this and 

 other volumes of the work under review ; we do not consider that a popular 

 book of this nature is the proper place for the publication of such names 



Dr. Seitz's ideas regarding the limits of species are generous to say 

 the least. He appears to suppose (Vol. II., p. 73) that Utetheisa pulchelloides 

 IS merely a form of pulchella, although it is structurally quite distinct 

 In Vol. X. also Dr. Jordan unites various species of Reterosia (e.g manni- 

 iica, virescens and cmgala) which cannot be regarded as conspecific in the 

 usual sense of the word "species." 



Misprints are unavoidable in a book of this nature, but they are usually 

 obvious. A curious word, however, is "chrvsalisses," Vol II p 375 

 line 5, from bottom), evidently intended for" " chrysalides," thou^rii this 

 seems an unfortunate term to apply to -55geriad pupte. ^ 



Volumes X and XI, dealing respectively with the Indo-Australian 

 i T Ht" w wP^'^'S^"" '^^^ Noctuidse are incomplete and the recent 

 death of Mr. W. Warren, who was employed on Vol. XI., will probably delay 

 the completion or the work, presuming that this survives the War at all 

 ■ This book IS likely to be useful to the Lepidopterist in India, who is 

 usually rather isolated from an adequate entomological library, provided 

 that he reahses that Dr. Seitz's volumes form only a preliminary introduc- 

 tion and provide m many cases merely indications of the affinities of the 

 species which he wishes to identify. We do not wish to decry the book 

 which IS excellent so far as it goes and distinctly good value for money! 

 Ihe coloured plates are good and provide recognizable figures of the 

 normal forms of the insects depicted ; but the amateur will thereby be apt 

 to be misled into supposing that every specimen which he obtains can be 

 determined by the figures given— a hopeless task in such genera as 

 Zii/gana, Lithosia and Ilepialus. 



These volumes should find a place on the entomological bookshelves of 

 the mimerous scientific institutions {e.g., Agricultural Colleges and Uni- 

 versities) which exist in India and will there be useful to those whose 

 interests lie m the study of Moths. 



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