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Superior. He devotes his attention chiefly to Botany, but intends col- 
lecting Coleoptera at a few special localities. We look for some good 
results. 4 
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NEW ILLUSTRATED WORKS ox AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 
The Lepidopterist of the present day—-be he merely a collector of 
these beautiful “ winged flowers,” or a student of the order—possesses 
vastly improved advantages over his predecessor of even ten years ago in 
the accurate and artistic drawings that are being so copiously issued from 
the press. There are now no less than three serial works in the course 
of publication, whose chief object is to afford faithful coloured illustra- 
tions of Butterflies and Moths. Foremost amongst these is a work that 
bears off the palm beyond all competitors in this or any other land—one 
that we have often before noticed in these pages, but which we cannot 
too often or too highly commend-—- awards Butterflies of North 
America. ‘Vhis magnificent publication has now reached its Ninth Part, 
and will with the next issue complete its First Volume. We earnestly 
trust that its talented author will not rest content with this splendid 
monument of his industry and ability, but will go on with the work till the 
beauties of all our Butterflies have been faithfully portrayed. Since our 
last notice, two new numbers have appeared: Part viit., containing illus- 
trations of WVephasia menapia, Pieris Beckerit (iN. sp.), P. vernalis, P. 
wvirginiensis, Argynnis Nevadensis, Grapta comma, and G. dryas,; Part ix., 
containing Papilio Ajax, varieties Walshit, Telamonides and Marcellus, 
Grapta interrogationis, varieties umbrosa and Fabricit. 
Next to Mr. Edwards’ work comes a new serial by Mr. R. H. Stretch, 
of San Francisco, Cal., entitled ///ustrations of the Lygenide and Bomby- 
cide of North America, whose object is “to furnish, in a compact form, 
good coloured illustrations of all the species of these two families of 
Moths found north of the Mexican boundary, with accompanying letter- . 
press, embodying everything of interest in relation to each species which 
may have appeared in print, together with additional information from 
original sources.” ‘Two parts out of the proposed thirty have thus far 
appeared ; the remainder are to be issued at intervals of about six weeks. 
Part i. contains good coloured drawings—not equal indeed to those in 
the above-mentioned work, but still very good and reliable—of eight 
species of Alypia, Scepsis fulvicollis Walker, six species of Crenucha, and 
