69 THE ENT0M0L0(.I8T. 



value as indicating a probable direction in which lepidopterous 

 migrations should be sought in the southern hemisphere. 



In the * Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 Tasmania for 1889 ' is a paper by Colonel W. V. Legge, R.A., 

 dealing with the Australian curlew, which species, he tells us, 

 migrates north through the Malay Archipelago, being there met 

 with on passage in Borneo, New Guinea, the Philippines, and 

 other islands, and that New Zealand seems to be its eastern limit. 



It is on the limits of a great faunistic region that the species 

 inhabiting that region are least likely to maintain a permanent 

 footing ; consequently it is there that we may most reasonably 

 expect their abundance to be affected in the greatest degree by 

 the influence of migration. 



Lewisham, S.E., February 10, 1891. 



LEPIDOPTERA FOUND IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA. 

 By Richard South. 



In his ' Bibliographical Catalogue of the Described Transfor- 

 mations of North American Lepidoptera 't Mr. Henry Edwards 

 gives copious references to the published descriptions of the early 

 stages of 1069 species of Lepidoptera occurring in North America. 

 Seventy-nine of the species enumerated are found in Britain, 

 and as the majority of these are well known, a list of them may 

 be of interest to entomologists of this country. 



For present purposes it has been thought sufficient to give the 

 first British and first American reference cited by Mr. Edwards 

 in those instances where any stage in the early life-history of a 

 species has been noted by authors in both countries. The second 

 date is, in all cases, the American one. Where only one date is 

 given in this list the name of the authority is added, and an 

 asterisk is used to denote the American. 



The nomenclature adopted by Mr. Edwards, when different to 

 that used in this country, is placed in brackets. 



EHOPALOCERA. 

 Papilio machaon, L. (var. aliaska, Scud.), 1884, W. H. Edwards.* 



P. najd, Esp., 1828, 1886. P. rap(z, L., 1828, 1869. 

 Vanessa antiopa, F., 1828, 1841. V. (Pi/rameis) atalanta, L., 1828, 



1862. F. {Pyrameis) cardui, L., 1828, 1854. 



HETEEOCERA. 



Sphinges. 

 Deilepliila livornica (n. a. form lineata), 1797, Abbot- Smith.* 

 TrocJiilium apiformis, L. {apiforme), 1828, Stephens. 

 Sesia (jEgeria) tipulifonnis, L., 1828, 1839. 



t ' Bulletin of the United States National Museum.' No. 35. 



