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monograph. Mr. Hudson is a conscientious follower of Meyrick's 

 views in classification, and this is the first time we have seen that 

 proposed arrangement followed of the butterflies being included 

 between the Notodontina and the Psychina — in other words, 

 immersed in the moths. 



In the introduction Mr. Hudson discusses most of the modern 

 theories connected with the Lepidoptera, though of " warning 

 colours" he can only suggest one example of a moth in New 

 Zealand, while he states that not a single instance of " mimicry " 

 can yet be adduced in the Lepidoptera of the islands. In con- 

 nection with the butterfly Anosia crippus — formerly generally 

 known as Danais archippus, and which in quite recent times has 

 spread over a large surface of the earth — it is interesting to note 

 that it was observed in New Zealand as early as 1840. The 

 cosmopolitan Pyrameis cardui, our " painted lady," is found in 

 New Zealand, and so is Protoparce convolvuli, the Convolvulus 

 Hawk-Moth, known so well at home and seen so generally 

 abroad. 



The plates are chromo-lithographed by West, Newman & Co. 

 and in colour leave nothing to be desired. We have seen even 

 more artistic work from this firm when they have had the insects 

 themselves to portray ; but in this case coloured drawings were 

 sent home to be reproduced, which have been most faithfully 

 copied. We trust that the author may fulfil his half-implied 

 promise of publishing a similar work on the Micro-Lepidoptera 

 of New Zealand. 



