GENERAL NOTES. 
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On mimicry in British Lepidoptera : R. C. R, Jordan, Ent. M. M. viii. 
pp. 251-253, and P. Meldola, Ent. v. p. 163. 
On the copulation of distinct species, cf, W. V. Andrews, Canad. Ent. iv. 
pp. 78 & 79. 
On sterility in Lepidoptera : Westwood & Briggs, P. E. Soc. 1872, 
p. 27. 
On hybrids, cf. Breyer, Ann. E. Belg. xv. pp. 45 & 46. 
On plants fertilized by Lepidoptera : W. C. Marshall, Nature, vi. p. 393. 
On neuration in Lepidoptera : Clemens & Stainton, Tin. N. Amer. pp. 
13-16. 
On varr. of British Lepidoptera : Meldola, Stevens, & Bond, P. E. Soc. 
1872, pp. 28,31,43, 44. 
On relaxing Lepidoptera with laurel leaves, cf. Ragonot and others, Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (5 ) ii. pp. 212-214 ; Bull. pp. Ixiv, xc, xci, xcii, xciv. 
The European and N. -American faunas are more nearly related than the 
European and Siberian, and should be regarded as one : P. C. Zeller, in the 
introductory remarks to his ' Beitrage zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen 
Nachtfalter,besondersder]VIicrolepidopteren,'l. Abth. (Verb. z.-b.Wien, xxii. 
pp. 447-556, pis. 2 & 3). 
On the distribution of various Lepidoptera : M. Wagner, SB. Bayer. Ak. 
1870, ii. pp. 167-171. Distinct but closely allied species either feed on dif- 
ferent plants, or are confined to different localities. 
Notes on a few European Lepidoptera ; W. Henacker, S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 
320-322. 
Great Britain : — 
On the relations of the British Lepidopterous faana to that of the Conti- 
nent, cf. E. BirchaU, Zool. (s. s.) vii. pp. 3304-3306. 
H. G. Knaggs, in " Notes on new and rare British Lepidoptera (excepting 
Tineina) in 1872," Ent. Ann. 1873, pp. 34-47, records 8 species new to 
Britain, and 18 larvse not before described. 
On Lepidoptera observed in the North of England in 1871, cf. Maling & 
Bold, Tr. North. Durh. iv. pp. 380-385. 
List of Lepidoptera of N. Staflfordshire, by T. W. Daltry, Rep. N. Staff. 
Club, 1872 (cf Ent. vi. p. 133). 
F. B. White has commenced a list of the Lepidoptera of Scotland, giving 
range, habitats, &c., and also indicating the British and European ranges. 
The portion now published includes the Rhopalocera and Hepialidce. Scot. 
Nat. i. pp. 161-168, 198-202, 238-241, 273-276, map. 
R. C. R. Jordan (Ent. Ann. 1873, pp. 70-82), in a critical notice of F. 
Buchanan White's ^ Fauna Perthensis ' {cf. Zool. Rec. viii. p. 353), adds re- 
marks on many of the most interesting species. 
1 Notes on Irish Lepidoptera : A. W. Foot, P. Dubl. Soc. vi. pp. 5-15. 
' Lists of captures are published by J. J. Walker, at Sheemess and Sheppy 
(Ent. M. M. viii. pp. 184 & 185, ix. pp. 162 & 163) ; by W. D. Robinson, at 
Braemar (op. cit. pp. 186 & 187) ; by E. N. Bloomfield, at Guestling (op. cit. 
p. 188) ; by J. H. A. Jenner, at Battle and Lewes (op. cit. pp. 211, 250) ; by 
R. P. Murray, in the Isle of Man (op. cit. p. 250) ; by C. G. Barrett, at Nor- 
wich &c. (op. cit. p. 271, ix. pp. 18-21, 89-91) ; by G. T. Porritt, in Lanca- 
shire and Cheshire (op. eit. ix. p. 21, Ent. vi. pp. 7 & 8) ; by J. W. H. Traill, 
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