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Italy. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Padua : Tacchetti, Atti Soc. Veii. 
Trent, ; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. p. cxiii ; and Atti Soc. Pad. i. pp. 97- 
126 (105 species). 
SiCLLY. Captures by von Kalchberg : S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 312-320, 
403-414. 
Thecla w- album, Lyccena icarus, var. icarinus, and Lasiocampa otus are 
noticed as new to Sicily : G. P. Marott, Bull. Ent. Ital. iv. pp. 105 & 106. 
Switzerland. Captures in the Grisons by P. 0. T. Zeller : S. E. Z. 
1872, pp. 27-63, 99-120. On Mt. Pilat by Peyerimboff : Pet. Nouv. 1872, 
p. 231. 
M. Taschler has published (Ber. St. GaU. Ges. 1869-1870, pp. 51-146) 
a list of the Lepidoptera of the Cantons of Appenzell and St. Gall. The 
list extends to the end of the Geometr<B. 580 species are recorded, as against 
1433 for Germany and Switzerland, and 2179 for Europe. Interesting gene- 
ral remarks are prefixed on the nature of the district, the distribution 
of Lepidoptera, and the causes which influence it, the height at which 
they have been observed in the Swiss Alps, variation, hybrids, partheno- 
genesis, &c. 
Norway. List of 119 species captured at Osterdalen by H. Siebke: N. 
Mag. Naturw. xix. pp. 68-73. 
Russia. Captures at Anton and Schilling by A. Becker : Bull. Mosc. 1872 
(3), p. 116. 
Von Nolcken's ' Catalogue of the Lepidoptei-a of Esthonia &c.' is reviewed 
by Weinmann : Ann. E. Belg. xv. pp. 78-91. 
Asia. Captures in Persia by H. Christoph : S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 204-207. 
C. Oberthur publishes a list of the Lepidoptera collected by T. Deyrolle in 
Asia Minor : R. Z. xxiii. pp. 480-488. 
G. V. Emich makes some additions to the Lepidopterous fauna of Trans- 
caucasia, and describes a few new species : Hor. Ent. Ross. ix. pp. 40-44. 
Notes on Chinese Butterflies : A. David, N. Arch. Mus. vii. p. 96. 
Africa. Captures by T. Blackmore in N.VV. Morocco, with remarks on 
the Microleindoptera by Stainton : Ent. M. M. viii. pp. 228-236. 
On the Lepidoptera of Lower Guinea : P. C. T. Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 
vii. pp. 1-110. 95 species noticed, many new. 
H. D. J. Wallengren publishes notes (in Latin) on the Lepidopterous 
fauna of S. Africa, describing many new moths, and redescribing several 
butterflies previously briefly characterized by himself. Remarks (in Swedish) 
on Trimen's Rhop. Afr. Austr. and Kirby's Cat. D. Lep. are prefixed to the 
paper. (Efv. Vet. Ak. 1872, pp. 41-61. 
In Auguste Vinson's 'Voyage a Madagascar au couronnement de Ra- 
dama 11.' (Paris : 1865, royal 8vo : not hitherto mentioned in Z. R.), Annexe F, 
is a list of Lepidoptera, pp. 25-48 (180 species), with introduction, notes, and 
description of new genera and species by Guenee. The list is full of new and 
uncharacterized family names. 
Australia. Captures in S. Australia by H. R. Cox: Ent. vi. pp. 
203-209. 
New Zealand. R. W. Fereday, in a criticism on A. Bathgate's paper 
{cf. Zool. Rec. viii. p. 355), reviews the Lepidopterous fauna of New Zealand. 
The Noctuo!, Geometrce, Pyralides, Cramhidcp, and Pte7'ophori are well repre- 
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