RHOPALOCERA. 
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Deutschlands nach der Natur gezeichneten Abbildungen ’ (Hft. i. Amstadt : 
1871, sm. fol. pp. 16, pis. 1 & 2), the first part of which contains figures of 
l^apilionidcB and Pieridcc. 
Newman’s * Illustrated Natural History of British Butterflies ’ (8vo, 
London : 1871, pp. xvi & 176, woodcuts) is now completed [cf. Zool. Bee. vii. 
p. 368]. 
A reprint of H. G. Adams’s ‘ Beautiful Butterflies ’ &c., a popular work, 
first published in 1854, has been issued (8vo, London: 1871, 8 coloured 
plates). 
For general observations on the habits and structure of Butterflies, ef. 0. 
Hope-Robinson, Pop. Sc. Rev. x. pp. 62-57, pi. 69. 
Papilionides. 
Papilio ajax, L. Edwards, I, e. ix. Pap. pis. 1-3) figures in all stages var. 
walsht, Edw. (—ajax, Boisd. & Lee., text, = 7na7'ceUus, Or.), and describes sub- 
var. [I] ahhoti, Edw. (^ — ajax, Abb. & Fold.). lie also figures in all stages varr. 
telamonides, Feld. {r=ajax, Godt., Boisd. & Lee., plate), and marcellus, Boisd. 
& Lee., Feld, (^—qjax [Linn.], Esp. & Hiibn.). There is a very interesting 
discussion on these forms, which Edwards has succeeded in referring to one 
species. See also Canad. Ent. iii. p. 70. 
P. crino. A specimen from Ceylon, with the 1st and 2nd branches of 
median vein coated with brown hairs, is recorded by Westwood, Pr. E. Soc. 
1871, p. xxxvi. 
P. philenor. Transformations figured and described by Riley, Rep. Ins. 
Miss. ii. pp. 116-118. 
P. podalirius, L. This name has priority over P. sinon, Poda : Kirby, Pr. E. 
Soc. 1871, p. xxi. 
Parnassius. Edwards (7 c. vii. P«rw. pi. 1) figures P. clodius, and P 
clarius, both from California. [The species figured as P. clarius is not Evers- 
mann’s Siberian insect, but probably = clodius, teste Edw. in litt.^ 
Ai'mandia, g. n., near Thais. Blanchard, C. R. Ixxii. p. 809, note 3. Type 
A. thaidina, sp. n., ibid., Thibet. [Certainly a Sericintis, probably = /S', montela, 
Gray, $ , var.]. 
Papilio crespho7itinus, p. 34, Rib^, E. Africa, andi'onicns, p. 121, Camaroons, 
Ward, Ent. M. M. viii. ; P. Hercules and horatius, Blanchard, 1. c. p. 809, 
note 2, Thibet : spp. nn. 
Pierides. 
W. F. KiiiBY, Cat. B. Lep., proposes the name chippewa (Edw., MS.) for 
(^Colias) heletia, Edw. {nec H.-S.), from Mackenzie’s River, p. 495; hewitsoni, 
for (Idmais) chiysonome, Boubl. & Hew. (nec Klug),= C. vesta, Trim, (neo 
Reiche), from Africa, p. 498 ; esperi for (Euchloe) helia, Esp. (nec Hiibn.), = 
ausonia, Ochs, (nec Hiibn. ),=awsomV?, Hiibn., var., from S. Europe and N. 
Africa, p. 506. 
Perente latona and Jlespei'ochaxis idiotica, Butl., figured, Lep. Ex. pi. 27, 
fig. 3, nnd pi. 28. fig. 2. 
Leptalis lygdamis, Hew. (pappa, Pliitz, W^.),—hyposticta, Feld., J : Pritt- 
witz, S. E. Z. xxxii. pp. 241 &; 242, who also describes the insect. 
Terias. Butler publishes a revision of the species formerly included 
