LEriDOPTERA. 
BY 
W. F. Kirby, M.E.S., &c. 
General Notes. 
Parts 93-96 of W. C. Hewitson’s “ Exotic Butterflies,” parts 3 & 4 of 
vol. ii. of W. H. Edwards’ “ Butterflies of North America,” and part 
12 of H. Strecker’s “ Lepidoptera,” have appeared within the year. 
Felder & Rogenhofer have published the fifth and concluding part 
of the Lepidoptera Zoologischer Theil, ii. pt. 2, of the Reise der Oster- 
reichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde,” containing pis. cxxi.-cxl. 
{GeomUridm to Pterophoridm)^ each with a sheet of text, giving namfes, 
localities, and occasional diagnoses of new genera. The title pages and 
indexes to the whole work are included in the present part, which bears 
date May— July, 1875, although if did not reach England till Midsummer, 
1876. Localities are also now given for the species published without 
them in part 4. The Recorder fears that a large proportion of de- 
scribed species have been indicated in this work as new. 
S. H. ScuDDER has published an “ Historical Sketch of the Names 
proposed for Butterflies,” P. Am. Ac. (2) ii. pp. 91-293, giving the 
synonymic and historical use of over 1100 names. Any author, what- 
ever rules he may adopt, will be able to apply them at once by Scudder’s 
work, to discover the correct use of any name. But the writer has not 
distinguished between names with and without descriptions, which is to 
be regretted, as many entomologists do not admit the latter. He does 
not admit the generic value of the Linnean divisions of Papilio. The 
preliminary remarks on nomenclature, and on the dates of Hiibner’s 
works, will be found interesting and instructive. On this work, cf. 
A. O. Butler, Ent. M. M. xii. pp. 15-17. ' 
On the nomenclature of Lepidoptera ; E. L. Ragonot, Pet. Nouv. vi. 
pp. 507 & 508. • 
On the nomenclature of the genera in moths ; A. R. Grote, Canad. 
Ent. vii. pp. 113-115. 
H. Stregker {Lepidoptera^ pp. 107 & 108) condemns the usual Ameri- 
