lepidoptera; 
BY 
W. F. Kirby, M.E.S., &c. 
General Notes. 
Parts 89-92 of W. C. Hewitson’s “ Exotic Butterflies” ; parts 19 & 20 of 
A. G. Butler’s “Lepidoptera Exotica” (completing the work); part 2 
of 0. Ward’s “ African Lepidoptera” ; parts 1 & 2 of vol. ii. of W. H. 
Edwards’ “ Butterflies of N. America ” ; parts 8-11 of H, Strecker’s “ Lepi- 
doptera” ; and parts 8 & 9 of R. H. Stretch’s “Illustrations of Zygoenidce 
and BomhycidcB of North America” (completing vol. i.) have appeared 
within the year. 
Lee’s Coloured Specimens to illustrate the Natural History of Butter- 
flies (London : 180G) ; noticed by A. G. Butler, P. E. Soc. 1874, pp. xx. 
& xxi. 
J. Hiibner’s “ Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denomi- 
nationis singularum stirpium Lepidopterorum,” &c., a very rare tract, 
hitherto almost unknown to Lepidopterists, has been reprinted in fac- 
simile by S. H. Scudder. 
R. Felder & A. F. Rogenhofer have published “ Reise der Oester- 
reichischen Fregatte Novara. Lepidoptera, Heft iv. Atlas der Hetero- 
cera, Sphingida-Noctuida ” (Wien : 4to, Nov. 1874, pis. Ixxv.-cxx., and 
pp. 537-548). Pp. 537-548 contain the index to the Rhoimlocera 
already published ; pis. Ixxv.-cvii. have names at foot ; pis. cviii.-cxx. 
have each a page of explanation, including names, localities, and diagnoses 
of new genera. Additional text to pis. Ixxv.-cvii. is promised with 
Heft V., which is to conclude the work. Large numbers of the Bom- 
hyces are figured under new generic names, and in the absence of text 
the Recorder will not answer for their being always correctly enumerated 
under the proper families in the following pages. He has indicated all 
the genera known to him with an asterisk ; the others are presumably 
new. Some of the species figured may be Geometrce ; but, as this group 
* The Recorder wislios to explain, that although ho retains the arrangement 
followed in previous volumes of the Record for oonvenionco of roforenoe, yet he 
does not wish to bo understood as thereby expressing any opinion as to recent 
alterations in the classification of Lepidoptera. 
1874. [vol. XI.] B B 
