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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
IJoFPMANN, — , Mittlieilung bezuglicli der Zucht der wilden 
Seidenraupe . . Yama-mayu [Saturnia Cynthia) iii Japan. 
Translated by Haupt from the J)uteh. Corresp.-Blatt 
zoolog. -mineral. Vereines in Kegensburg, Jaln’g. 18^ pp. 
62-80. 1864. 
Keferstein, ^ — . Einige Bemerkungen iiber die Sehmetterlings- 
fauna von lleichciihall uiid Gastein. Stettiiier entom. 
Zeitiing, 1864, pp. 103-105. 
Kirby, W. P. Notes and Observations on European Butter- 
flies. Entomologists^ Annual, 1865, pp. 22-28. 
Knaggs, H. G. Notes on new and rare speeies of Lepidoptera 
(excepting Tineina) for 1863. Ibid. 1864, pp. 118-139. 
Knaggs, II . G. Notes on British Lepidoptera (excepting 
Tineina) for 1864. Ibid. 1865, pp. 97-116. 
In these two papers Dr. Knaggs notices the new British 
species of the larger Lepidoptera detected in the years 1863 
and 1864, and furnishes tables of the capture of rare species 
during the same period. The former communication contains 
descriptions of two new Noctuidai by H. Doubleday, and the 
latter a notice of a supposed new species of Apamea. Both in- 
clude several notes on various larvae. 
La Harpe, J. C. de. Supplements h la Eaune des Lepidopteres 
Suisse. Nouv. Memoires Soc, Helv. Sci. Nat. vol. xx. 
pp. 81. 1864. 
This paper contains numerous additional Swiss Lepidoptera, 
belonging to the groups Phalcenidce, Pyralididce , Crambidoi and 
Tortricidce, with remarks upon their distribution and synonymy, 
and with full descriptions of some of them. A few of the species 
referred to are new. 
La Harpe, J. C. de. Remarques, sur les Lepidopteres7 princi- 
palement sur les Plialenites ct les Microlepidopteres, 
recueillis par M. Meyer-Dur dans son voyage (1863) en 
Tessin et en Engadine,avec description des especes nouvelles. 
Mittheil. Schweiz, entom. Gesellsch. February 1864, pp. 
172-190. 
The number of species collected in the vicinity of Lugano in 
the spring amounted to 65, of which 15 are enumerated, Avith 
notes on their characters and mode of occurrence, by De la 
Harpe. In the Engadine a far greater number of species was 
collected ; and the captures present the more interest as they 
include species which ]>ass the winter in the chrysalis state, and 
make their appearance in the sju’ing within the first fortnight 
after the melting of the snow. De la Harpe enumerates 30 of 
the more interesting or less known species taken by Mcyer- 
Dur during his excursion. 
