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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
New species : — 
Ilespet'ia nemoris, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. yol. ii. p. 607, from Ports- 
mouth, Ohio. 
Pyrgus aster odia^ Trimen, Ent. Trans. /. c. p. 178, from Cape Colony ; P. 
sata^es, Trim, ibid., from Cape Colony and Caffraria. 
Pyrgus crisiuj H.-Scliiitfer, Regensb. CoiT.-Blatt. 1864, p. 171, from Cuba. 
Cyclopides mornatus, Trimen, 1. c. p. 179, from Caffraria. 
Pamphila zeno, Trimen, I, c. p. 179, and Pamphila ? niveostriga, Trim, ibid., 
both from Caffraria. 
Lmcochitonea hicolor, Trimen, I, c. p. 180, from Caffr ai’ia. 
Caprona canopus, Trimen, 1. c. p. 180, from Caffraria and Natal. 
Nisoniades kobela, Trimen, 1. c. p. 180, from Caffraria j iVi braco, H.-Schaff. ’ 
1. c. p. 171, N. brunneuj H. Schaff. 1. c. p. 172, JV. concoloTy H.-Schaff. ibid., 
and N. undtdatus, H.-Schaff. ibid., from Cuba. 
Sphingidas. 
Lintner (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii.) describes the metamoi'phoses of 
16 species of this family inhabiting the State of New York. The species 
are : Sphinx quinquemaoulata (Steph.), 1. c. p. 648 j S. cingidata (Fab.), 1. c. 
p. 650 ; S. dnerea (Harr.), 1. c. p. 665 j S. kalmia (Abbot & Smith), 1. c. p. 657 ; 
S. drupiferarum (Abbot & Smith), 1. c. p. 668 j Spftinx ?, /. c. p. 652 j 
Philampelus satellitia (Lin.), 1. c. p. 659 j P. achemon (Drury), /. c. p. 660 ; 
Peilephila chamcenerii (Harr.), 1. c. p. 661 j P. lineata (Fab.), 1. c. p. 662 j Pa- 
rapsa myron (Cram.), I, c. p. 663 j Ceratomia quadricornis (Harr.), /. c. p. 664 ; 
Smerinthus exccecatus (Abb. & Sm.), /. c. p. 666 ; S. ?, 1. c. p. 666 ; S. 
juglandis (Abb. & Sm.), 1. c. p. 668 j and Ellema harrisii (Clemens), 1. c. p. 669. 
Lintner also gives a list of the species of Sphingidoe inhabiting the State of 
New York, the transformations of which are unknown. 
Piochard de la Brulerie describes a variety of Maeroglossa stellatarum. Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome iii. p. 666. 
Walker describes the following species as new : Maeroglossa vacillans (List 
Lepid. xxxi. p. 27), from Timor j M. approximata (ibid.), fr*om N. Australia ; 
Perigonia oblitei'ans (p. 28), from India, and P. intei'rupia (p. 29), from Mexico 
and the West Indies j Chceroeampa trilineata (p. 30), from Venezuela; C. in- 
ornata and C. comminuens (p. 31), from Australia ; Panacra restituta (p. 32), 
from Mexico ; Zonilia mixtura (p. 34), from Aru ; Macrosila discislriga (p. 35) 
and M. luctifera, from the Eastern Archipelago ; Anceryx inen'eta (p. 36), from 
Shanghai ; Basiana submarginalis (p. 37), from Sierra Leone ; B. canescens 
(p. 38), from Cambodia ; and B. semifervens (ibid.), from Ternate ; Smerinthus 
complacens (p. 40), from Amoy; and Cypa (g. n.) ferruyinea (p. 42), from 
Ceylon. 
CASTNIIDiE. 
Walker has described Castnia papilionaris (List Lepid. xxxi. p. 42), from 
Bogota, and C. morpho'ides (p. 43), from Brazil ; Gazcera personata (p. 43), from 
Guayaquil ; and Synemon catocaloides (p. 44), from Swan River. 
(Agaristidee, Walk.) 
Walker has described Agarista contorta (1. c. p. 46), A.Jlexiiosa (p. 46), 
