140 Ins . 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
BY 
W. F. Kirby, M.E.S., &c. 
General Notes. 
Parts 97-99 of W. C. Hewitsou’s “ Exotic Butterflies,” part 5 of vol. ii. 
of W. H. Edwards’s “ Butterflies of North America,” and part 13 of H. 
Strecker’s “ Lepidoptera ” have appeared within the year. 
The question of entomological nomenclature, and the validity of 
recently proposed genera, chiefly with reference to the Lepidoptera^ is 
discussed by various authors, from different points of view, in Canad. 
Eut. viii. pp. 41-62, 56-58, 81-94, 112-119, 131-136, 232-238. 
P. C. Zeller gives a list of the Lepidoptera flgured in Hiibner’s “ Samm- 
lung auserlesener Vogel und Schmetterlinge,” with notes on the identifi- 
cation of the species. S. E. Z. xxxvii. pp. 321-332. 
The date of Hiibner’s “ Tentamen ” is 1805 ; Zeller & Edwards, Canad. 
Ent. viii. p. 160. 
C. Oberthur has commenced a new work, entitled, “ Etudes d’Euto- 
mologie, Faunes Entomologiques, Descriptions dTnsectes nouveaux ou peu 
connus.” Two parts have appeared (Rennes : July and November, 1876, 
roy. 8vo, pp. 74 & 34) each with 4 col. plates. Part i. contains a list of 
the Lepidoptera of Algeria, with descriptions and figures of new species ; 
Part ii., descriptions and figures of 22 butterflies and one Abraxas^ 
collected by A. David in Thibet and China. 
C. Dietze makes some remarks on mimicry in Lepidoptera, finally con- 
cluding ‘‘ that God gave these animals this protection, in order that they 
might not have to struggle for existence.” S. E. Z. xxxvii. pp. 448-450. 
On melanism in Lepidoptera ; E. Birchall, Ent. M. M. xiii. pp. 130-133. 
On melanochroism and leucochroism, with tables of the species exhibit- 
ing these forms of variation ; F. B. White, op. cit. pp. 145-149. 
On the fertilisation of Alpine flowers by Lepidoptera-, H. Muller, Nature, 
xiii. pp. 210-212, 289-292 \anted, p. 2]. 
The flowers of Physcanthus albus (Asclepiadacece) capture the Noctuce 
and Sphinges which visit them by their trunks, which are often broken off 
and left sticking in the flowers ; C. V. Riley, P. Ac. St. Louis, iii. 
p. cxv. 
