152 'Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
ACRiEID^. 
Acrcea andromacha occurs in Fiji and Samoa, as well as in Australia ; 
J. D. E. Schmeltz, Verb. Ver. Hamb. ii. p. 186. 
NYMPHALIDiE. 
Scudder’s List of the NymphalidcB of North America {cf. Zool. Rec. xii. 
p. 412) is analysed, with numerous critical notes on the genera and 
species, by H. B. Moschler, S. E. Z. xxxvii. pp. 32-41. 
Messarus erymantliis, Dru. Notices of the pupa ; M. C. Piepers, 
Tijdschr. Ent. xix. p. 150. 
Argynnis. An American species supposed to have established itself at 
Driburg, Westphalia; Keferstein, S. E. Z. xxxvii. p. 62. A. inornata^ 
Edw. {Arg. pi. v.), rupestris, Behr. {Arg. pi. vii. figs. 1-4), and trans- 
formations of diana^ Cram. (pi. vii. figs, a-h), figured by W. H. Edwards, 
Butt. N. Amer. ii., with notes on the transformations of A. diana^ 
cyhele, and aphrodite. A. adippe, hermaphrodite (right side $ , left side $ ) ; 
R. J. Stent, Ent. ix. p. 203. Var. chlorodippe^ Herr. Schiiff., recorded as 
new to France; De Lafitole, Pet. Nouv. 1876, p. 46. A. dia, an un- 
doubted British specimen taken in Surrey by W. A. Smith ; W. A. Lewis, 
Ent. M. M. xii. p. 229 ; Ent. ix. p. 69; P. E. Soc. 1876, p. iii. A. idalia, 
Dru. : the great majority of the females appear about a week or ten days 
after the males ; H. H. Lyman, Canad. Ent. viii. pp. 268-270. A. myrina, 
Oram., transformations ; W. H. Edwards, Canad. Ent. viii. pp. 161-163. 
A. niohe doubted as British ; G. B. Corbin, Ent. ix. pp. 21-22. 
Melitcea. Exclusive of dictynna^ J. N. Rebec (Pet. Nouv. 1876, pp. 82 
& 83) admits 3 species of the atlialia group : athalia, Esp., aurelia, 
Nich., and parthenie, Borkh. M. parthenoides, Kef., = parthenie, and 
varia^ Meyer-Diir, is an Alpine variety. 31. hritomartis, Assm., 
plotina, Brem., veronicce, Dorfm, &c., are German (?) varieties of aurelia, 
Nick. 31. artemis : an aberration noticed ; De Lafitole, Pet. Nouv. 
1876, p. 59. 31. phcebe, W. V., var. punica, from Lambeze, pi. i. fig. 3, and 
31. didyma, Esp., var. deserticola, from Biskra, pi. iii. fig. 1, described by 
C. Oberthur, Etudes Ent. i, p. 25. 31. didyma, var., G. A. Poujade, Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. clxix. 
Vanessa io, urticce, polychloros. On varieties caused by starving the 
larvae ; H. R. Cox, Ent. ix. pp. 58 & 59 ; cf. also G. W. Oldfield, op. cit. 
pp. 87 88. F. io, ab. ioides, Ochs., with notes on the degeneration of 
Lepidoptera ; De Lafitole, Pet. Nouv. 1876, p. 59. V. lintneri, Fitch 
[= antiopa, ab.], R. Bunker, Canad. Ent. viii. p. 240. V . polychloros \ 
on its time of appearance ; Rouchy & J. N. Rebec, Pet. Nouv. 1876, 
pp. 58, 61, & 62. V. urticce : its early hybernation ; D. Sharp, Ent. 
M. M. xiii. p. 94. 
Vanessa levana, Linn. H. Tetens offers remarks and suggestions with 
reference to various experiments on its variation ; Verb. Ver. Hamb. ii. 
pp. 167-171. On an aberration, supposed to be ponmn, Ochs. ; Hettc, 
Rebec, and Frontin, Pet. Nouv. 1876, pp. 36, 57, 65, 66, & 74. 
Vanessa atalanta : note on the sexes ; “ P. G.” and others. Pet. Nouv. 
