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of high praise. The work is expected to be completed in 4* 
volumes. 
StaintoNj H. T. The Tineina of Syria and Asia Minor. 8vo, 
London : Van Voorst, 1867, pp. vi & 84. 
In this little work Stainton brings together the whole litera- 
ture of the Tineina of Western Asia, and especially of the Le- 
vant, describing or reprinting the descriptions of species published 
by Loew, Mann, Zach, Kindermann, Lederer, Zeller, &c., de- 
scribing some new species, chiefly collected by O. P. Cambridge, 
giving lists of the species collected by different travellers, and, 
finally, a table of geographical distribution, which also furnishes 
indications of the comparative abundance of the species in the 
localities where they occur. As a starting-point in the thorough 
investigation of this department of the natural history of the Le- 
vant, this book is of great importance. 
Stainton, H. T. British Butterflies and Moths : an Introduc- 
tion to the study of our Native Lepidoptera. London, 
Eeeve & Co., 1867, pp. xii and 292, with 16 plates. 
This little volume is one of the series of Popular Manuals 
of British Natural History other parts of which have al- 
ready been noticed in previous ^Becords^ (see 1866, pp. 251, 
278, and 411). Stainton has described the general characters 
and natural history of the Lepidoptera, illustrating the latter by 
taking particular examples among British species, characterized 
the subordinate groups and families in accordance with the sys- 
tem adopted by him in his ^ Manual of Lepidoptera,' and, finally, 
described a considerable proportion of the commoner and more 
striking species of this order which inhabit Britain. These de- 
scriptions, with notes upon the habits of the species, occupy the 
greater part of the work. They are illustrated by numerous 
coloured figures, respectably executed by Bobinson. There are 
also two short chapters on collecting Lepidoptera. 
C. Facers published in Journals ^c. 
a. Descriptive ^c. 
Allard, Gaston. Notes sur les Insectes de TAlgerie. Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Er. 1867, vii. pp. 311-322, pi. 6. 
In this paper Allard gives a list of the Lepidoptera captiued 
by him in Algeria, with notes on the mode of occurrence &c. of 
some of them, and descriptions of several new species. 
Ballion, E. Synonymische Bemerkungen iiber einige Schmet- 
terlinge. Stettiner entom. Zeitung, 1867, pp. 340-341. 
Bates, H. W. A Catalogue of Erycinida3, a family of Diurnal 
Lepidoptera. Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. ix. Zool. i>p. 367- 
372 (commencement). 
