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Italy. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Padua: Tacclietti, Atti Soc. Vou, 
Trent, i. ; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. p. cxiii,* and Atti Soc. Pad. i. pp. 97- 
126 (105 species). 
Sicily. Captures by von Kalcliberg : S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 312-320, 
403-414. 
Theda w-alhum^ Tyceena icaru^, var. irannws, and Ladocampa otus are 
noticed as new to Sicily : G. P. Marott, Bull. Ent. Ital. iv. pp. 106 & 106. 
Switzerland. Captures in the Orisons by P. C. T. Zeller : S. E. Z. 
1872, pp. 27-63, 99-120. On Mt. Pilat by Peyerimhofl: Pet. Nouv. 1872, 
p. 231. 
M. Tasciiler has published (Ber. St. Gall. Ges. 1869-1870, pp. 51-146) 
a list of the Lepidoptera of the Cantons of Appenzell and St. Gall. The 
list extends to the end of the Geonieti'm. 580 species are recorded, as against 
1433 for Germany and Switzerland, and 2179 for Europe. Interesting gene- 
ral remarks are prefixed on the nature of the district, the distribution 
of Lepidoptera, and the causes which influence it, the height at which 
they have been observed in the Swiss Alps, variation, hybrids, partheno- 
genesis, &c. 
Norway. List of 119 species captured at Osterdalen by H. Siebke: N. 
Mag. Naturw. xix. pp. 68-73. 
Russia. Captures at Anton and Schilling by A. Becker : Bull. Mosc. 1872 
(3),p. 116. 
Von Nolckeu’s ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Esthonia &c.’ is reviewed 
by Weinmann : Ann. E. Belg. xv. pp. 78-91. 
Asia. Captures in Persia by II. Christoph : S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 204-207. 
C. Oberthur publishes a list of the Lepidoptera collected by T. Deyrolle in 
Asia Minor : R. Z. xxiii. pp. 480-488. 
G. V. Eniich makes some additions to the Lepidopterous fauna of Trnns- 
caucasia, and describes a few new species : Hor. Ent. Ross. ix. pp. 40-44. 
Notes on Chinese Butterflies: A. David, N. Arch. Mus. vii. p. 96. 
Africa. Captures by T. Blackmore in N.W. Morocco, with remarks on 
the Microlepidoptera by Stain ton : Ent. M. M. viii. pp. 228-236. 
On the Lepidoptera of Lower Guinea : P. C. T. Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 
vii. pp. 1-110. 95 species noticed, many new. 
II. D. J. Wallengren publishes notes (in Latin) on the Lepidopterous 
fauna of S. Africa, describing many new moths, and redescribing several 
butterflies previously briefly characterized by himself. Remarks (in Swedish) 
on Trimen’s Rhop. Afr. Austr. and Kirby’s Cat. D. Lep. are prefixed to the 
paper. (Efv. Vet. Ak. 1872, pp. 41-61. 
In Auguste Vinson’s ‘Voyage k Madagascar au coiirounement de Ra- 
dama II.’ (Paris : 1865, royal 8vo : not hitherto mentioned in Z. R.), Annexe F, 
is a list of Lepidoptera, pp. 26-48 (180 species), with introduction, notes, and 
description of new genera and species by Gu^n^e. The list is fuU of new and 
uncharacterized family names. 
Australia. Captures in S. Australia by H. R. Cox: Ent. vi. pp. 
203-209. 
New Zealand. R. W. Fereday, in a criticism on A. Bathgate’s paper 
(cf. Zool. Rec. viii. p. 356), reviews the Lepidopterous fauna of New Zealand. 
The Noctuce, Geoimtrce, Pyralides, Cramhidee, and Pterophori are well repre- 
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