THE GENERAL SUBJECT. Ins. 127 
Thesenius, K. F. Bidrag till SkandinaviensFjarilsfauna. Ent. TidskJ*. 
i. pp. 99-101, 196-198, & 214 & 215. 
Short notes on Swedish butterflies. 
Additions to the Lepidopterous fauna of Norway ; Sch^yen, N. Mag. 
Naturv. xxv. pp. 301-309. 
Captures of butterflies in Central Scania ; C. Lindequist, Ent. Tidskr. 
i. pp. 104-107. 
Asia. 
Butler, A. G. On a Collection of Leiyidopiera from Candahar. P. Z. S. 
1880, pp. 403-415, pi. xxxix. 
28 species mentioned, taken by Major Howland Roberts, at Rokeran, 
six miles from Candahar, the transformations of several being described. 
The full list is as follows : Danais clirijsippus^ L., plexippus, L., Hippar- 
chia parisatis, Koll., thelephassa, Hiibu., Epinephile roxane, Feld,, inter- 
posita^ Ersch., Pyrameis cardui, L., Melitcea rohertsi (n. s.), Lampides 
hoetica, L., contracta (n. s.), Lyccena persica^ Bien., hracteata (n. s.), Scoli- 
tantides cashmirensU, Moore, Chrysophanus stygianus (n. s.), CoUas 
helichtha^ Led., erate, Esp,, sareptensis, Staud., Teracolus faustus, 01., 
Belenois mesentina, Cram., Synchloe daplidice, L., iranica, Bien., Ganoris 
manni, Mayer, Erinnys marrubii^ Herr.-Schaff., Chmrocampa cretica, 
Boisd., Deilephila rohertsi (n. s.), Eusmerinthus kindermanni, Led., Deio- 
peia pulchella^ L., and Apopcstes phantasma. Ev. 
. On a Second Collection of Lepidoptera, made in Formosa, by 
H. E. Hobson. L. c. pp. 666-691. 
155 species enumerated, including several new genera and species. 80 
butterflies are now known from Formosa. 
. On a Small Collection of Lepidoptera from Western India and 
Beloochistan. Ann. N. H. (5) v. pp. 221-226. 
33 species noticed, 5 new. 
Moore, F. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Part i., 4to. London : 1880, 
pp. 40, pis. xviii. 
The text extends to Junonia, and the plates to Discophora. All the 
genera and species of the fauna are fully described. Many new genera 
are proposed, and most of the species described are figured, with their 
transformations. At the head of each sub-family stand notices of their 
habits, by Thwaites. 
Snellen, P. C. T., — in “Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en Onderzoekingen der 
Sumatra-Expeditie, uitgerust door het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap 
1877-1879, beschreven door de Leden der Expeditie, onder Toezicht 
van Prof. P. J. Veth.” Leyden : 1880, roy. 8vo, vol. iv. — pte Aflever- 
ing. Naturlijke Historie. Pt. 8, Lepidoptera, met eene Inleiding 
door J. F. Snelleman, pp. 84. 
339 species mentioned, many new. Varieties, &c., are also noticed. 
1880. [voL. XVII.] B 30 
