148 Ins. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
P. Buller (Tr. N. Z. Inst. xiii. pp. 237-239) remarks on the habits of 
the following New Zealand species [under English names !] : The Bronze- 
wing Moth (Flusia eriosoma)y the Magpie Moth (Nyctemera annulata), 
the Dwarf Magpie Moth, the Rare Tiger Moth {Fidonia (?) crephosata), 
the Common Tiger Moth, and the Common Grass Moth. 
Guide to Nature-printing Butterflies and Moths [Anon.] ; containing 
specimens illustrative of the process. London : 1880, 8vo. 
Caterpillars stopping a train in New Zealand ; Colonies and India, 
quoted in Ent. xiv. p. 118. 
List of Butterflies of the New Hebrides ; Schmeltz, Verb. Ver. Hamb. 
iv. pp. 85-89. 
Miscellaneous Observations. 
Analysis of the Hewitson Collection, of Diurnal Lepidoptera ; Criiger, 
B. E. Z. XXV. pp. 105-118. 
Entomology at the Westminster Aquarium {Lepidoptera) ; South & 
Carrington, Ent: xiv. pp. 234-236 & 264. 
Exhibitions of Lepidoptera at the Haggerstone Entomological Society ; 
Carrington, Ent. xiv. pp. 262-264. 
W. F. Kirby has published one instalment of his “ Introductory Papers 
on Lepidoptera ; Nymphalidw — Nymphalincje ’’ (continued) ; Ent. xiv. 
pp. 174-176. 
General scarcity of Lepidopterous larvae in the tropics, contrasted 
with their abundance in new clearings ; Pryer, Ent. M. M. xvii. pp. 243 
& 244. 
On the distribution of Heterocera in the Tropics ; Petersen, S. E. Z. 
xlii. pp. 245-252. 
Melanism in Melitvea phoebe^ Argynnis selene, dia^ aglaia^ Erebia ligea, 
Lasiocampa, var. lobulina, and Harpyia bifida \ albinism in Polyom- 
matus virgaurece, Melitcea dictynna, Argynnis euphrosyne, hecate, and Epi- 
nephile janira ; Naacke, JB. schles. Ges Iviii. pp. 196 & 197. 
On the relations between food and variation in Lepidoptera ; Ralfe & 
others, Ent. xiv. pp. 204, 260 & 261. 
Short notes on the broods of Saturnia pavonia (carpini, W.V.), Lyccena 
argiolus, Dasychira pudibunda, Papilio machaon^ and the common species 
of Vanessa ; Reichenau, Ent. Nachr. vii. pp. 323-326. 
Hibernation of Lepidoptera in caves ; Trouessart, Feuill. Nat. xi. 
p. 127. [^Cf. also Olivier, tom. cit. pp. 165 & 166.] 
Lepidoptera infested by mites; Haller, MT. schw. ent. Ges. vi. 
pp. 152-154. 
List of Hymenopterous parasites on Lepidoptera, with notices of hosts ; 
Fitch, Ent. xiv. pp. 138-143. 
Moths attracted by the electric light ; Mera & others, Ent. xiv. pp. 140, 
141, & 182. 
Forcing pupae ; Pritchard, Ent. xiv. pp. 86 & 87. 
Hints on the rearing of Lepidoptera ; Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Soc. ii. 
pp. 63-73. 
