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LEPIDOPTERA. 
into the strongest acids, but caustic potash and naphtha destroy them ; 
Weininann, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxii. p. xciv. 
Improved moth- traps ; H. Bergmann, Ent, Nachr. v. pp. 116-118, p].; 
O. S. Westcott, Canad. Ent. xi. pp. 131 & 132. 
, Magnesium light for capturing moths ; P. Noel, Peuill. Nat. x. p. 26. 
Sifting apparatus for collecting Lepidopterous larvae described ; Berg- 
raann, Ent. Nachr. v. pp. 49-51. 
On preserving Lepidoptera ; 0. Bureau, Le Nat. i. p. 34. 
Apparatus for inflating larvae described; F. A. Wachtl, MT. forstl. 
Versuchswesens fiir Oesterreich, Heft iii. ; Ent. Nachr. v. pp. 7-10, 
woodcuts. 
On preserving larvae ; Sci. Goss. xv. pp. 58, 53, 256, & 257 ; Feuill. Nat. 
ix. pp. 103 & 104. 
On the mischief caused to Lepidopterists by earwigs and centipedes 
getting at their setting-boards and breeding-cages, &c., cf. A. Kuwert, 
S. E. Z. xl. pp. 508-511. 
Black paper instead of white recommended for lining drawers of 
cabinets for Lepidoptera ; J. H. Leech, Ent. xii. p. 256. 
Papilionidas. 
Papilio o]jhidocephalu8f Oberth., rodescribed ; R. Trimen, Tr. E. Soc. 
1879, p. 345 : it is a constant form. P. thersander, Fabr., is distinct from 
P. phorcaSf Cram. ; P. cyprcuajila, Butl., var. gallienus, from Calabar, 
described ; P. zalmoxis^ Hew., small var. noticed ; and P. horribilis, var. 
calabaricus, described ; W. L. Distant, P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 647-649. P. 
polytes, Y&v. stichius, Hiibu., $ described, p. 552; P. mestor, Hubn., $, 
and P. achates^ Cram., $ described, p. 553 ; A. G. Butler, Tr. L. S. (2) i. 
P. bairdi, Edw. (= asterias, var. utahensis, Streck.), and asteroides, 
Reak. {nec Streck.), discussed by W. H. Edwards, Canad. Ent. xi. 
pp. 83-86. P. delalandi^ Godt., variation noticed j Saalmuller, Ber. 
senck. Ges. 1878-79, p. 125. P. homerus, Fabr., habits, localities, eggs, 
and newly emerged larva discussed ; P. H. Gosse, P. E. Soc. 1879, 
pp. Iv.-lviii. P. hystaspes, Feld., taken at sea during a calm, nine miles 
from the nearest land ; W. L. Distant, P. E. Soc. 1879, p. xxx. P. hrusen- 
sternia^ Esch., varieties noticed ; C. Oberthiir, Tr. E. Soc. 1879, p. 229. 
P. podalirius, ab. latteri, from Algeria, described by Austaut, Pet. Nouv. 
ii. p. 293. P. Fabr., var. from Chinchoxo noticed ; Dewitz, 
Verb. L.-C. Ak. xli. (2), No. 2, p. 16. P. thoas, probably double-brooded 
at Toronto ; W. E. Saunders, Canad. Ent. ix. p. 120. P. thoas (cres- 
phontes), unusually early appearance of imago ; and food-plants of larvaa 
noticed ; Canad. Ent, xi. pp. 239 & 240. 
Parnassius charltonius, Gray, figured by F. Moore, Second Yark. Miss. 
Lep. pi. i. fig. 3. P. smintheus, var. hehri, and P. baldur, eggs and young 
larvae described ; W. H. Edwards, Canad. Ent. xi. pp. 141 & 142. 
Baltia shawii, Bates, redescribed and figured by F. Moore, 1. c. p. 3, 
pi. i. fig. 5. 
, Ornithoptera ruficollis^ sp. n., A. G. Butler, Tr. L. S. (2) i. p. 552, 
Malacca. 
