THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Sphinx ligustri , L., recorded by Brulle, and Aporia crretmgi, Vanessa 
c album and urticce , Thecla ruhi, L., and Pterogon cenotherce , W.V., recorded 
by Staudinger (the three last with doubt), have not been received by the 
author. 
Africa. 
Snellen, P. C. T. Aanteekeningen over Afrikaansche Lepidoptera. 
Tijdschr. Ent. xxv. pp. 215-234. 
Chiefly consists of short notes on known species. 
Spiller, A. J. Notes on the Lepidoptera of Natal. Ent. xv. pp. 5-10. 
A paper of a general character. The writer remarks that he has met 
with 192 species of Rhopalocera. 
The following butterflies which pair together in Natal may be varieties 
of one species : — Eurytela hiarbas and dryope (of which an intermediate 
form occurs) ; Charaxes zoolina and neanthes ; and Junonia archesia and 
pelasgis. Salamis anacardii , however, will pair with wholly different 
species, such as Junonia archesia , Papilio merope, and even Aphelia apol- 
linaris : id. 1. c. p. 9. 
Asia. 
Alph£raky, S. Lepidopteres du district de Kouldja et des montagnes 
environnantes. I® 1 '® partie Rhopalocera. Hor. Ent. Ross. xvi. 
pp. 334-435, pis. xiv. & xv., and xvii. pp. 15-103, pis. i.-iii. 
27G species noticed, as far as the Dcltoulce. 
Butler, A. G. On Lepidoptera collected in Japan and the Corea by 
W. Wykeham Perry. Ana. N. H. (5) ix. pp. 11-20. 
38 species mentioned. The Corean collection exhibits a curious assem- 
blage of European, E. Siberian, and Japanese species. 
. On a small collection of Lepidoptera , principally from Candahar. 
L. c. pp. 206-211. 
41 species enumerated. 
Distant, W. L. Rhopalocera Malayana : a description of the Butter- 
flies of the Malay Peninsula. London : 4to. Parts i.-iii. April, 
July, September, 1882, pp. 1-84, col. pis. xii., and woodcuts. [Qf. 
Nature, xxvi. pp. 6 & 7, and Ann. N. H. (5) x. pp. 171 & 172.] 
A thoroughly critical and reliable work, embodying all available infor- 
mation on the subject. The woodcuts include structural details and 
larvae, illustrations of sub-families and goncra, and occasionally perfect 
insects. The sub-families aro partially divided into groups ending in 
-ina ; tables of genera are given under each. The author’s remarks on 
scent-glands, mimicry, &c., will also be found interesting and instructive. 
The text already published extends to the Morphina , while the plates are 
considerably in advance. The notice of these last is necessarily deferred 
until the appearance of the text relating to them. 
