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LEPIDOPTERA. 
by 
W. F. Kirby, M.E.S., &o. 
The General Subject. 
Druce, H. Biologia Centrali- Americana [c/*. Godman & Salyin, 
Insecta, General Subject]. Lepidoptera Heterocera , pp. 25-32, 
pis. iii.-v. 
Extends from Castnia to Tirisla. 
Fleischer, J. M. Taschenbuch fur Raupen- und Schmetterlingssamm- 
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Gerhard, E. Ueber die geographische Verbreitung der Macro-Lepidop- 
teren auf der Erde. B. E. Z. xxvii. pp. 173-185. 
The author enumerates the genera of Butterflies peculiar to the 
various parts of the world ; the Sphinges and the remaining Macrolepi - 
doptera are discussed much more briefly. 
Gosse, P. H. On the Clasping-Organs auxiliary to Generation in cer- 
tain Groups of the Lepidoptera. Tr. L. Soc. (2) Zool. ii. pp. 265-345, 
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An abstract of this paper was published in P. R. Soc. xxxiii. [c/. Zool. 
Rec. xix. Ins. p. 163]. The author fully describes and illustrates with 
highly-magnified drawings the various parts as observed by him in 69 
species of Ornithoptera and Papilio , among which 12 well-marked forms 
of structure occur. The introductory remarks relate to bibliography and 
manipulation. The concluding observations relate to Ornithoptera remus , 
Cram., a few species of Papilio not previously noticed, and comparative 
remarks on the structure of Pieris, Callidryas , Gonepteryx , Hehomoia , 
Terias , Colias, Morplio , and Dynastor. 
Grote, A. R. A Brief Essay on Classification of the Heterocera. Pa- 
pilio, iii. pp. 35-38. 
Relates chiefly to the general value of characters. 
Kirbacii, P. Uber die Mundwerkzeuge der Schmetterlinge. Yorliiufige 
Mittheilungen. Zool. Anz. vi. pp. 553-558, figs. 
Relates to the maxillte (proboscis), &c. 
