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INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA.
GODMAN (Nat. Hist, of Azores, pp. 101-106) gives a list of the Lepidoptera
found in these islands, 28 in number. Several even of this small number
appear to have been introduced; and all, with two exceptions, are well-known
British species.
C. S. GREGSON publishes remarks on occasional second broods in singlebrooded
Lepidoptera. Ent. M. M. vii. pp. 18, 19.
LABOULBENE has published an article on " Lepidopteres " in the 'Dictionnaire
Encyclope'dique des Sciences Me'dicales.' According to a notice in
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Stances, 1870, p. 53, it contains a brief sketch of the
natural and medical history of the order, remarks on so-called showers of
blood, and a valuable bibliography.
NATHUsrus publishes some microscopical observations on the development
of the eggs in Abraxas grossulariata, Pieris rapce or napi, and Vanessa urticce.
Z. wiss. Zool. xxi. pp. 130, 131.
RILEY'S second report on the noxious Insects of Missouri is reviewed, and
several of the illustrations of Lepidoptera are reproduced in Amer. Nat. iv.
pp. 610-615. [The Recorder has not seen this work. J
SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN (Tijd. Ent. (2) v. pi. 6) figures varieties
of Deilephila porcellus, Psilura monacha, Amphidasis betularia, Argynnis selene,
Sciaphila ictericana, Lithosia rosea.
STAINTON has published a list of all the new British Lepidoptera noticed
in the 'Entomologist's Annual' from 1851 to 1871. 222 species of Heterocera
are recorded. Ent. Ann. 1871, pp. 108-116.
STAUDINGER advocates careful comparative descriptions of new Lepidoptera
with the allied species. B. E. Z. 1870, p. 97.
WALLACE (Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection, pp. 45-129)
has reprinted, with additions, his essay on " Mimicry and other Protective
Resemblances among Animals," which contains much matter relating to
Lepidoptera.
J. JENNER WEIR has published some additional notes on the relation
between the colour and the edibility of Lepidoptera and their larvae, and
suggests that the comparative abundance or scarcity of an insect may sometimes
be due to the presence or absence of some particular bird that feeds
upon it. Tr. E. Soc. 1870, pp. 337-339.
ZELLER (Tijdschr. Ent. (2) v. pp. 229-262) has published a paper on
the Lepidoptera of North-eastern Germany which appear towards the close
of the year. He divides them into hybernating species, late-appearing species,
hybernating late appearing species, and accidental stragglers, and enumerates
the species under each heading, often with lengthy notices of their
larvae and ordinary times of appearance. Only a small portion of the paper
has yet appeared.
A series of articles on insects injurious to the vine has been published in
Amer. Ent. ii., commencing with the Lepidoptera, which are very fully
figured in all their stages. These articles will be referred to under the
names of the species noticed.
LAnviE. Describing—W. Saunders, Canad. Ent. ii. p. 94; Preserving—
Prver, Ent. M. M. vi. pp. 201-203; Parasitic on sloth in Guiana^—Bar &
Oberthur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Seances, 1870, p. 8.
Lists of captures of Lepidoptera:—Britain, by E. Birchall, in Connemara
(Ent. v. pp. 09, 70), in county Wicklow (I. c. pp. 121-123), in Sherwood