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Show 124 LIEUT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 3, Des 468 especes de notre faune il y aura a peu pres 200 qui se trouvent dans les collections de Bogota (Nouvelle Grenade orientale). La faune d'Antioquia possede aussi quelques especes de notre region qui ne sont pas encore trouvees ailleurs, comme : Automolus holostictus et A. ignobilis. Du reste il faut remarquer que quelques especes ne se trouveront dans les regions dont nous parlons que de passage en hiver. Ils nichent dans l'Amerique du nord, dans les Etats Unis et quelques-unes plus au nord encore. Les voila :- Rallus virginianus. Porzana Carolina. ? Nycticorax violaceus. Hoplopterus cayanus. Turdus swainsoni. Setophaga ruticilla. Pyranga aestiva. Hedymeles ludovicianus. Dendroeca blackburnise. Empidonax acadicus. Conti ipus richardsoni. Coccyzus americanus. Buteo pennsylvanicus. iEgialites semipalmata. Gambetta flayipes. Micropalama himantopus. Tringoides macularius. Limosa fedoa. 2. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. By Lieut.-CoL C. SWINHOE, F.L.S., F.Z.S.-Part I. RHOPALOCERA. [Received January 9, 1885.] (Plate IX.) The contents of this paper show the results of two years' daily collections and observations made by me personally at Poona and Bombay in 1882-83, and also for a short time in 1877. At the latter place I kept a large number of breeding-cages and had a great manv Moths; and Mr. Taplin did the same on m y account at Poona, and collected very largely for me at that place during the time my duties kept me in Bombay. Out of the two years I remained ten months in Poona, and the remainder of the time in Bombay ; and during the whole period I had a trained native collector in my employment, who collected every day, and I have kept a careful record of the numbers of each description of Butterfly and Moth captured by him each day; I can therefore certify to the absolute correctness of the dates given, and whenever it is stated that any particular insect occurs from, say, M ay to December, it means that I actually got that insect in every month from May to December. Mr. Kennedy collected for me at Ahmednuggur, and Major Hughes and Mr. Skinner at Belgaum. I brought home over ten thousand duplicates, all of which have been set up and carefully compared ; and I have given types of every insect mentioned in this paper to the British Museum. Lord Walsingham has very kindly worked out the Tineina and Tortrices; and Mr. Butler and Mr. Moore have given me great assistance in examining the national collection and the magnificent private collection of the latter. |