82 Mr. T. V. Wollaston's Revision of British Atomaria. 15. mesomelas, Hbst dimUUaia, (Mslim), Steph. 1 G. basalis, Erich. 17. munda, Erich. 18. nigripennis, Pk. 19. Hislopi, Woll. 20. apicaUs, Erich. 21. analis (Schiip.), Erich. testacea, Steph, atra, Steph. 22. ruficornis, (Mshm), Steph. terminata, Com. dorsalis, Steph. 23. versicolor, Erich. IX. On the Recent Progress of Micro-Lepidopterology on the Continent. By H, T. Stainton, Esq. [Read July 7th, 1856.] Twenty-four years have now elapsed since the publication of Treitschke's first volume on the Tinees. This was the first gene-ral descriptive work treating of that group of Lcpidoptera that had appeared on the Continent since the time of Fabricius. It was a work which at once rendered the figures of Hiibner far more generally serviceable, for the frequently misnamed figures of Hiibner were here referred to their correct names, and their histories and habits were given. Sometimes histories were applied to the wrong species, and many species were h.indled in a manner to create confusion. But whatever may be the faults of Treitschke's work, it was a vast step, and it contributed very materially to the production of Stephens's fourth volume of his " Illustrations," which appeared in 1834 and 1835. When a general work on a group of insects has appeared, each Entomologist seeks there for the name of any species he may chance to meet with ; and if he happens to find it there, well and good, but if not he probably describes it in some scientific journal or in the transactions of some learned society : but were the general work non-existent, he would feel utterly disheartened at the
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