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As an example worthy of being folio wed by our own and other geographical societies, we call attention to the “Memorie della Società Geografica Italiana,” vol. ii., parte prima (Rome, 1880), which is the first part of a volume intended to be dedicated entirely to the zoological results of the Italian expedition to equatorial Africa, under the command of, the Marquis Antinori, whose portrait serves for frontispiece. It is prefaced by a communication from the Secretary of the Society (Sig. G. della Vedova), giving an itinerary of the expedition, and in connection with this there is a very excellent map showing the route. As is well known, the expedition principally explored the kingdom of Schoa, immediately south of Abyssinia—a district of which we have heard a good deal lately in connection with Egyptian politics, and of which we shall no doubt hear a good deal more. We have here an enumeration of the lepidoptereus insects of the expedition, drawn up by M. Charles Oberthür, of Rennes, illustrated by a folded plate, apparently carefully executed after the manner of lepidopterists, on which eight presumably new species are represented. The list of known species shows but little of the palæarctic element; this has already become dissipated, and we enter upon African ground as such; but the species captured were conspicuous, and include several of extremely wide distribution. A note explains that this part is not absolutely original, and that it also appears in the “Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova,” vol. xv., and the introduction indicates that the whole of this zoological volume will receive attention from the naturalists on the staff of, or in connection with, the now renowned Genoa Museum.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 21, 577–578 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021577a0
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