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THE present instalment of this important catalogue includes the butterflies, together with such of the moths as are comprised in the Sphingina (hawk-moths), Bombycina, and Noctuina. In his classification the author thus far follows Mr. Barrett's monograph of the British Lepidoptera, to the unpublished portions of which he has been supplied with references by Mr. Barrett himself. Whatever faults there may be in the scheme of classification in question, and the nomenclature employed therein, the adoption of a uniform system by different writers is highly desirable; and we, therefore, consider that Mr. Robson has been well advised in the course he has adopted.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Part I. By J. E. Robson. Nat. Hist. Trans, of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Vol. xii. Part I. Pp. 195.
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L., R. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Nature 60, 590 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060590a0
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