Abstract
FAUNAL lists of the Lepidoptera Heterocera do exist, but their gross inaccuracy renders them almost valueless; and the number of comprehensive works presenting a really precise critical revision of the known moths of any particular part of the world is deplorably small. The only publication that deals in any way extensively with the moths of Africa is Seitz's “Macrolepidoptera of the World”, but this excludes the Pyralidæ, a family on which Prof. Janse specialises, and the other small moths covered by the somewhat unsatisfactory term Microlepidoptera.
The Moths of South Africa
By Prof. A. J. T. Janse. Vol. 1: Sematuridæ and Geometridæ. Pp. xi + 376 + 15 plates. 35s. Vol. 2: Geometridæ (concluded). Pp. v + 448 + 15 plates. 35s. (Pretoria: University of Pretoria, 1932–1935.)
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The Moths of South Africa. Nature 137, 209 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137209a0
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