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external and internal anatomy of Butterflies, the wing-venation, 

 and the life-history during the four stages of metamorphosis. This 

 is followed by full directions for collecting and preserving specimens. 

 A careful study of this introduction, written as it is in simple 

 language, will enable the reader to understand the classification, 

 and to realize that the Butterflies he captures are something more 

 than a collection of pretty objects. 



The coloured figures, though they necessarily fail in some cases 

 to represent the splendour of the originals, are true to nature and 

 will enable anyone to identify the larger species almost at a glance; 

 for the Skippers and other small forms it will be necessary to con- 

 sult also the descriptions and comparisons given in the text. The 

 possession of this handy little book will be a permanent joy to every 

 collector of these lovely "winged flowers of the air," and it ought 

 to find a place among the Nature study books of every school 

 library, as well as in the pocket of everyone who takes delight in 

 the beauties of the world around him. 



Dr. Holland's Butterfly and Moth Books were the first iniblica- 

 tions which gave coloured illustrations of the insects at a price 

 within the means of those most interested, and deservedly met 

 with a very large sale. Our debt of gratitude to the author is now 

 largely increased by the work before us, which is so much cheaper 

 and handier, and which includes all our Canadian Butterflies, with 

 the exception of a few verv rare species. 



C. J.S. B. 



Indian Forest Insects of Economic Importance. Coleoptera. 

 By Edward Percy Stebbing, London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 

 Ltd., 1914. Price 15 shillings. 



It may come to many as a surprise to see a volume of 648 

 pages on a single order of Indian forest insects, as we are accustomed 

 to think of the vast insect fauna of India as too little known to 

 render possible the preparation of such a work, and while Prof. 

 Stebbing's book, as the author .modestly remarks, "has no pre- 

 tensions to be more than a pioneer endeavouring to indicate in 

 some small degree the lines upon which the further study of the 

 subject should proceed," there is nevertheless a vast amount of 



