c^ THE YOUNG 



Beetle -COLLECTOR'S Handbook 



BY 



DR. E^HOFMANN 



CURATOR OF THE ROYAL NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AT STUTTGART 



TXIlltb an SntroDuction 



BY 



W. EGMONT KIRBY, M.D, 



joint author of "british and european butterflies and moths 

 "beetles, butterflies, moths, and other insects," etc. 



ILLUSTRATED BY 

 TWENTY COLOURED PLATES, COMPRISING OVER 500 FIGURES 



LONDON 

 SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & Co., Lim. 



1908 



