THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S LIBRARY. 



Books written by J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



The Natural History of the British Lepidoptera. 



(A Text-book for Students and Collectors.) 



Vols. I, II, and III. (Price 20s. each volume net. 'As. for the 3 vols.) 

 This work is the most advanced scientific text-book ever issued on the British Lepi- 

 doptera. Besides chaptei'S on the general subject, each volume contains, in the systematic 

 part, a detailed account of the species, each of which is treated under a variety of headings, 

 e.g.. Synonymy, Original description, Imago, Sexual Dimorphism, Gynandromorphism, 

 Variation, Egg-laying, Ovum, Habits of Larva, Larva, Variation of Larva, Pupation, 

 Cocoon. Pupa, Pupal Habits, Dehiscence, Variation of duration of pupal stage. Food- 

 plants, Parasites, Habits, Habitat. Time of appeiwance. Localities, Distribution. The 

 entomologist has, here, a revision of the superfamilies treated in a modern scientific 

 manner, and the work is of first importance to workers at these groups in all parts of the 

 world. The systematic part deals particularly with the species found in Britain, and 

 affords such a mass of detail concerning the British species as has never before been 

 brought together. To the general biologist the discussion and details relating to the 

 hybridism, gynandromorphism, variation and life-histories of the species dealt with, afford 

 a mass of material not to be obtained elsewhere ; whilst to the lepidopterist pure and 

 simple, the mass of information will enable him to study his subject from many different 

 standpoints ; to the collector the information concerning the habits, foodplants, habitat, 

 and localities, is as full as it can possibly be in the present state of our knowledge ; whilst 

 it would take the phenologist and student of distribution years to collect anything like the 

 number of facts bearing on their own special work that is here ready for their digestion. 

 Kach volume contains a gi-eat deal of original matter, not only from the observations of 

 the author, but also from Dr. T. A. Chapman, Messrs. A. W. Bacot and L. B. Prout, who 

 have collaborated with the author in their own branches of study for the work. Besides 

 these, some 200 other lepidopterists have helped in different ways and in various degrees. 

 The volumes contain a vast amount of absolutely new material relating to all the species 

 treated, and, at the same time, the whole of the information to be obtained from the long 

 series of volumes of The EHtomoluifittt'!! MonthUj Magazine. The Entomologist. The Ento- 

 inohgi>!t'x Record. The EutoinologinV.^ Weekly Intelligencer, The Zonlogixt, The Transactions 

 ftf the Entomological Society of London, a.s well as that contained in the works of Stainton, 

 Newman, Meyrick. Ban-ett, and others — also in the leading Continental Transactions and 

 Magazines— has been carefully summarised and noted. The woi'ks of all the leading 

 Continental authorities have also been carefully overhauled, and the important facts 

 gleaned therefrom. So much labour has been expended in making the volume woi'thy of 

 acceptance to all lepidopterists, and the cost of production of so large a book is so heavy, 

 that the support of every lepidopterist is earnestly solicited. To those lepidopterists who 

 have become interested in the scientific study of the subject they profess, these volumes 

 will open up a new world. The amount of labour expended in producing them has been 

 enormous, and, expensive as the works may appear, are really cheaper than any other 

 published work on the subject, for they represent a whole library of information that is 

 otherwise practically unobtainable. 



Monograph of the Pterophorina. 



(Demy 8vo., 161 pp., bound in Cloth. Price .5/-). 

 This book contains an introductory chapter on " Collecting," '• Killing " and 

 '• Setting " the Pterophorina, a table giving details of each species — Times of appearance 

 of larva, of pupa and of imago, food-plants, mode of pupation, and a complete account (so 

 far as is known) of every British species, under the headings of " Synonymy," " Imago," 

 " Variation," " Ovum," " Larva," " Food-plants." "Pupa," "Habitat," and " Distribu- 

 tion." It is much the most complete and trustworthy account of this interesting group of 

 Lepidoptera that has ever been published. 



Woodside, Burnside, Hillside and Marsh. 



(Crown 8vo., Illustrated, Bound in Cloth, (Price 2/6). 



Another series of collecting expeditions into well-known entomological and natural 

 history localities, with description of botanical, geological, ornithological as well as 

 entomological matters of interest to be found therein. The places dealt with include 

 Cobham Woods, Cuxton Downs, the Western Highlands, Cliffe — all well known for their 

 rich entomological fauna. 



To be obtained from H. E. Pace, "Bertrose," Gellatly Road, Hatcham. 



