Keep your knowledge of British Butterflies up to dat 



"Acquaintance with the author's other volumes on British Lepidoptera had prepare 

 masterly and exhaustive treatment of the Butterflies, and we certainly are not disappointed 

 The book will be found exceedingly useful to everyone interested inBritish butterflies, but t 

 student in the higher branches of entomology it will be indispensable."— T/if Entomoloqist, Decern 

 1905. 



P^X«tS I, II SLYiei III €>r 



A NATURAL HISTORY ^. BRITISH BUTTERFLIES 



Their IVorld-wide Variation and Geographical Distribution. 

 (A. Text-book for Students and Collectors.) 



By J. W. T U T T, F.E.S., 



Were published on November 1st, 15tb, and December 15th. Price Is. net (post free 



Is. Id.) each part. 

 The book is divisible into two parts — (1) Chapters on the general subject, 

 (2) Systematic and Biological considerations of each family, subfamily, tribe, 

 genus and species. 



Part I contains, in the first section, a chapter entitled " General observations 

 on Butterflies," and part of another chapter, " Egglaying of Butterflies." The 

 second section contains a detailed consideration of the superfamily Urbicolides 

 (Hespkriides) or skippers, the family Urbicolid.e, the subfamily Thymelicin;e, 

 the tribe Thymelicidi, the genus Adop.ea, and the species Adop^a lineola. 

 The latter is treated under the headings of " Synonymy," " Original Descrip- 

 tion," " Imago," " Sexual Dimorphism," " Comparison of Adopaea lineola and 

 A.Jiava (tJiaiiuws),'' "Variation (with description of nine aberrations and varie- 

 ties, six new)," " Egglaying," " Ovum," " Comparison of eggs of Adopaea lineola 

 and A. flava,'' "Habits of Larva," "Ontogeny of Larva," "Larva," "Food- 

 plants," " Puparium," " Pupa," " Time of Appearance" (with lists of actual dates 

 in given places), " Habitats," " Habits," " British Localities " (ten counties with 

 places), and "Distribution." 



Part II contains, in the first section, the conclusion of the chapter " Egg- 

 laying of Butterflies," a chapter "Eggs of Butterflies," and part of another 

 " Photographing Butterfly Eggs." The second section contains a full account 

 of Adop^a flava, treated under the heads of " Synonymy," " Original Descrip- 

 tion," "Imago," " Sexual Dimorphism," "Gynandromorphism," "Variation (with 

 description of nine new aberrations and varieties)," "Egglaying," "Ovum," 

 "Habits of Larva," "Larva," "Variation of Larva," "Food-plants," "Pupa- 

 rium," " Time of Appearance," " Habitat," "Habits," " British Localities," and 

 "Distribution." An account of the genus Thymelious, followed by a full con- 

 sideration of Thymelious acteon, under practically the same headings as above 

 (and including descriptions of five new aberrations), as far as the Pupa. This 

 Part contains a plate of the " Apparatus needed for photographing eggs." 



Part III contains, in the first section, the conclusion of the chapter " Photo- 

 graphing Butterfly Eggs," and the commencement of another chapter entitled 

 " Obtaining Eggs of Butterflies." The second section containing the completion 

 of the account of Thymelious acteon, an account of the tribe Urbicolidi, the 

 genus Augiades, and a detailed consideration of Augiades sylvanus to the para- 

 graph " Pupa," the latter being here described in detail for the first time. A 

 plate containing the eggs of the remaining Urbicolids and the Chrysophanids is 

 given with Part III. 



Every entomologist should send for Parts I, II and III (Is. Id. each, post 

 free) in order to judge the proposed scope and standard of the work. To make 

 it a real success every entomologist interested in our Butterflies should subscribe. 



It will also be considered an act of great kindness if every entomologist will 

 send information of any British species of which he has special knowledge. 



Every effort will be made to make the book worthy of the best traditions of 

 British entomology and British entomologists. 



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