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A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera, 



VOL. IV a 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S., 



With Synopsis of Contents of Vols. I and IV., and General [ndex of Vols. [ to 

 IV, by GEORGE WHEELER, M.A. 



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A detailed account of the British Sphiugids, quite encyclopyedic in its 

 character, with general details of the whole group, their attinities and classifica- 

 tion, their habits, early stages, distribution, etc. ; full account of their 

 hybridisation and gynandromorphisni. their variation and local races. Every 

 British entomologist ought to make it his business to see this work, if he sees it, 

 he will buy it, even if he makes no other investment iu entomological books. 

 Every available detail that can be gathered, either from British records or abroad, 

 has been accumulated to make up a huge collection of facts about each species, of 

 which even the most advanced lepidopterist can have no conception till he has 

 seen the work. The account of Agrins co7ivoIvuli occupies 6o pages, and that of 

 Munduta atropos. 76 pages of detailed facts, whilst the accounts of Scvin 

 ."ite/latariiDt, Euniorpha clpeiwr, Theretra porcellus, Hipputlon celerio, Plu-ijxu^ 

 livornira, Celerio gaUli, HtjJes cnplwrhiae, Daplutis ncrii. HijloicHS pninatri and 

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 who regret the decay of British entomology as they knew it, will see, by refer- 

 ence to this work, what they and their contemporaries have done, by their steady 

 woik, towards the grand total of knowledge that we now have of these specie-. 

 Over a thousand different entomologists have been dva\sn on for material in emi- 

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It is remarkable that, although entitled .1 yulural History of British 

 Lepidoptera, the German lepidopterists have insisted on a German translation. 

 Such a book must be more valuable to the British lepidopterist, and if every one 

 would see it, no doubt he would want it. 



The Hon. W. Rotlischild and Dr. Jortlan write in their standard lievision 

 of Ike Sphingidae : " Tutt's work is the most intrinsic ever written on the 

 Pala;arctic Lepidoptera. There is nothing written anywhere on European 

 Lepidoptera coming up to it iu thoroughness." Mr. W. Bateson, F.R.S., writes : 

 •' The new British Lepidoptera is a tine scholarly piece of work, for which not 

 only the entomological specialist, but naturalist of all orders, will be thankful to 

 Mr. Tutt for many a year, etc." 



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