JUST PUBLISHED. 



A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera, 



VOL. IV. 



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



With Synopsis of Contents of Vols. I and lY., and General Index of Vols. I to 

 IV, by GEORGE WHEELER, M.A. 



Price £1 net. 



Thick 8vo., 533 and xvi. pp., Plates, etc., strongly bound in cloth, and gold- 

 lettered. 

 Complete set, Vol. I-IV, for a few weeks will he xohl for £3 7s. 6(1., Single Voliunes £1 net. 



A detailed account of the British Sphiigids, quite encyclopiedic in its 

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

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

 hybridisation and gyuandromorphisrn, 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 in 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 Agrius convolvuli occupies 63 pages, and that of 

 Manduca ntropos, 76 pages of detailed facts, whilst the accounts of Sesia 

 stellatariciii, Eumorplia elpenor, Theretra porceUns, Hippotion celerio, PJn-t/xus 

 llvornica, Celerio gaUii, Hi/Ies eapliorhiae, Daphnis nerii, Hyloicus pinastri and 

 Sphinx ligustri must be held to be unrivalled. The older British lepidopterists 

 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 

 work, towards the grand total of knowledge that we now have of these species. 

 Over a thousand different entomologists have been drawn on for material in con- 

 nection with this work. 



It is remarkable that, although entitled A Natural 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. Rothschild and Dr. Jordan write in their standard Revision 

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

 Palfearctic Lepidoptera. There is nothing written anywhere on European 

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

 " The new British Lepidoptera is a fine scholarly piece of work, for which not 

 only the entomological specialist, but naturalists of all orders, wall be thankful to 

 Mr. Tutt for many a year, etc." 



Cheques or Postal Orders to be sent to — J. Herbert Tutt, Rayleigh Villa, 

 Westcombe Hill, Blackheath, S.E. 



BASTIN BROS., THE HATHERLEY ROOMS, READING. 



Plain Nets, 1/.^ and 2/6 : Folding Nets, 2/- to 4/6 ; Umbrella Nets, 7/- ; Water and 

 Sweeping Nets, 2/6 and 4/6 ; Pocket Boxes, 6d., 9d., 1/- and 1/6; Zinc Kelaxing Boxes, 

 9d., 1/-, 1/6 and 2/- ; Entomological pins, 1/- and 1/6 per ounce, mixed ; Killing Bottles 

 (empty), 4d. to 1/-; Sugaring Lanterns, 2/6 to 8/-; Zinc Killing Boxes, 9d. and 1/-; 

 Sugaring Tins, 1/6 and 2/- ; Sugaring Mixture, 1/9 per tin ; Store-Boxes with Camphor 

 Cells, 2/6, 4/-, -5/- and 6/-; Setting-Boards, 14 sizes, from 6d. to 1/10 each; Complete Set, 

 one of each size, 10/6 ; Setting-Houses, 9/6 and 11/6, with store-box back, 14/- ; Zinc 

 Laiva Boxes, 9d.' and 1/ ; Breeding-Cages, 2/6 to 7/6 ; Japanned Collecting-Box with 

 Strap, 5/6 ; Glass Top and Bottom Boxes, from 1/4 per dozen ; Purple-Shouldered Boxes 

 (best make) nested, 4 dozen 1/3 ; Chip Boxes, nested, 4 dozen 7d. ; Glass Tuber, 8d. to H- 

 per doz. ; Split Cork, 1/- to 2/8 per dozen sheets ; Pupa-Diggers, 1/9. 



All kinds ot Entomological Apparatus kept in stock. Lists free. 



The Yoiiiiij Kntoniolo(jist's Co)npu)iiun, comprisimj Net, Killing-Boltle, Setting-Bodrd.t, 

 Pocket, Store aixl Zinc Bo.res, Pins, lOc, iCc, post free, 10s. 6of. 



A very large stock of Exotic Lepidoptera, Coleoi^tera, and other interesting 

 Insects always available. Lists tree. Correspondence invited. 



BASTIN BROTHERS, THE HATHERLEY ROOMS, READING. 



