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'rutt's " EriLish Noctuce and their Varieties " (4 vols.) is 

 a book to be consulted by those interested in variation^ on 

 which subject Mr. Tutt is a specialist. 



Leech's " British i^'m//V/t'i- " (1886), includes coloured 

 figures and descriptions of all the British Fyrales, Crainhi^ and 

 Pterophori. 



Two volumes of a series of octavo publications called 

 " Insecta Britannica," devoted \.o Lcpidoptcra, contain mono- 

 graphs on British Tortriccs, by Wilkinson (1859), and on the 

 Tine in a and Plerophorina, by Stainton (1S54). They are 

 illustrated by a few plain plates. 



France. 



The most useful popular w^orks on French Lepidoptera are 

 those by Berce entitled " Faune Entomologique Fran^aise : 

 Lepidopteres." The first consists of six small octavo volumes, 

 with coloured plates and descriptions, which were published 

 between 1867 and 1878, and comprise descriptions of all the 

 species up to and including the Cranibi. There is also a small 

 and cheap popular edition in one volume, in which, of course, 

 only a selection of species could be noticed ; but the plates are 

 crowded with figures, many of which do not occur in the 

 larger work, though this also contains a fair proportion of 

 useful figures. 



Ilolhind. 



One of the best and oldest collections of drawings and 

 descriptions of European Lepidoptera is Sepp's " Beschouwing 

 der Wonderen Gods in de minstgeachte Schepzelen of Neder- 

 landsche Insecten," the publication of which was commenced 

 at Amsterdam in 1715, and was continued by various hands, 

 till eight thick cjuarto volumes, containing a total of 400 plates, 

 had appeared, of which the last was completed by the 



