OVA, LARV/E, AND PUP/E . 



The Largest Breeder of Lepidoptera in the British Isles is 



H. VS^. HEAD, @^ttom0lo0wt, 



Full List of Ova, Larvae, and Pupae, also Lepidoptera, Apparatus, Cabinets, 



etc,, sent on application. 

 Many Rare British Species and Good Varieties for Sale. 



r>. F. TAYlLiER & Co., Lta., 



Entomological Pin Manufacturers, 



Small Heads and Perfect Points. White, Black, and Gilt. 

 {As supplied to the British Museum.) 



BIRMINGHAM and LONDON. 



Can be obtained from Dealers throughout the World. 

 KIKBY'S SYNONYMIC CATALOGUES OF INSECTS. 



Supplement to Diurnal Lepidoptera, 1871-1877. 8s. 6d. net. 



Lepidoptera Heterocera, Sphinges and Bombyces 1892, reduced to £1 Is. Od. net. 



Neuroptera Odonata, 1890. Reduced to 10s. 6d. net. 



TAYLOR & FRANCIS, 



Red Lion Court, Fleet St., E.C. 



Melat«.-sin and Melanochroism in British Lepidoptera 



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



Dea^s exhaustively with all the views brought forward by scientists to account for th« 

 forms of melanism and melanochroism ; contains full data respecting the distribution of 

 melanic forms in Britain, and theories to account for their origin ; the special value of 

 "natural selection," "environment," "heredity," "disease," "temperature," etc., in 

 particular cases. Lord Walsingham, in his Presidential address to the Fellows of the 

 Entomological Society of London, says, " An especially interesting line of enquiry as con- 

 nected with the use and value of colour in insects is that which has been followed up in 

 Mr. Tutt's series of papers on ' Melanism and Melanochroism.' " 



To be obtained from J. Herbert Tutt, 22, Francemary Eoad, Ladywell Road 

 Brockley, S.E. 



Lantern Slides in Natural Colours. 



LEPIDOPTERA & liARV^ A SPECIALITY. 



Photographed from life and true to Nature in every detail. 



SLIDES OF BIRDS, WILD FLOWERS, &c., 



By same Colour Process. 

 LANTERN SLIDES MADE TO ORDER FROM ANY SPECIMEN OR COLOURED DRAWING. 



PHOTOS IN COLOUR OP LARY^, LIFE SIZE, ON lYORINE 

 TABLETS TO PIN IN THE CABINET. 



For List apply to— *"^~^^— ^— — ^^— "^ 



jCHARLES D. HEAD, 2, Mount Yernon, Dollymount, DUBLIN. 



