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INSECTA BRITANNICA. LEPIDOPTERA: TI- 

 NE1NA. By H. T. Stainton. With Ten Plates. Lon- 

 don: Lovell Reeve, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. Price 



" The object of this volume is to furnish descriptions of 

 all the species of Tineina (a group of Lepidopteua) at 

 present known to inhabit Great Britain, and, at the same 

 time, to give as much information concerning their habits 

 and transformations as the limited space would allow. Of 

 the ten plates, which have been carefully executed by Mr. 

 Wing, eight illustrate the generic characters, one the various 

 forms of the larvae, and one the perfect insects of several 

 of the most important genera (especially representing those 

 which have any peculiarity in their posture when in repose)." 

 — Preface. 



"This volume is the third in a series of publications put 

 forth under the immediate sanction of the President of the 

 Entomological Society, with a view of producing ultimately 

 a complete series of works on British Entomology. The 

 present volume is devoted to the Tineina, one of the five 

 groups of Micro-Lepidoptera. Of all the groups of Lepi- 

 doptera, perhaps, none are more interesting than the Tineina, 

 and few, if any, so far from being thoroughly understood. 

 The peculiarity of their forms in numerous instances, the 

 o'Oi'ireousness of their colouring, the wonderful beauty of 

 the pencilled markings on their wings, the fanciful and gro- 

 tesque position in which many of them delight to stand, the 

 variety and singularity of their transformations, all these and 

 other characteristics render them uncommonly attractive ; 

 while, on the other hand, their minuteness, the pains taken 

 and the expertness manifested by both larvae and perfect 

 insects in concealing themselves, or escaping if discovered, 

 as well as the difficulty of obtaining uninjured specimens, 



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