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a scope to the efforts of both the delineator and the lithographer 

 that the larvae of the butterflies figured in the first volume did 

 not offer. Plates XVIII. and XIX., in which the larvae of the 

 genera Procris and Anthrocera are figured, are amongst the least 

 striking in appearance, but the minute markings which distin- 

 guish the different species from each other are most faithfully 

 rendered, and one sees at a glance how little the mere colour of 

 a larva enables a species to be distinguised ; for instance, the five 

 varieties of Ino {Procris) statices, given in Plate XVIII., bear 

 little resemblance to each other ; and none of the larvse of 

 Zygcena {Anthrocera) fil'ipendulce, figured in Plate XIX., are 

 nearly so yellow as the type common on the South Downs, 

 where the green form, here figured, is unknown. 



Plate XXI. is singularly beautiful ; the normal larva of 

 Acherontia atropos and that of the red variety are given, well 

 showing the great range of variation in this species. There are 

 also three figures of the larva of Sphinx convolvuli in different 

 positions, so that the markings are well shown. Plate XXIII. is 

 quite gorgeous ; eight larvse of Deilephila euphorhice, in three 

 stages of growth and with a wide range of variation in colour in 

 the adults, are shown ; all the minute details of the markings of 

 this richly-decorated species are rendered admirably. Plate 

 XXXIII. is excellent ; five representations are given of that 

 most singular, one might almost say comical-looking, larva of 

 Stauropus fagi. Not only is this of the strangest shape, but it 

 appears to have the habit of throwing itself into the most 

 grotesque attitudes ; it seems to be a veritable buffoon amongst 

 Lepidoptera. Plates XXVII., XXVIIL, and XXIX. give highly 

 instructive details of the economy of the larvae of the genera 

 Spliecia and Sesia (Trocldlium) ; and although not possessing the 

 beauty of some of the other plates, they are of greater interest 

 from a scientific point of view. The work, indeed, may be 

 characterised as excellent throughout. Mr. F. C. Moore has 

 shown himself to be an accomplished entomological artist ; the 

 late Mr. Buckler's exquisite drawings have fallen into good 

 hands ; and the letterpress, under the able editorship of 

 Mr. Stainton, is replete with information. — J. J. W. 



