86 Mr. H. T. Stainton on Micro- Lepidopterology. 



a glance how vast a stride had heen effected ; but during the last 

 month, an unpretending 8vo. volume, of 430 pages, without 

 plates, has appeared, which at once takes its stand as tlie Con- 

 tinental work on the Tineina. 



It is impossible to overestimate the value, the utility of the 

 •' Tinese and Pterophori of Switzerland," by Professor Frey :* 

 though specially applying only to the Tinece of Switzerland, yet 

 as few of the species are peculiarly Swiss, and even those may be 

 found elsewhere if well sought for, it will, on account of the 

 immense amount of systematized details it gives of the habits of 

 the families, genera and species, of their geographical distribution 

 throughout Europe, be read with extreme interest in every corner 

 of Germany, and indeed wherever the German language is under- 

 stood. It is hardly possible to conceive a more enjoyable book 

 for a student of the Tineina ; in the genus Lithncollctis eight 

 pages are devoted to PomifoUella, Oxyacanthce, Ci/dom»lla, Sorbi, 

 TormineUa and Cerasicolclla ! In the genns Neplicula at least 

 eight new species are described ! ! 



Frey's work will not in any way interfere with the usefulness 

 of Herrich-Schaffer's ; each renders the other of more use than it 

 otherwise would have been. It is worked out in a somewhat 

 similar style to my volume of the " Insecta Britannica," but far 

 more completely ; going far more into detail, and discussing, as 

 already noticed, the geographical distribution throughout Europe 

 of each species, genus and family; besides, it incorporates all the 

 latest and most recent discoveries, rectifies errors committed by 

 Herrich-Schaffer or myself. In short, this volume clearly esta- 

 blishes the reputation of Professor Frey of Zurich as the first 

 Micro-Lepidopterist in Europe. 



♦ Die Tineen und Pterophoren der Schweiz, von Prof. Ileiorich Frey. 

 Zurich, Veriag von Meyer und Zeller. 1856. 



