THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 



BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA 



By J. AV. TUTT. 



Vol. II. 



The second volume of this important work has now .been completed, and by the time 

 that this is published will, it is expected, be in the binder's hands, and ready for sub- 

 scribers very shortly. The volume is rather larger than its predecessor, and contains a 

 large mass of matter on the subjects treated, and is so far exhaustive that no worker at 

 British (or Continer.tal) species of the families treated can afford to be without it. 



Besides the material collected from a variety of sources during several years the 

 synonymy has been thoroughly overhauled by Lord Walsingham, Mr. Durrant, and Mr. 

 Prout, whilst the life-histories of most of the species have been worked out de noro by Dr. 

 Chapman, Mr. Bacot, and the author. 



The introductory chapters consist of a series of essays on J' Metamorphosis of Lepid- 

 optera," " Incidental phenomena relating to the Metamorphosis of Lepidoptera," " The 

 External Morphology of the Lepidopterous Pupa," " The internal structure of the Lepid- 

 opterous Pupa," and "Phylogeny of the Lepidopterous Pupa," being exhaustive essays on 

 the structure of pupae, the development of lepidoptera in .the pupal stage, and many 

 other subjects important to the entomologist j)c;' xe, and the biologist. 



Each species is treated under a variety of heads : i. Synonymy, ii. Original Descrip- 

 tion. III. Imago. IV. Sexual Dimorphism, v. Variation, vi. Description of named 

 forms. VII. Comparison with allied species, viii. Egg-laying, ix. Ovum. , x. Habits of 

 Larva, xi. Larva, xii. Comparison with larvse of allied species, xin. Pupation, xiv. 

 Cocoon. XV. Pupa. xvi. Dehiscence, xvii. Foodplants. xviii. Parasites, xix. Habits 

 and Habitat, xx. Time of Appearance, xxi. Localities (British, arranged as county lists). 

 XXII. Distribution. Besides which detailed particulars of " Hybrids," " Gynandro- 

 morphism," and other important subjects are added where such have been recorded as 

 occurring between or in species. 



The help obtained from entomologists and the facts accumulated have been greatei" 

 than in the preceding volume, and there can be no doubt that entomologists will find this . 

 fully up to the standard of the first. There is more original matter in this volume, and 

 there can be no doubt that the monograph of the Psychides will take a place as the 

 authoritative work on this interesting group among all who study Palsearetic Lepidoptera. 



A complete index, comprising references to every superfamily, family, subfamily, 

 tribal, specific, and varietal name has been appended. The fact that this comprises some 

 30 columns of references to names dealt with will give some idea of the amount of material 

 comprised in this volume. 



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