Keep your knowledge of British Butterflies up to date. 



"Acquaintance with the author's other volumes on British Lepidoptera had prepared us for 

 masterly and exhaustive treatment of the Butterflies, and we certainly are not disappointed . . . 

 The book will be found exceedingly useful to everyone interested in British butterflies, but to the 

 student in the higher branches of entomology it will be indispensable." — The K>itomoloqi«t, December 

 1905. 



PARTS I, II, III, lY. Y, YI, YII, YIII, IX, X and XI, 



OF 



A NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES 



Their World-wide Variation and Geographical Distribution. 

 (A Text-book for Students and Collectors.) 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S., 



"Wei-e published on November 1st, 15th, December 15th, January 15th, February 1st, 



March 15th, April 15th, May 15th and June 15th. Price Is. net (post free Is. Id.) 



each part. 



The book is divisible into two parts — (1) Chapters on the general subject, 

 ■(2) Systematic and Biological considerations of each family, subfamily, tribe, 

 genus and species. 



Parts I to IX contain, in the first section, chapters entitled " General 

 •observations on Butterflies," " Egglaying of Butterflies," "Eggs of Butterflies," 

 ■" Photographing Butterflies' Eggs," " Obtaining Eggs of Butterflies," " Butterfly 

 Larvae and their Moultings," " External Structure of the Butterfly Larva," 

 "Internal Structure of the Butterfly Larva," "Relationship between ants and 

 . butterfly larvse," " Carnivorous habits of Butterfly Larvye," " Collecting Butter- 

 fly Larvae," etc. 



The second section contains a detailed consideration of the superfamily 

 Uebicolides (Hbsperiides) or skippers, the family URBicoLiDiE. the subfamily 

 Thymelicin^, the tribe Thymelicidi, the genus Adop^a, the species Adop^ea 

 lineola, and A. flava (thaumas), the genus Thyjielicus, the sijecies Thymelicus 

 ACTEON, the tribe Urbicolidi, the genus Augiades, the species Augiades sylvanus, 

 the genus Urbicola, the species Urbicola comma, the subfamily Cyclopidin^e, 

 the tribe Cyclopididi, the genus Cyclopides, the species Cyclopidbs pal;emon ; 

 "the family Hesperiid.e, the subfamily Hesperiidi, the genus Hesperia, and the 

 species Hesperia malv.e, the tribe Nisoniadidi, the genus Nisoniades, and the 

 ■species Nisoniades tages ; Catalogue of the Palaearctic Urbicolides ; the super- 

 family RURALIDES. 



The species are described under the headings of "Synonymy," "Original 

 .Description," "Imago," "Sexual Dimorphism," " Gynandromorphism, ' "Com- 

 parison of allied species," "Variation," "Egglaying," "Ovum," "Comparison of 

 •eggs of allied species," " Habits of Larva," " Ontogeny of Larva," " Larva," 

 ■" Variation of Larva," " Foodplants," " Puparium," "Pupa," "Time of Appear- 

 ance" (with lists of actual dates in given places), "Habitat," "Habits," 

 "British Localities" and "Distribution." Plates illustrating the eggs of the 

 •"Skippers," " Coppers," and "Blues," " Larval Hairs of Skippers," " Apparatus 

 for Photographing Eggs," etc., are published with these parts. 



Every entomologist should send for Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI. VII, VIII, IX, 

 X and XI (Is. Id. each, post free) in order to judge the proposed scope and 

 standard of the work. 



Part XII will be published on July 15th. etc. 



An attempt will be made to complete the first 20 parts during the current 

 year. 



Please enter my name as a subscriber for copies to the forthcoming 



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