Keep your knowledge of British Butterflies up to date. 



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

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

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

 tudent in the higher branches of entomology it will be indispensable." — The Entomologist, December, 

 905. 



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



OF 



A NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES 



Their World-ivide Variation and Geographical Distribution. 

 (A Text-book for "Students and Collectors.) 



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



Were published on November 1st, 15th, December 15th, January 15th, February 1st, 

 March 15th, April 15th, May 15th, June 15th, July 1st. 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 XI 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 larvae," " Carnivorous habits of Butterfly Larvae," " Collecting Butter- 

 fly Larvae," etc. 



The second section contains a detailed consideration of the superfamily 

 Urbicolides (Hespeeiides) or skippers, the family Urbicolid^, the subfamily 

 ThymelicinjE, the tribe Thymelicidi, the genus Adop^ea, the species ADOPiBA 

 LiNEOLA, and A. flava (thaumas), the genus Thymelicus, the species Thymelicus 

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

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

 the tribe Cyclopididi, the genus Cyclopides, the species Cyclopides pal^mon ; 

 the family HESPERiiDiE, the subfamily Hesperiidi, the genus Hesperia, and the 

 species Hesperia malvjE, the tribe Nisoniadidi, the genus Nisoniades, and the 

 species Nisoniades tages ; Catalogue of the Palaearctic Urbicolidbs ; the super- 

 family RuRALiDEs ; the family Ruralid^e ; the subfamily CnRYsoPHANiNiE ; the 

 tribe Chrysophanidi. 



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

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

 parison of aUied 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, XI and XII (Is. Id. each, post free) in order to judge the proposed scope 

 and standard of the work. 



Part XII will be published on July 1st, or thereabouts. 



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 



work, A Natural History of the British Butterflies, for the first 20 parts of 

 which I forward the sum 17s. 6d. as set forth above. 



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