Keep your knowledge of British Butterflies up to date. 



" Acquaintanoe 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 Entomologist, December, 

 1905. 



A Natural History of the 

 British Butterflies. 



Their JVorld-iuide Variation and Geographical Distribution. 

 (A Text-book for Students and Collectors.) 



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



Volume I will consist approximately of 500 pages and 20 full -page plates — 

 price ^1 net. 



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 XVII 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," " Eelationship between ants and 

 butterfly larvae," " Carnivorous habits of Butterfly Larvae," " Collecting Butter- 

 fly Larvae," "The Silk-spinning Habits of Butterfly Larvae," "The Coloration 

 of Butterfly Larvae," " The Resting Habits of Butterfly Larvae," etc. 



The second section contains a detailed consideration of the superfamily 

 Uebicolides (Hespbriides) or skippers, the family Urbicolid^, the subfamily 

 Thymblicin^, the tribe Thymblicidi, the genus AnoPiEA, the species AnoPiEA 

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

 ACTBON, 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 Cyclopidbs paLjEmon ; 

 the family Hespbriid^, the ' subfamily Hesperiidi, the genus Hespbria, and the 

 species Hespbria malv.^;, the tribe Nisoniadidi, the genus Nisoniades, and the 

 species Nisoniadbs tagbs ; Catalogue of the Palaearctic Urbicolidbs ; the super- 

 family RuEALiDBS ; the family Ruralid.S! ; the subfamily Chrysophaninje ; the 

 tribe Chrysophanidi ; the species Rumicia phl^as, Chrysophanus dispar, etc. 



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." Twenty Plates illustrating the eggs of the 

 "Skippers," "Coppers," and "Blues," " Larval Hairs of Skippers," "The Skipper 

 imagines," " Lifehistory of Thymelicus acteon," Lifehistory oi Augiades sylvanus," 

 "Lifehistory of Nisoniades tages," "Lifehistory of Hesperia malvae," "The 

 British Chrysophanids." " Pupal Hairs of Coppers." etc., " Apparatus for 

 Photographing Eggs," etc., are published with this volume. 



An attempt will be made to complete the volume 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 vo.lume 

 which I forward the sum 20s. Od. as set forth above. 



Name 



Address 



J Herbert Tutt, 119 Westcombe Hill, S.E. 



