TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27th and 28i7i. 



The Extensive Collection of BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA 

 formed by C. A. Briggs, Esq., F.E.S. 



ME. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, at his Great Rooms, 

 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 October 27th and 28th, at Half-past Twelve precisely, the First Portion of 

 this Valuable and well-known Collection, comprising the DIURNI, 

 SPHINGES, and part of the BOMBYCES, together with one of the 

 excellent 40- drawer CABINETS in which the Collection is contained. 

 The specimens are all authentic, and mostly labelled or recorded in the 

 manuscript diary, to which buyers will have access. 



The long series of C. Dispar have been divided over four of the days 

 of sale. 



The Second Portion, comprising the Eudoreae, Crambidae, Ptero- 

 phoridse, and Duplicates, will be sold on Tuesday, November 10th. 



The Third Portion, comprising the remainder of the Bombyces, the 

 Noctuae, Geometrae, and part of the Pyralides, will be sold on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, November 24th and 25th. 



New and Important Scientific Entomoiogical Worl(. 



"DRITISH BUTTERFLIES (Illustrated). Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 5s. 

 "^ By J. W. TuTT, F.E.S.— The book consists of 476 pages, contains 10 full- 

 page illustrations, and 45 woodcuts. There are figures of every British butterfly* 

 Sometimes three or four figures of the same butterfly, to illustrate the two sexes ; 

 under side and variation are given. The full-page illustrations and most of the 

 woodcuts have been drawn by the well-known entomological artist Mr. W. A. 

 Pearce. Each British butterfly is described under the following heads : — 



(1) Synonymy, Generic and Specific. (2) Imago. (3) Variation, with general 

 remarks and summarised diagnoses of all described forms, British and Continental. 

 (4) Egg. (5) Larva. (6) Pupa. (7) Time of appearance. (8) Habitat and Dis- 

 tribution. Besides these there are extended remarks on each of the Tribes, 

 Subfamilies, Families, Divisions, and Super-families. The descriptions of the 

 " Larvae" and "Pupae" are largely original, and made directly from the objects by 

 the author. There are 282 aberrations and varieties diagnosed, of which 111 are 

 described for the first time. At the end of each chapter is a brief summary giving 

 the following information about each species : — I. Dates for finding (1) the ovum ; 



(2) the larva ; (3) the pupa ; (4) the imago. II. The Method of Pupation. 

 III. Food-plaiy,s. 



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NATURAL HISTORY AGENT AND BOOKSELLER, 

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