Monograph of the Pterophorina 



(Demy 8vo. Bound in Cloth. Price 5/-). 

 A. full account of every British Plume moth under the following heads : 

 Synonymy, Imago, Variation, Egg, Larva, Food-plants, Pupa, Time of Ap- 

 pearance, Localities, Distribution, with full instructions for collecting, setting, 

 and preserving these delicate insects. 



Stray Notes on the Noctuse (Price 1/-). 



This contribution to our knowledge of the British Noctuides should be read by 

 all entomologists, It contains detailed information, among others, of the following 

 points : Varieties and Aberrations — The local races peculiar to Britain — True 

 ■distinction between Varieties and Aberrations — Types of Species — Scientific usage 

 •of the term " type," and its general application — Full notes on the Orrhodias, 

 Leucania strammea, and other species in the British Museum — Identical North 

 American and British species of Noctuse — Bepresentative North American Species 

 — The genitalia of Noctuides— IdenticalJapanese and British Noctuids — Classifica- 

 tion of the Noctuas — Arrangement of Genera — Criticism of the various methods 

 of classification which has been introduced into England — Cymatophoridae and 

 •JBryophilidae — Separation of Leucania and Nonagria — Position of the Plusidae — 

 The position of the Deltoides among the Noctuse. Many other matters of interest 

 are also discussed. 



Insects and Spiders (Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 1/-). 



"T> This book consists of 15 chapters, giving structural and characteristic details 

 ■of the various orders of insects. These are entitled — " General external character 

 ■of insects," " Internal organs of insects and their functions," " Metamorphoses of 

 insects," " The Earwig," " Locusts and Grasshoppers," " Dragonflies," " Caddis- 

 flies," " Butterflies and Moths," Beetles," "Flies," "Social Insects — bees, wasps 

 and ants," " The Honey-bee," "Wasps," "Ants," and" Spiders." 



Notes on the Zygsenidae (1/-). 



ww These papers contain a full account of the synonymy, variation and distribu- 

 tion of several species of Burnet Moths common to Britain and the Alps. 



Rambles in Alpine Valleys, 



BEING THE WANDERINGS OF A FIELD-NATURALiST IN PIEDMONT 



(Crown 8vo. Bound in Cloth, with Map and Photographs of District. 3/6). 



The book deals with the lovely valleys which open out on the Italian side of 

 Mont Blanc. It deals with the natural objects of interest— entomological, 

 hotanical, ornithological, and geological. It contains the most recent scientific 

 ■discoveries and suggestions relative to the objects described. 



It contains much scientific entomology apart from the actual description of 

 the insect fauna of the district — the chief insects discussed with relation to their 

 environment -are the Anthrocerids, the Parnassids, the Gnophids, the Coliads, the 

 Erebiids, the Argynnids, etc. The origin of the coloration of Alpine insects, the 

 sexual dimorphism presented by them, and the explanations thereof are important 

 features in the book. 



Random Recollections of Woodland, Fen and Hill 



{Crown Svo. Illustrated. Cloth. Price 2/6, a few copies of the 1st edition, 3/-). 

 The collecting expeditions of an entomologist into various well-known localities 

 in various parts of the British Islands — Wicken, Cuxton, Chattenden, Freshwater, 

 Deal, Sandwich, Dover, the Medway Marshes, Argyllshire, etc. —with full account 

 ■of the fauna of these localities. 



Woodside, Burnside, Hillside and Marsh 



(Crown Svo. Illustrated. Bound in Cloth. Price 2/6). 

 A similar series of collecting expeditions into well-known entomological and 

 natural history localties, with description of botanical, geological, ornithological 

 as well as entomological matters of interest to be found therein. The places dealt 

 with include Cobham Woods, Cuxton Downs, Western Highlands, Cliffe, all well- 

 known for their rich entomological fauna. 



