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BOOK REVIEW 



The Lepidoptera by Malcolm J. Scoble. Natural History Museum Publications/ 

 Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-19-854031-0, 404 pages (4 colour plates and 

 321 figures and black and white photographs) £45, hardback. — A glance around the 

 "natural history" section of any book shop will reveal a wide range of books on 

 bufferflies and moths. Most, if not all, will be identification guides, although a few 

 will have some pages on other matters such as their ecology and structure. There has, 

 until now, been a noticeable lack of any up to date book on the form, function and 

 diversity of the Lepidoptera. This void has been filled with the publication of 

 M. Scoble's The Lepidoptera (earlier volumes in the series have been published on 

 the Hymenoptera and Hemiptera). 



The book's text is divided into three sections. The first part deals with the form 

 and function of the external lepidopteran morphology, i.e. the head, thorax and 

 abdomen, followed by chapters, on the same subject matter, on the ova, larvae and 

 pupae, with the concluding chapter on "hearing, sound and scent". The initial chapters 

 describe the morphology of each body section and their associated structures, followed 

 by a detailed description of the function of the structures. I would recommend that 

 any reader with a passing interest in the Lepidoptera, reads Chapter 2, which deals 

 with the insect's head and amongst other things, feeding mechanisms and habits. The 

 reader's attention should focus on the feeding habits of the Noctuid genus Calyptra. 

 This genus includes species which feed on fruit by piercing the skin and one species. 

 C. eustrigata, which feeds on mammalian blood. A fascinating description is given 

 of the piercing mechanism, which is apparently confined to the males. 



The wings are given extensive treatment in Chapter 3 "The adult thorax", as is 

 proper considering their importance. Their function is discussed in great detail. The 



