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BRITISH BEETLES ; an Introduction to the Study of our 
Indigenous Coleoptera.. By E. 0. Kye. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured 
Steel Plates, comprising Figures of nearly 100 Species, engraved from 
Natui-al Specimens, expressly for the work, by E. W. Robinson, and 11 
Wood-Engravings of Dissections by the Author, 10*. (')d. 
This little work forms the first of a New Series designed to assist young per- 
sons to a more profitable, and, consequently, more pleasurable observation of 
Nature, by furnishing them iu a familiar manner with so much of the science as 
they may acquire without encumbering them with more of the technicalities, so 
confusing and repulsive to beginners, than are necessary for their purpose. In 
the words of the Preface, it is " somewhat on the scheme of a Delectus ; com- 
bining extracts from the biographies of individual objects with principles of 
classification and hints for obtaining further knowledge." 
BRITISH BEES; an Introduction to the Study of the Na- 
tural History and Economy of the Bees indigenous to the British Isles. 
By W. E. Shuck\rd. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Steel Plates, containing 
nearly 100 Figures, engraved from Natural Specimens, expressly for the 
work, by E. W. Robinson, and Woodcuts of Dissections, 10s. (5d. 
A companion volume to that on British Beetles, treating of the structure, 
geographical distribution and classification of Bees and their parasites, with lists 
of the species found in Britain, and an account of their habits and economy. 
BRITISH SPIDERS ; an Introduction to the Study of the 
Araneid^ found in Great Britain and Ireland. By E. F. Staveley. 
Crown 8vo, 16 Plates, containing Coloured Figures of nearly 100 Species, 
and 40 Diagrams, showing the number and position of the eyes iu various 
Genera, drawn expressly for the work by Tuffen West, and 44 Wood- 
Engravings, 10,y. 6d. 
One of the 'New Series of Natural History for Beginners,' and companion 
volume to the ' British Beetles ' and ' British Bees.' It treats of the structure 
and classification of Sj)iders, and describes those found in Britain, with notes on 
their habits and hints for collecting and preserving. 
BRITISH BUTTERFLIES ANT) MOTHS; an Introduc- 
tion to the Study of our Native Lepidoptera. By H. T. Stainton. 
Crown Svo, 16 Coloured Steel Plates, containing Figures of 100 Species, 
engraved from Natural Specimens expressly for the work by E. W. Robin- 
son, and Wood-Engravings, 10*. 6c?. 
Another of the ' New Series of Natural History for Beginners and Amateurs,' 
treating of the structure aud classification of the Lepidoptera. 
INSECTA BRiTANNICA ; Vols. 11. and 111., Diptera. By 
Francis Walker, F.L.S. Svo, each, with 10 plates, 25a-. 
