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BRITISH BEETLES ; an Introduction to the study of our 
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BRITISH BEES; an Introduction to the study of the Na- 
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BRITISH SPIDERS ; an Introduction to the study of the 
Araneida; found in Great Britain and Ireland. By E. F. Staveley. 
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INSECTA BRITANNICA; Yols. II. and III., Diptera. By 
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