IMPORTANT NEW WORKS ON ENTOMOLOGY. 
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INSECTA BRITANNICA. LEPIDOPTERA: TI¬ 
NEINA. By H. T. Stainton. With Ten Plates. Lon¬ 
don : Lovell Reeve, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. Price 
25s. 
“ The object of this volume is to furnish descriptions of 
all the species of Tineina (a group of Lepidoptera) at 
present known to inhabit Great Britain, and, at the same 
time, to give as much information concerning their habits 
and transformations as the limited space would allow. Of 
the ten plates, which have been carefully executed by Mr. 
Wing, eight illustrate the generic characters, one the various 
forms of the larvae, and one the perfect insects of several 
of the most important genera (especially representing those 
which have any peculiarity in their posture when in repose).” 
— Preface . 
“ This volume is the third in a series of publications put 
forth under the immediate sanction of the President of the 
Entomological Society, with a view of producing ultimately 
a complete series of works on British Entomology. The 
present volume is devoted to the Tineina, one ot the five 
groups of Micro-Lepidoptera. Of all the groups of Lepi¬ 
doptera, perhaps, none are more interesting than the Tineina, 
and few, if any, so far from being thoroughly understood. 
The peculiarity of their forms in numerous instances, the 
gorgeousness of their colouring, the wonderful beauty of 
the pencilled markings on their wings, the fanciful and gro¬ 
tesque position in which many of them delight to stand, the 
variety and singularity of their transformations, all these and 
other characteristics render them uncommonly attractive; 
while, on the other hand, their minuteness, the pains taken 
and the expertness manifested by both larva? and perfect 
insects in concealing themselves, or escaping if discovered, 
as well as the difficulty of obtaining uninjured specimens, 
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