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THIS book was originally published in 1882, and then comprised all the species that were included in the catalogue of Staudinger and Wocke (1871). The present volume brings the subject much more up to present knowledge, as it now contains descriptions of all the species of strictly European butterflies and larger moths enumerated in the great catalogue of Palæarctic Lepidoptera published by Staudinger and Rebel in 1901. The few species found in Madeira and the Canary Islands, but not met with on the Continent of Europe, have also been included, so that the work will afford an excellent help to any entomological Continental tourist, ofr those who perforce escape the rigour of our winter months in the Atlantic islands. Mr. Kirby has also brought our knowledge of the larvæ of these species up to date by the description of those discovered since the publication of his previous volume.
The Butterflies and Moths of Europe.
By W. F. Kirby, &c. Pp. lii + 432. (London: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1903.) Price 21s. net.
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The Butterflies and Moths of Europe . Nature 69, 197–198 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/069197c0
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