Abstract
THE interest of this book centres in the coloured plates, which for the most part are excellent, and, so far as they go, will enable any one to name his insects supposing them to be among the number figured, for it must be remembered these are only a “selection.” Probably the only really bad figure is Fig. 11 on Plate x. Nearly onefourth of the number are butterflies, and nothing is figured beyond the Geometridæ. A not inconsiderable number of the species noticed do not occur in Britain, but this should he no drawback, because so many of our amateur entomologists travel abroad nowadays and form collections on their tours. The text is written to the figures and is sound, and the whole book is remarkably well got up. It does not pretend to be of the strictly scientific class, but we can commend it to the notice of those desirous of making a cheap, handsome and useful present.
Familiar Butterflies and Moths.
By W. F. Kirby Pp. 114; with 18 plates containing 216 illustrations in colour. (London, &c.: Cassell and Co., Ltd.) Price 6s.
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Familiar Butterflies and Moths . Nature 64, 375 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064375a0
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