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THE authors mention that the object of this book is to provide a non-technical introduction to leaf-mining insects, an account of their biology and lists of miners, together with their host-plants. Four orders of insects, namely, Coleoptera, Lepi-doptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera, include species which have developed leaf-mining habits in their larval stages. This type of behaviour attains its greatest development in Lepidoptera, and about one-half of the volume is consequently devoted to these insects. The various grades of mining habits are discussed, and the correlation between structure and function clearly stressed in different types of larvse. Although the subject is a specialised one, the knowledge brought together by the authors shows that the study of leaf-miners offers many features of interest to the ecologist and to the student of adaptation. At the same time, the field naturalist and economic entomologist will find the book of material help in the identification of the species found, more especially in North America. The subject matter is well arranged, the illustrations are for the most part adequate, and there is a useful bibliography provided at the end. We can recommend the book as a useful introductory manual.
Leaf-Mining Insects.
James G.
Needham
Stuart W.
Frost
Beatrice H.
Tothill
By. Pp. viii + 351 + 5 plates. (London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1928.) 27s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 123, 677 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123677c0
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