Abstract
THE object of this book is to provide a popular guide to the butterflies of Australia. It is gratifying to find such an object attained with due regard to the scientific requirements of the subject and without sacrifice of accuracy. It describes every known species of Australian butterfly and most of them are figured (on a somewhat reduced scale) on the really excellent coloured plates that are appended. The descriptions err possibly on the side of brevity but they are intended to be used in conjunction with the plates. Short diagnoses of the larvae and pupae are included, so far as they are known, and many of such stages are extremely well figured in a series of half-tone plates. The book is quite a model of its kind and a great deal of information is compressed within its pages. It deserves wide circulation and is exceptional value for its modest price.
What Butterfly is That? a Guide to the Butterflies of Australia.
Dr.
G. A.
Waterhouse
By. Pp. viii + 291 + 34 plates. (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, Ltd.; London: The Australian Book Co., 1932.) 12s. 6d. net.
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What Butterfly is That? a Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Nature 132, 988 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132988a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132988a0