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British Butterflies and Moths. By H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., F.L.S.

(Reeve and Co.)—The first chapters of this book contain a general ac- count of butterflies and moths, a sketch of their metamorphoses, a sketch of their habits, and a description of the apparatus required for collecting and preserving them, with hints as to the modes of collection and preservation. These chapters are written in a simple and interest- ing style, and will assist the youlfal collector by teaching him what to do, and by enabling him to remember the teaching. The rest of the work is taken up with descriptive notices of the chief British butter- flies, and the coloured plates at the end reproduce them in all their variegated glory.