British Butterflies

Abstract

MR. FROHAWK is well known to naturalists as an admirable delineator and accurate observer of British lepidoptera in all their stages. The present work amply fulfils the expectations of those who knew that the author was engaged upon the task of describing and figuring every British butterfly in all its phases from egg to imago. The work may fitly be termed monumental; for it represents an immense amount of patient labour carried on through a long series of years, and accomplishes what has never been attempted before, namely, a complete life-history of every species of butterfly that has any claim to be considered British. The ground has been partly covered by the works of Barrett, Buckler, and others, but never before has the assemblage been figured and described as a whole.

Natural History of British Butterflies: a Complete, Original, Descriptive Account of the Life-History of every Species occurring in the British Islands, together with their Habits, Time of Appearance, and Localities.

By F. W. Frohawk. Vol. 1. Pp. xv + 207 + 36 plates. Vol. 2. Pp. iv + 206 + 29 plates. (London: Hutchinson and Co., 1924.) 6l. 6s. net.