Biologie der Schmetterlinge

Abstract

NO scientific book has appeared hitherto that deals adequately with the many biological problems that are exemplified in Lepidoptera. These insects have so long proved a convenient source of material for fundamental research that a comprehensive work, bringing together accumulated knowledge in an accessible form, should appeal to a wide circle of zoologists. This want has now been met to a large extent by the admirable volume by Dr. Martin Hering, of the museum of zoology of the University of Berlin, which is now before us. His treatise surveys a breadth of field unexcelled by previous writers on these insects and is a storehouse of information relative to most phases of their biology. Throughout the book he discusses the principles underlying the phenomena described and, although his theoretical conclusions may not always seem to be sufficiently supported by facts, his original viewpoint is particularly stimulating.

Biologie der Schmetterlinge.

Von Dr. Martin Hering. (Biologische Studienbücher, 3.) Pp. vi + 480 + 13 Tafeln. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926.) 18 gold marks.