Butterflies and Moths

Butterflies and Moths

William Furneaux, british science teacher and nature writer (1855-1940)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Part I. Structure And Life-history Of The Lepidoptera

- Chapter I. General Characters

- Chapter Ii. The Egg

- Chapter Iii. The Larva

- Chapter Iv. The Pupa Or Chrysalis

- Chapter V. Classification Of The Lepidoptera

- Part Ii. Work At Home And In The Field

- Chapter Vi. Catching Butterflies And Moths

- Chapter Vii. Collecting Ova Larvæ, And Pupæ

- Chapter Viii. Rearing Lepidoptera

- Chapter Ix Setting And Preserving

- Chapter X. Preserving Ova Larvæ And Pupæ

- Chapter Xi. The Cabinet Arrangement Of Specimens

- Part Iii. British Butterflies

- Chapter Xii. The Swallow Tail And The Whites

- Chapter Xiii. The Fritillaries Vanessas And The Purple Emperor

- Chapter Xiv. The Browns And Heaths

- Chapter Xv . The Hairstreaks Coppers And Blues

- Chapter Xvi. The Duke Of Burgundy And The Skippers

- Part Iv. Common British Moths

- Chapter Xvii. Sphinges

- Chapter Xviii. Bombyces

- Chapter Xix. The Noctuæ

- Chapter Xx. Geometræ

- Chapter Xxi. The Micro Lepidoptera

- Appendices

- Appendix Ii. The Lepidopterist's Calendar