BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS; an Introduction to the study of our Native LEPIDOPTERA. By H. T. STAINTON. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Plates, and Wood-Engravings, 10_s_. 6_d_. [_In preparation._ -------------- BRITISH FERNS: an Introduction to the study of the Ferns, LYCOPODS, and EQUISETA indigenous to the British Isles. With Chapters on the Structure, Propagation, Cultivation, Diseases, Uses, Preservation, and Distribution of Ferns. By MARGARET PLUES. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Plates, and Wood-Engravings, 10_s_. 6_d_. [_Ready._ -------------- BRITISH SEAWEEDS; an Introduction to the study of our Native Marine ALGÆ. By S. O. GRAY. Crown 8vo, 16 Coloured Plates, and Wood-Engravings, 10_s_. 6_d_. [_In preparation._ ⸪ A good introductory series of books on British Natural History for the use of students and amateurs is still a _desideratum_. Those at present in use have been too much compiled from antiquated sources; while the figures, copied in many instances from sources equally antiquated, are far from accurate, the colouring of them having become degenerated through the adoption, for the sake of cheapness, of mechanical processes. The present series will be entirely the result of original research carried to its most advanced point; and the figures, which will be chiefly engraved on steel, by the artist most highly renowned in each department for his technical knowledge of the subjects, will in all cases be drawn from actual specimens, and coloured separately by hand. LONDON: LOVELL REEVE & CO., 5 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ The drawing for Fig. 5 (on page 26 of the printed book) was corrected to show that (b) is the face and the two arrows pointing to the compound eyes are marked (d). ○ Missing or obscured punctuation were corrected. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ On page 250, the number of the Genus was wrong. It was changed from “Genus 2. ANTHOPHORA, _Latreille_.” to “Genus 11. ANTHOPHORA, _Latreille_.” ○ On page 211, in the description of Genus 5, the notation for the sexes shows the female symbol inverted. There is no other use of the symbol in this manner, so it was corrected. (Plate V. fig. 1 ♂ ♀.) ○ Spelling and hyphenation were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise it was not changed. End of Project Gutenberg's British Bees, by William Edward (W. E.) Shuckard