V. CLASSIFICATION OF THE LEPIDOPTERA 55 PART II _WORK AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD_ VI. CATCHING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 63 VII. COLLECTING OVA, LARVAE, AND PUPAE 98 VIII. REARING LEPIDOPTERA 112 IX. SETTING AND PRESERVING 122 X. PRESERVING OVA, LARVAE AND PUPAE 130 XI. THE CABINET--ARRANGEMENT OF SPECIMENS 134 PART III _BRITISH BUTTERFLIES_ XII. THE SWALLOW-TAIL AND THE 'WHITES' 139 XIII. THE FRITILLARIES, VANESSAS, AND THE PURPLE EMPEROR 154 XIV. THE BROWNS AND HEATHS 173 XV. THE HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS AND BLUES 183 XVI. THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY AND THE SKIPPERS 196 PART IV _COMMON BRITISH MOTHS_ XVII. SPHINGES 203 XVIII. BOMBYCES 217 XIX. THE NOCTUAE 239 XX. GEOMETRAE 268 XXI. THE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA 290 APPENDICES I. COMPLETE CLASSIFIED LIST OF BRITISH MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA 309 II. THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR 326 REFERENCES TO COLOURED PLATES 347 INDEX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _COLOURED PLATES_ 1-7. BRITISH BUTTERFLIES _Frontispiece_ 8. LARVAE AND PUPAE OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES } 9. SPHINGES } 10. BOMBYCES } _At end_ 11. NOCTUAE } 12. NOCTUA AND GEOMETRAE } _Full references accompany the Plates._ _ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT_ FIG. PAGE