Front matter

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTORY.

THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES.

PART I.

PART II.

A CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE BRITISH BUTTERFLIES

INDEX.

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES

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Pl. 1. Frontispiece.

Swallow-tail Butterfly.

Male and female, with caterpillars and chrysalids.

THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES

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EDITOR OF "THE ENTOMOLOGIST," ETC.

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