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1973, hard cover,
27.5 x 19.5cm. Contains 48 colour plates. 24 plates of adults
and 24 plates of early stages with captions, tabulated data on
species and scientific names.
Over 650 colour specimens.
The main part of the text is arranged in concise information
tables, giving common name of each species, then the plate references,
family and scientific names, author, status, British racial
names (which is a unique feature of this publication), short
notes on variation, habitat, distribution, a calendar indicating
the stages found in the relative month, and finally the larval
food plants plus the number of larval stages and broods of adults.
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