Abstract
ALTHOUGH dignified with the title of a monograph, this work, reprinted from the British Naturalist, is a carelessly compiled reproduction of almost every statement which has ever been published upon the British species of Plume-moths. Mr. Tutt has not attempted to condense into a useful or readable form this mass of crude material, which, however, may prove attractive to a certain type of collector. The generic diagnoses, unaccompanied by synoptic tables or figures, are taken mainly from Jordan's abstract of Wallengren's “Scandinaviens Fjädermott,” and the specific characters are given mostly in the words of other writers, two or three descriptions being sometimes quoted for a single species. The book is roughly printed, and contains several misspellings of names; it will bring little credit to author or publisher, though as a compilation it may prove useful to those who care to search its pages.
The Pterophorina of Britain.
By J. W. Tutt Pp. 161. (Hartlepool: John E. Robson.)
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The Pterophorina of Britain. Nature 53, 196 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053196b0
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