Chronologischer Raupenkalender oder Naturgeschichte aller europäischen Raupen [...].

8vo: xxi-[1]-148 pp. (some min. browning).

Green cloth (sm. defects). Good copy.

Third edition of this calendar on European caterpillars by Chr.Fr. Vogel. Illustr. with 41 hand-coloured engr. pl. showing 538 different species. The introduction explains the transformation from a caterpillar to a pupa and from a pupa to a butterfly, followed by a description about their hibernation and the way how to catch and preserve butterflies. The main text mentioning which caterpillars can be spotted in which month of the year. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 4261. Prov. P.J. Charlier (stamp).