Out of Print Publications
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA
Edited by A.M.Emmet, 2nd Edition, revised and enlarged 1988, 288 pages.
This book is packed with information, much of it previously unpublished. It contains life histories of almost all of the 1500 species recorded from the British Isles. There is also an index of food plants which refers the reader to all species known to feed on each plant: this makes it possible quickly to identify larvae found to narrow the choice to a small number of species. The second edition follows closely the format of its predecessor. The nomenclature has been brought up to date and over 35 species added to the list since the first edition (1979) are included. Much more information about the life histories is incorporated.
NEW BRITISH BEETLES: species not in Joy's practical handbook.
By Peter J.Hodge and Richard A.Jones. 1995. 192 pages.
There are over 650 British beetles not included in Norman Joy's "Practical Handbook of British beetles". Some of these are new arrivals from the Continent or farther afield. Several formerly rare species have recently increased and some doubtful species have been confirmed as occurring, or having once occurred, in Britain. Others have been confused with other species or overlooked and many groups have undergone taxonomic revision. "New British Beetles" puts these changes into perspective, and offers the British coleopterist a new look at Joy's book, a reference to the current British fauna and the changes that have taken place.