Lasiocampidæ. Fig. 1, a, b, c. Gastropacha Quercifolia. Fig. 2. Lasiocampa Pruni. Fig. 3, a, b, c. Lasiocampa Pini. Fig. 4, a, b, c. Lasiocampa Potatoria. Fig. 5. Clisiocampa Populi. Fig. 6, a, b. Clisiocampa Neustria. Fig. 7, a, b, c. Clisiocampa Castrensis. Fig. 8, a, b. Eriogaster Catax. A. Leafy-branched Spurge. [Euphorbia Esula]. B. Plum. [Prunus Domestica.]. C. Scotch Fir. [Pinus Sylvestris.]

Description

original hand-colour chromolithograph.

an antique print of different butterflies, from ‘European Butterflies and Moths’ plate no. 28 by W. F. Kirby, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. in London.

William Forsell Kirby was an English entomologist and folklorist. Kirby was an advocate of theistic evolution. In his book Evolution and Natural Theology he argued that evolution and theism are compatible. He noted that creationism was scientifically untenable and refuted its arguments. He viewed nature as a “vast self-adjusting machine”.