Author : Claude Morley
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ISBN 13 : 9781332190522
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Book Synopsis A Revision of the Ichneumonidae, Vol. 1 by : Claude Morley
Download or read book A Revision of the Ichneumonidae, Vol. 1 written by Claude Morley and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Revision of the Ichneumonidae, Vol. 1: Based on the Collection in the British Museum; Natural History; Tribes Ophionides and Metapiides The present work, by Mr. Claude Morley, is to be regarded as a commencement of a Revision of the enormous Famil Ichneumonidae. The Ophionides and Metopiides have been selected for inclusion on account of considerations of an entirely practical nature, and not because the association of these two Tribes is indicated by a study of their respective systematic positions. The specimens belonging to the British Museum have hitherto remained as they were left by Frederick Smith when he arranged them in 1860;and the numerous additions which have come into the Museum since that time have for the most part not been incorporated in the collection. The work of bringing a very large accumulation of unsorted material into order, and of arranging it in accordance with the present state of our knowledge, has been undertaken by Mr. Morley, who has found it convenient to make a beginning with these two Tribes, quite irrespective of their natural affinities. A few words may be said with regard to the collection itself. The European species are poorly represented, and the specimens are principally derived from the collections of Ruthe and Bucheker. Asiatic species are mainly represented by the Wallace Collection from the Malay Archipelago, the Bingham Collection from India, the Fortune Collection from China and Japan, and the Escalera Collection from Persia and adjacent regions. The African material consists of numerous small consignments which have been received at various times. The specimens from Australia and New Zealand were few in number until Mr. R. E. Turner presented the results of twenty years collecting near Mackay, Queensland, with other specimens obtained at Cairns, in the same Colony, and elsewhere. The Ichneumonidae collected by Mr. H. W. Bates form an important part of the South American Collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
