Illustrations Of The Zygaenidae Bombycidae Of North America

Author : Richard Harper Stretch
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ISBN 13 : 9781332142682
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book Illustrations of the Zygænidæ& Bombycidæ of North America, Vol. 1 written by Richard Harper Stretch and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrations of the Zygaenidae& Bombycidae of North America, Vol. 1: Part 1 to 9, July 1872 to Dec; 1873 The object of the present work is to furnish in a compact form, good colored illustrations of all the species of Zygaenidae and Bombycidae found in North America, north of the Mexican boundary; with accompanying letter press, in which it is intended to embody everything of interest in relation to each species, which may have appeared in print, with such additional information as I may be able to secure from original sources. There is nothing at present which covers this ground. Many species are unfigured, others have been figured only in black and white; the illustrations being at the same time scattered through many works. In relation to the letter press, the latter remark is equally true. The synopsis of the Lepedoptera of North America, by Morris, with appendix, by Clemens, while a valuable work, is much behind our present knowledge of the groups; and it is moreover unaccompanied by plates, without which the determination of the species of some genera, such as Arctia, is nearly impossible. It is hoped the present effort will supply a want which I have myself seriously felt in studying these groups, and which I doubt not, must have been equally patent to the rapidly increasing number of entomologists in the United States. Many species exist in cabinets only as unique specimens; and a large number are so rare that few possess them. The difficulty of procuring these for the purpose of figuring them, will preclude the possibility of commencing at the head of the list and figuring the species seriatim, in natural sequence, so that the insect will be figured as I can procure them, precedence being given to those that are new or but little known, an effort being made however to present all the species of a genus in the same number, where it is possible to do so. In the letter press it will be my endeavor to make the synonymy and history of each species as complete as possible, using the original descriptions where they are sufficiently accurate, and adding thereto the characters of the larv and their transformations where known. 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."