Author: Cyrus Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-19

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781331736912

Excerpt from Acrididae of North America The present memoir, entitled "A Synopsis of the Acrididae of North America," by Professor Thomas, is offered for publication at this time with the belief that it is a substantial contribution to Natural History. It is one of the results of the author's connection with the Survey for the past four years. It forms the first part of Vol. V, which is intended to include only special papers on subjects connected with the recent Zoology and Botany of the Survey. The catalogues, with brief descriptions of the new species that are collected from year to year, will appear in the annual reports, while the more elaborate descriptions, with the illustrations of the new or little-known species, will be included in this volume. The Fishes and Reptiles will be elaborated by Professor Cope, the Botany by Professor Porter, Hemiptera by P. R. Uhler, Coleoptera by Dr. Horn, Birds by Dr. Coues, and Mammals by Professor Gill. We trust that this array of names of men so eminent in these special departments will be a sufficient guarantee for the value of this work. I beg to extend to all these gentlemen my cordial thanks for their kind co-operation. 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."