Author: Alvin J. Cox

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 988

ISBN-13: 9780260740113

Excerpt from The Philippine Journal of Science, 1916, Vol. 11: Section D, General Biology, Ethnology, and Anthropology In many Of the early collections of Philippine insects exact localities were not recorded. The term Manila or Manille in many cases was used synonymously with Philippines. This erroneous use of the term Manila as a geographic designation was due in part to insufficient data supplied by collectors and in part to the fact that the record of a more precise locality was not considered of importance. Most of the botanical as well as zoological specimens which are recorded as from Manila did in fact come from Manila, but many of them were collected a long way from that city. The use of Philippines as a locality is also misleading and is too indefinite for a region comprising some three thousand islands, where in numerous instances species are exceedingly local in occurrence. In view of those facts an exact record for each species, if represented in the Bureau of Science collection, is given in the following order: Island, province, town, mountain or river, number, and collector. The names of islands are printed in capitals and small capitals. The numbers are those of accessions of specimens in the Bureau of Science collection. The names of collectors are in italics. An asterisk following the name of a species indicates that the species is known to be of economic importance, and that some thing about it is to be found in the appendix to this catalogue. A dagger indicates that the species is represented in my private 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.