Excerpt from The Entomologist, Vol. 5 Thorax intensely shining black, with a conspicuous white tubercle at the base of each fore wing: sternum black and shining. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 1868-9, Vol. 5 We regret exceedingly that for many numbers of this volume we were unable, through extreme pressure, to give prompt attention to many important communications, and this notwithstanding the issue of several enlarged numbers: our correspondents will please bear in mind that our constant aim is to clear off accumulations of materials as soon as possible. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomological Magazine, Vol. 5 The entomological magazine is ended - In offering to the public the Fifth and last Volume, and at the same time bidding my readers farewell for ever, I have thought it desir able to relinquish the editorial plural, and address my brother entomologists in the more egotistical but less assuming singular. Whether this work has or has not accomplished its proposed object, - the advancement of entomology, - whether it has been conducted well or ill, is for my readers to determine. Of its merits or demerits its avowed Editor cannot speak. In the pages of the volumes before me many papers occur which seem to require a few comments. I will make these comments as concise as possible. I am well aware how irk some is the reading of Prefaces, and that the only merit they can by chance possess is brevity. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine: Vol; 5-6 AT the conclusion of the fifth volume, we beg to express our thanks to our supporters, to whom is due the steadily increasing useful ness of the Magazine hoping also that the termination of a second lustrum will find us enjoying then, as now, the same amicable relations with them, and the same unity of purpose amongst ourselves with the satisfaction of knowing that, in having constantly held in view the advancement of Entomology, we have maintained an independence of party feeling, the entertainment of which, even in the slightest degree, is fatal to scientific progress, and a thing to be eschewed by all true naturalists. We regret exceedingly that for many numbers of this volume we were unable, through extreme pressure, to give prompt attention to many important communications, and this notwithstanding the issue of several enlarged numbers: our correspondents will please bear in mind that our constant aim is to clear ofi' accumulations of materials as soon as possible. In answer to enquiries as to the financial condition of the under taking, we simply say that experience seems to prove that each volume recoups its expenses (and nearly exhausts our present limited impression) in about four years, a result we had scarcely hoped for at our commencement, and which gives an additional guarantee for a long existence. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol. 5 of 30 The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine was written by C. G Barrett and W. W Fowler in 1894. This is a 358 page book, containing 171024 words and 17 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol. 12 In the December number of vol. Xxxiv (1898) of this Magazine, Mr. Champion published an account of the additions, &c., to our list during 1898, and as several novelties have been recorded during the past two years, and disputed points in the synonymy of others have been cleared up, it appears advisable to summarize them into one article. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist, 1874, Vol. 7 Against each other (as is also the case in Cynips Ter ricola), forming altogether a brown mass, on the extreme of which the outline of each separate gall is readily to be perceived. When recent this gal] is said to be succulent, but when dry its section exhibits a reddish mass of cells, divided from each other by their septa. Harting states these galls have but one cell, but on investigation I find that the smaller or pea-sized specimens possess from one to three cells, and the larger or cherry-sized galls from three to five, or in some instances as many as nine; these larger cells are ova], measurmg seven millemetres in their longest, by six mille metres in their shortest, diameter, and are enclosed in a pale yellow, softish, thinly-walled capsule, which is throughout firmly united with the substance of the gall. - G. L. Mayr. The existence of Biorhiza aptera, whose gall has been often found on the roots of oak-trees in the south of England, is liable to be shortened by the introduction of the germ of a new life within it, as it is not secure from Callimome Roboris, one of the gorgeous Chalcidiae, or metallic-coloured flies, of which much must be said afterwards - acis Walker. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist, 1870-1, Vol. 5 Description. Of the Larva of Tryp/rcena C'urtisii. - I am by no means certain what is the natural food of this species; but in confinement it feeds freely on Plantago lanceolata (narrow-leaved plantain) principally during the night, resting in a perfectly straight position 011 the leaf-stalk during the day, or even concealed beneath the surface of the ground. The head is rather narrower than the 2md segment, and is porrected in crawling on the same plane as the body; it is highly glabrous, and emits a considerable number of soft flexible hairs directed forwards; the face is flattish, and there is no perceptible notch on the crown: the body is almost uniformly cylindrical; the three thoracic segments are however decidedly more slender than the rest, especially when elon gated in the action of crawling; they are also transversely wrinkled, each being divided into four sections, in addition to the fold or quasi-section which intervenes between each two segments; the 12th segment is dorsally elevated, and the raised portion terminates posteriorly in a square and sharply-defined trrrncature; there is a lateral skin-fold below the spiracle, but not very conspicuous; the anal claspers are stretched out behind when at rest, and extend decidedly beyond the anal flap: when annoyed the larva falls from its food-plant in a compact ring, and remains in that position a considerable time perfectly motionless: in this position the slender hairs scattered over the body become more perceptible, but are never very conspicuous; the skin is velvety. The colour of the head is a transparent palish umber-brown, but variegated and reticulated with rich sepia-brown; these darker reticulated markings form two quasi crescents, the convexities of which are placed back to back on the middle of the face, and two other somewhat Similar but smaller markings on the sides of the cheeks scarcely perceptible from above; the ocelli are of the same dark colour as these facial markings: the colour of the body. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 1902, Vol. 14 Another volume has been completed and we have again to thank our subscribers and contributors for their excellent support during the past year. There has been no special feature like the century articles of the last volume, but the volume contains a large amount of most important and useful entomological detail, which has, we believe, kept it quite up to the level of its best traditions. The work of the assistant editors has been especially onerous this year. The coleoptera section under Professor T. Hudson Beare and Mr. H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe has been rather heavier than usual, and Mr. M. Burr maintains well the interest of our orthopterists in the work that is going on in their special branch of our subject. The help of Dr. T. A. Chapman and Mr. L. B. Prout with the lepidoptera, has again been of the utmost value to ourselves and our readers. 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.
Excerpt from The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 1894, Vol. 5 We are anxious to keep British entomologists in touch with those of similar tastes in various parts of the world. We do not think this is best done by publishing articles on work done, or descriptions of species from distant parts of the world these must be studied by the specialist who will buy the books he needs. But among the large amount of material which passes through our hands (and for the purpose of en larging our knowledge of what is being done in different parts of the world, and thus giving ourselves a broader view of the subject, we exchange with all foreign magazines that will exchange with us), there are often articles or books which contain information with which the British collector should be acquainted. These we discuss as occasion demands from our own British standpoint, and we feel satisfied that in so doing, we interest all our readers. Glowing accounts of how to catch Purple Emperors and Jersey Tigers may interest us occasionally, but we cannot continually get up an excitement on such subjects. One other matter we would mention, and in this we ask for the aid of all right-thinking entomologists. Britishers have been described as peculiar in their tastes and insular in their habits, with regard to matters entomological, and not without good reason. We have no sympathy with the man who prefers to remain ignorant because he is afraid to have foreign insects in his possession for comparison with British, lest he should be thought a cheat. Those men who study entomology as a science are well-known; they are above suspicion. At the same time, our insular prejudices have placed a high (if artificial) money value on rare and local British species. Why should they not have this value if they are thought worth it? That this is the case is proved by the fact that the value is fixed in British sale-rooms. But this artificial money value has led often to wholesale fraud, and we shall continue to protect our science by exposing such fraud wherever we find it existent, not so much from a sympathy with the victims, who sometimes appear to be pleased when victimised and extremely cross when a dirty piece of work is exposed, but on account of the fact that the introduction of foreign specimens as British, falsifies the data on which our scientific work is based, and disseminates error where we want to disseminate truth. Ignorance and error are the two greatest enemies of Science. Science is the well of absolute truth - all her devotees must seek to drink from'it. 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.
