South-African Butterflies, Vol. 1: A Monograph of the Extra-Tropical Species (Classic Reprint)
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Roland Trimen
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Forgotten Books
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1332234372
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9781332234370
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Excerpt from South-African Butterflies, Vol. 1: A Monograph of the Extra-Tropical Species
The book entitled "Rhopalocera Africœ Australis; a Catalogue of South-African Butterflies, which I published in 1862-66, has for long been out of print as well as out of date. Incomplete as it necessarily was, I am glad to know that it has proved very serviceable, especially in South Africa; and this has encouraged me to prepare the present work on the same subject, embodying as far as I am able the results of the wider knowledge gained during the twenty-one years which have passed since the old book made its appearance. As the new work is much more than a second edition of the former one, I have given it a different title, concisely descriptive of its character and scope.
Unable to finish the work as soon as I had anticipated, think it well to publish the completed portion without more delay. The two parts now together issued contain the Families Nymphalidœ, Erycinidœ, and Lycœnidœ, comprising 238 species, - a little over three-fifths of the whole number known. The concluding part, dealing with the Families Papilionidœ Band Hesperidœ, will describe about 142 species, bringing the total of known South-African forms up to about 380, - a striking increase over the record in 1866, when (after removing the erroneous admissions from the list) only 197 natives of South Africa were registered.
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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.
The book entitled "Rhopalocera Africœ Australis; a Catalogue of South-African Butterflies, which I published in 1862-66, has for long been out of print as well as out of date. Incomplete as it necessarily was, I am glad to know that it has proved very serviceable, especially in South Africa; and this has encouraged me to prepare the present work on the same subject, embodying as far as I am able the results of the wider knowledge gained during the twenty-one years which have passed since the old book made its appearance. As the new work is much more than a second edition of the former one, I have given it a different title, concisely descriptive of its character and scope.
Unable to finish the work as soon as I had anticipated, think it well to publish the completed portion without more delay. The two parts now together issued contain the Families Nymphalidœ, Erycinidœ, and Lycœnidœ, comprising 238 species, - a little over three-fifths of the whole number known. The concluding part, dealing with the Families Papilionidœ Band Hesperidœ, will describe about 142 species, bringing the total of known South-African forms up to about 380, - a striking increase over the record in 1866, when (after removing the erroneous admissions from the list) only 197 natives of South Africa were registered.
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.
