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McIndoo, N.E. . TROPISMS AND SENSE ORGANS OF LEPIDOPTERA
1929 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection Volume 81 No. 10. Octavo, 59pp., wraps. VG. (a16805)
$32.00Christensen, Paul J. Holst. STUDEN �BER DIE POSTEMBRYONALE ENTWICKLUNG BEI COCHLIDION LIMACODES HUFN.
Kobenhavn 1950 Munksgaard. Det Kongeklige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Band VII No. 2. Slug caterpillars. In German. 4to., 34pp., 9 plates, wraps. Small library stamp on cover. VG, light soiling. (a17318)
$32.00Watson, D.M.S.. ON A CONFUSION OF TWO SPECIES (LEPIDODENDRON HARCOURTII, WITHAM, AND L. HICKII, SP. NOV.) UNDER LEPIDODENDRON HARCOURTII, WITHAM, IN WILLIAMSON'S XIX MEMOIR; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF L. HICKII SP. NOV.
Manchester 1907. Memoir No. XIII , February 17,, 1905, of the Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, 1906-1907, Volume 51, Part III. Removed from bound issue, 28pp. with three plates. VG. (a24930)
$25.00 Christensen, Paul J. Holst . THE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF COCHLIDION LIMACODES HUFN. (FAM. COCHLIDIDAE LEPIDOPTERA) A STUDY ON LIVING DATED EGGS
Kobenhavn 1953 Munksgaard. Det Kongelige Danske Biologiske Skrifter Bind VI Nr. 9. 4to., 46pp., 9 plates, wraps. Institution stamp on cover. Good. (a36583)
$29.00 Herrera, Alfonso L. . SEMEJANZA PROJECTORA GENERAL EN LOS LEPIDOPTEROS MEXICANOS DEL GENERO ITHOMIA. LOS ANIMALES TRANSPARENTES
Mexico 1891. In Spanish. Octavo, pp.97-112, later wraps. VG. (a52959)
$35.00Rindge, Frederick H. A REVISION OF THE NACOPHORINI (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE)
NY 1961. Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History Volume 123, Article 2. 4to., pp. 91-151 (double column), plates 18-123, original wraps. Near Fine. (a62691)
$35.00Rindge, Frederick H.. A REVISION OF THE GENERA MELANOLOPHIA, PHEROSTESIA, AND MELANOTESIA (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE)
NY 1964. Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History Volume 126, Article 3. 4to., pp. 245-434 (double column), plates 3-9, original wraps. VG. (a62692)
$35.00 Tietz, Harrison M. . LEPIDOPTERA OF PENNSYLVANIA A MANUAL
State College( c. 1938) Pennsylvania State College. 4to. 194pp., wraps, with red cloth spine. VG plus. No ownership marks. Scarce. (a70324)
$70.00 Holmgren, Emil . N�GRA ORD OM K�RTELINNERVATIONER OCH K�RTELKAPILL�RER HOS LEPIDOPTER LARVER SAMT OM ETT EGENDOMLIGT MUSKELSLAG HOS DESSA SENARES SFINKTERBILDNING ETT F�REL�PANDE MEDDELANDE
Stockholm 1893. Bihang Till. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handligar Band 18, Afd. IV, No. 8. In Swedish. Octavo, 11pp., 1 plate, rebound in later wraps. Institution stamp on title page. Uncut. VG. (a70662)
$40.00 Gerould, John H . GENETIC AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF ORANGE WING-COLOR IN COLIAS BUTTERFLIES (article in complete journal)
1943. Article at pp. 405-438 in one complete issue of Proceedings of American Philosophical Society. Issue has numerous additional articles by different authors. 4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a77121b)
$30.00 Schaus, William . NEW SPECIES OF MOTHS IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
Washington 1925. Octavo, 74pp., removed from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and rebound in later wraps. "A large collection of unidentified moths, many of them new to science, 150 of which are described in the present paper." (p. 1). VG. (a84029)
$29.00 Farquharson, Charles Ogilvie . FIVE YEARS' OBSERVATIONS 1914-1918 ON THE BIONOMICS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIAN INSECTS, CHIEFLY DIRECTED TO THE INVESTIGATION OF LYCAENID LIFE-HISTORIES AND TO THE RELATION OF LYCAENIDAE, DIPTERA AND OTHER INSECTS TO ANTS
London 1921. Article at pp. 319-448, 11 monochrome plates, 6 text illustrations, removed from The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1921and rebound in later wraps. Octavo. Near Fine. (a87710)
$75.00 Millard, W. S.; R. A. Spence and N. B. Kinnear (editors) . THE JOURNAL OF THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME 22 (XXII)
Bombay 1914 Printed at the Times Press. 21 April 1913 through 10 July 1914 bound in one volume. Hardcover. Large octavo, 823p., 12 chromolithograph plates , 59 lithographed photograph plates, diagrams and maps, 54 woodcuts, cxxxiv, green cloth with gilt spine label. Many wonderful articles including: Common Indian Snakes, Palms of British India and Ceylon by Blatter, Termites from British India, A Fight Between a Jackal and an Imperial Eagel, Flying Squirrels, Teeth of Snails, Voracity of Vultures, Occurrence of the Emerald Dove, Butterflies (color plate), Effect of Castration on a Black Buck, Habits of the Painted Spur Fowl, Rare Snakes, etc. Modest bookplate of a Natural History Library inside front cover but no other ownership marks, no spine numbers, no stamps, no pocket. Nice association: tipped in is typed slip of paper reading "Presented by the father of Pilot Officer Patrick Claude Nangle RAAF, killed on active service Octobr 20th 1941." VG plus, slight wear to corners. Binding secure. (a87955)
$200.00 Diakonoff, A. . MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF NEW GUINEA RESULTS OF THE THIRD ARCHIBALD EXPEDITION PART V
Amsterdam 1955 North Holland Publishing. Verhandelingen der Koninklinke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen afd. Natuurkunde Tweede Teeks Deel L. No 3. 4to., 210p., text illustrations, addenda, corrigenda, original printed wraps. Good, lower corner gently bumped, spine frayed and worn. Binding secure, text clean; no ownership marks. (a88561)
$65.00 Christensen, Paul J Holst . STUDIEN UBER DIE POSTEMBRYONALE ENTWICKLUNG BEI COCHLIDION LIMACODES HUFN. FAM COCHLIDIDAE LEPIDOPTERA
Kobenhavn 1950 first edition. Det. Kongel. Danske Viden. Selskab. Bind VII No. 2. In German. 4to., 36p., illustrated with 9 glossy plates, original printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88739)
$64.00Poulton, Edward B (ed) . THE HOPE REPORTS VOL. XIV 1904-1929 W J BURCHELL AND HIS BRAZILIAN BUTTERFLIES , ETC. (1825-30), INSECTS FROM VARIOUS ZOOL. REGION. (etc)
Oxford 1932 first edition. Printed for Private Circulation . Illustrated. not paginated consecutively . 100s of pages (Book is about two inches thick. ) Hardcover. sm4to. Good, exlibrary with spine numbers and bookplate (stamped "withdrawn"). Front hinge just beginning to crack . Binding secure; text VG. (a89851)
$75.00 Zerny, Dr. H. . DIE LEPIDOPTERENFAUNA DES GROSSEN ATLAS IN MAROKKO UND SEINER RANDGEBIETE
One complete issue of Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc, no XLII, 31 Decembre 1935. 4to., original orange printed wraps. 163p. In German. Mit 2 Tafeln (black and white) und 4 Textiguren. Near Good, cover rubbed and worn, some chipping on backstrip but text clean (although faintly toned) and binding secure; no ownership marks. (a90128)
$95.00Poulton, Edward B (ed) . THE HOPE REPORTS VOL. XVIII 1923-1932 LEPIDOPTERA, HYMENOPTERA, DIPTERA AND BLATTIDAE FROM VARIOUS REGIONS
Oxford 1932 first edition. Printed for Private Circulation . Illustrated. not paginated consecutively . 100s of pages (Book is about two inches thick. ) Hardcover. sm4to. Good, exlibrary with spine numbers and bookplate (stamped "withdrawn"). Front hinge just beginning to crack . Binding secure; text VG. (a92095)
$75.00Varley, G C and B M Hobby (eds). THE HOPE REPORTS VOL. XXVII 1945 - 1955 - HISTORICAL; MORPHOLOGY; FAUNISTICS; ECOLOGY; BEHAVIOUR; COLORATION; OBITUARIES
Oxford 1955 first edition. Printed for Private Circulation . Illustrated. not paginated consecutively . 100s of pages (Book is about one inch thick. ) Hardcover. sm4to. Good, exlibrary with spine numbers and bookplate (stamped "withdrawn") . Binding secure; text VG. (a92097)
$69.00Werner, Alfred. TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES
NY 1949 first edition. A A Wyn. Thin small 12mo. papercovered hardcover boards. 43p. 23 lovely color plates. Near Fine. no dj (as issued) (a95437)
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