The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 18
... Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and Palæarctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ...
... Europe , W. Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and Palæarctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ...
Page 119
... European , or Palearctic , having representatives in North America ; although in many cases it would be more correct to say that they are Nearctic genera , represented in Europe , since America possesses more species than Europe or ...
... European , or Palearctic , having representatives in North America ; although in many cases it would be more correct to say that they are Nearctic genera , represented in Europe , since America possesses more species than Europe or ...
Page 123
... European ; such as Argynnis , Melitæa , Grapta , Chionabas , and a few others . Still , we must acknowledge , that ... Europe , and , owing to the long continuance of the generic types of insects , would remain little modified till now ...
... European ; such as Argynnis , Melitæa , Grapta , Chionabas , and a few others . Still , we must acknowledge , that ... Europe , and , owing to the long continuance of the generic types of insects , would remain little modified till now ...
Page 153
... Europe Europe Arctic Seas North Palearctic Creagrus 1 California and N. Pacific coasts CHAP . XV . ] 153 THE NEARCTIC REGION .
... Europe Europe Arctic Seas North Palearctic Creagrus 1 California and N. Pacific coasts CHAP . XV . ] 153 THE NEARCTIC REGION .
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... Europe , Asia , and North America , we find a continuous succession of vertebrate forms , including all the highest types now existing or that have existed on the earth . These extinct animals comprise ancestors or forerunners of all ...
... Europe , Asia , and North America , we find a continuous succession of vertebrate forms , including all the highest types now existing or that have existed on the earth . These extinct animals comprise ancestors or forerunners of all ...
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