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. köideHarper and Brothers, 1876 |
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... IMPORTANT FAMILIES AND GENERA OF INSECTS . Lepidoptera ( p . 470 ) —General Remarks on the Distribution of the Diurnal Lepi- doptera and Sphingidea ( p . 483 ) —Coleoptera ( p . 486 ) —Cicindelidæ ( p . 486 ) — Carabidae ( p . 488 ) ...
... IMPORTANT FAMILIES AND GENERA OF INSECTS . Lepidoptera ( p . 470 ) —General Remarks on the Distribution of the Diurnal Lepi- doptera and Sphingidea ( p . 483 ) —Coleoptera ( p . 486 ) —Cicindelidæ ( p . 486 ) — Carabidae ( p . 488 ) ...
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... important groups being wholly confined to South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub ...
... important groups being wholly confined to South America . On the other hand many genera range into Mexico and Guatemala from the north , which never reach South America ; so that it is convenient to separate this district as a sub ...
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... important being Dromicus ( Colubrida ) ; Boa , Epicrates , and Ungalia ( Pythonida ) ; Elaps ( Elapida ) ; and Craspedocephalus ( Crotalidæ ) . The lizards ( Lacertilia ) are generally more restricted in their range ; hence we find that ...
... important being Dromicus ( Colubrida ) ; Boa , Epicrates , and Ungalia ( Pythonida ) ; Elaps ( Elapida ) ; and Craspedocephalus ( Crotalidæ ) . The lizards ( Lacertilia ) are generally more restricted in their range ; hence we find that ...
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... important and best represented families are , Ranidæ ( true frogs ) , with eleven genera and more than 50 species ; Polypedatidæ ( tree - frogs ) with seven genera and about 40 species ; Hylidæ ( tree - frogs ) with eight genera and ...
... important and best represented families are , Ranidæ ( true frogs ) , with eleven genera and more than 50 species ; Polypedatidæ ( tree - frogs ) with seven genera and about 40 species ; Hylidæ ( tree - frogs ) with eight genera and ...
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... important of the peculiar genera are the following : Percilia , inhabiting Chilian and Percichthys South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percidæ ) ; Acharnes , found only in Guiana , belongs to the Nandidæ , a family of ...
... important of the peculiar genera are the following : Percilia , inhabiting Chilian and Percichthys South Temperate rivers , belong to the Perch family ( Percidæ ) ; Acharnes , found only in Guiana , belongs to the Nandidæ , a family of ...
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