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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... Insects ( p . 13 ) -Coleoptera ( p . 15 ) -Land Shells ( p . 19 ) -Marine Shells ( p . 20 ) -Brazilian Sub - region ( p . 21 ) - Its Mammalia ( p . 23 ) —Its Birds ( p . 24 ) —Islands of Tropical South America , Galapagos ( p . 29 ) ...
... Insects ( p . 13 ) -Coleoptera ( p . 15 ) -Land Shells ( p . 19 ) -Marine Shells ( p . 20 ) -Brazilian Sub - region ( p . 21 ) - Its Mammalia ( p . 23 ) —Its Birds ( p . 24 ) —Islands of Tropical South America , Galapagos ( p . 29 ) ...
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... Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca ( p . 124 ) -The Califor- nian Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The Alleghany Sub - region ( p . 131 ) -The Bermudas ( p . 134 ) —The ...
... Insects ( p . 122 ) -Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca ( p . 124 ) -The Califor- nian Sub - region ( p . 127 ) -The Rocky Mountain Sub - region ( p . 129 ) -The Alleghany Sub - region ( p . 131 ) -The Bermudas ( p . 134 ) —The ...
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... 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 ) -Lucanida ( p . 492 ) -Cetoniidae ...
... 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 ) -Lucanida ( p . 492 ) -Cetoniidae ...
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... Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect life , it so abounds in peculiar groups , in forms of exquisite beauty , and in an endless profusion of species , that no adequate idea of this branch of its fauna can be ...
... Insects . The Neotropical region is so excessively rich in insect life , it so abounds in peculiar groups , in forms of exquisite beauty , and in an endless profusion of species , that no adequate idea of this branch of its fauna can be ...
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... insects , with rich though sober colouring . The true Heliconii are magnificent insects , most elegantly marked with brilliant and strongly contrasted tints . The Nymphalidæ are represented by such a variety of gorgeous insects that it ...
... insects , with rich though sober colouring . The true Heliconii are magnificent insects , most elegantly marked with brilliant and strongly contrasted tints . The Nymphalidæ are represented by such a variety of gorgeous insects that it ...
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