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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... peculiar to America . These four families comprise 68 genera and more than 800 species ; alone constituting a very important feature in the entomology of the region . But in almost all the other families there are numbers of peculiar genera ...
... peculiar to America . These four families comprise 68 genera and more than 800 species ; alone constituting a very important feature in the entomology of the region . But in almost all the other families there are numbers of peculiar genera ...
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... peculiar forms . The magnificent diurnal butterfly - like moths , Urania ... genera are more numerous in the latter . The American Castnias are large ... genera of these insects ; and 10 of these genera are peculiar . The most important ...
... peculiar forms . The magnificent diurnal butterfly - like moths , Urania ... genera are more numerous in the latter . The American Castnias are large ... genera of these insects ; and 10 of these genera are peculiar . The most important ...
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... genera ( 26 ) peculiar to Chili and South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ( 10 sp . ) , mostly Chilian ; Feronomorpha ...
... genera ( 26 ) peculiar to Chili and South Temperate America . The most important of these are Antarctia ( 29 sp . ) , all except two or three confined to South Temperate America ; Scelodontis ( 10 sp . ) , mostly Chilian ; Feronomorpha ...
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... genera , 18 of which are peculiar to it . Of these , the most extensive are Conognatha and Halecia , which have a wide range over most parts of the region ; and Dactylozodes , confined to the south temperate zone . portant genera which ...
... genera , 18 of which are peculiar to it . Of these , the most extensive are Conognatha and Halecia , which have a wide range over most parts of the region ; and Dactylozodes , confined to the south temperate zone . portant genera which ...
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... genera , exceeding by one- half , the number in any other region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera ...
... genera , exceeding by one- half , the number in any other region ; and 225 of these are peculiar . Only 2 are common to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions exclusively , and 3 to the Neotropical and Australian . The most extensive genera ...
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