Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 189
... type of the whole class , is that of the genus Leptalis ( a group of South American butterflies allied to our common white and yellow kinds ) , many of the larger species of which are still white or yellow , and which are all eatable by ...
... type of the whole class , is that of the genus Leptalis ( a group of South American butterflies allied to our common white and yellow kinds ) , many of the larger species of which are still white or yellow , and which are all eatable by ...
Page 256
... type of coloration being characteristic of separate geographical subdivisions of the continent . Nine very distinct genera are implicated in these parallel changes - Lycorea , Ceratinia , Mecha- nitis , Ithomia , Melinæa , Tithorea ...
... type of coloration being characteristic of separate geographical subdivisions of the continent . Nine very distinct genera are implicated in these parallel changes - Lycorea , Ceratinia , Mecha- nitis , Ithomia , Melinæa , Tithorea ...
Page 287
... type , but of less antiquity than this , have been discovered ; but they in no way invalidate the conclusion which so highly de- veloped a form at so early a period implies , viz . , that we have as yet made a hardly perceptible step ...
... type , but of less antiquity than this , have been discovered ; but they in no way invalidate the conclusion which so highly de- veloped a form at so early a period implies , viz . , that we have as yet made a hardly perceptible step ...
Page 295
... difficult to see in any of in several of the mounds of Ohio . ( Foster's Prehistoric Races of the United States , 1873 , pp . 225-229 . ) them that close resemblance to the Indian type which these ANTIQUITY OF MAN . 295.
... difficult to see in any of in several of the mounds of Ohio . ( Foster's Prehistoric Races of the United States , 1873 , pp . 225-229 . ) them that close resemblance to the Indian type which these ANTIQUITY OF MAN . 295.
Page 296
Alfred Russel Wallace. them that close resemblance to the Indian type which these sculptures have been said to exhibit . The few authentic crania from the mounds present corresponding features , being far more symmetrical and better de ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. them that close resemblance to the Indian type which these sculptures have been said to exhibit . The few authentic crania from the mounds present corresponding features , being far more symmetrical and better de ...
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