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Insects - Collection and preservation

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Insecta

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    The butterfly vivarium, or, Insect home: being an account of a new method of observing the curious metamorphoses of some of the most beautiful of our native insects. Comprising also a popular description of the habits and instincts of many of the insects of the various classes referred to; with suggestions for the successful study of entomology by means of an insect vivarium / by H. Noel Humphreys ... Illustrated with coloured engravings.

    Henry Noel Humphreys | Date: 1858
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    Directions for collecting and preserving insects / by C.V. Riley.

    Charles Valentine Riley | Date: 1892
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    Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British insects also for collecting and preserving British crustacea and shells ... / By Abel Ingpen.

    Abel Ingpen | Date: 1827
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    Instructions for collecting insects / British Museum (Natural History).

    National Museum of Ireland, Merrion Street | Date: [1903]
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    General directions for collecting and preserving exotic insects and crustacea. Designed for the use of residents in foreign countries, travellers, and gentlemen going abroad ; with illustrative plates / by George Samouelle.

    George Samouelle | Date: 1826

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