Volume 1
Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Müller's work ʻThe fertilisation of flowers by insectsʼ / by Dr. Paul Knuth ; translated by J.R. Ainsworth Davis.
- Paul Knuth
- Date:
- 1906-1909
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Handbook of flower pollination : based upon Hermann Müller's work ʻThe fertilisation of flowers by insectsʼ / by Dr. Paul Knuth ; translated by J.R. Ainsworth Davis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[The following books and memoirs have been consulted with regard to the nomenclature, geographical distribution, and bionomics of flower-visiting animals dealt with in the last volume (extra-European Flower Pollination).] 1. Arribalzaga, F. L. Dipterologia argentina. Syrphidae. (Volucella obesa F. prefers dung-heaps to flowers.) An. Soc. sci. Argent., Buenos Aires, xxxii, 1893, pp. 1-181. 2. Belon, Marie-Joseph. Liste des Lathridiides decrits posterieurement au catalogue de Munich. Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique, Bruxelles, xxx, 1886, pp. 88-97. 3. Berg6, A. Enumeration des C&onides decrits depuis la publication du catalogue de MM. Gemminger et Harold. Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique, Bruxelles, xxviii, 1884, pp. 113-63. 4. Bigot, J. M. F. Catalogue of the Diptera of the Oriental Region, Parts 1-3. J. As. Soc. Beng., Calcutta, lx, lxi, 1891-2. 5. Bingham, C. T. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. I. Wasps and Bees. London, 1897* H. Ants and Cuckoo- wasps (Chrysididae). London, 1903. 6. Brimley, C. S. List of Sphingidae, Saturniidae, and Ceratocampidae observed at Raleigh (N. C.). (Hemaris thysbe F. on the flowers of Delphinium, Petunia, and Verbena ; H. thysbe ruficaudis Kirby on Azalea, Phlox, and Prunus chicasa. Amphion nessus Crain, on Gelsemium. Deilephila lineata on Datura. Theretra tersa L. on Datura and Zinnia. Ampelophaga myron Cram, on the flowers of Geranium during the day. Phlegethontius quinquemaculatus Haw. on Datuia , P. sexta Joh. on Solanum Lycopersicum, Datura, and related Solaneae; P. cingulatus F. on Datura. Sphinx plebeia on Datura. Dolba hylaeus Drnr. on Datura.) Ent. News Acad. Nat. Sci., Amer. Ent. Soc., Philadelphia (Pa.), xv, 1904, pp. 120-6. 7. Broun, T. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part 1, 1880; Part 2, 1881 ; Parts 3 and 4, 1886; Parts 5-7, 1893. (2591 species described.) Published by N. Zeal. Inst., Wellington. 8. Bryant, W. E. A Catalogue of the Birds of Lower California. (Trochilidae Trochilus alexandri, T. costae, T. anna, T. rufus. Basilinna xantusi.) Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., San Francisco, ii, pp. 237-320. 9. Buller, W. L. On the Ornithology of New Zealand. (Nestor meridionalis Gmel., the i kaka1 parrot of N. Z.) Trans, and Proc. N. Zeal. Inst., Wellington, xxix, 1896, pp. 179-207. 10. On the Ornithology of New Zealand. (Prosthemadera Novae Zealandiae Gmel., the ‘ tui,’ has become rare owing to the continuous destruction of the native bush vegetation ; it could formerly be seen by the hundred on the flowers of the ‘kow-hai/ Sophora tetraptera. The same is true for other flower-visiting birds, such as Anthornis melanura—the bell-bird—which flies to the abundant ‘ korimako ’ (Veronica) on the Poor Knight Islands. Zosterops coerulescens Lath, devours small caterpillars. Nestor meridionalis Gmel., like the tuis and bell-birds, delights to visit the flowering bushes of Sophora.) Op. cit., xxxi, 1899, pp. 1-37*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31348440_0001_0399.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
