European butterflies and moths : based upon Berge's "Schmetterlingsbuch" / based upon Berge's "Schmetterlingsbuch" by W.F. Kirby.

  • William Forsell Kirby
Date:
1889
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: European butterflies and moths : based upon Berge's "Schmetterlingsbuch" / based upon Berge's "Schmetterlingsbuch" by W.F. Kirby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION The Perfect Insect, or Imago Peculiarities of the Different Parts of THE Body Head, Eyes, Antennse Labial Palpi, Maxillary Palpi Tongue, Thorax, Abdomen, Legs . Wings . . Neuratipn of the Wings .... Connecting Bristle, or Frenulum . Areas, Scales, and Pattern of the Wings Hermaphrodites Eggs Larv^ Shape and External Structure Colour and' Pattern of Larvae Moulting—Habits ...... Metamorphosis . . . . PUP^ Form and Colour Duration of the Pupa State—Development of the Perfect Insect .... Habits and Functions of Lepidoptera Flight—Position of the Wings at Rest — Food of Lepidoptera—Reproduction Habits—Duration of Life—Broods Distribution Uses of Lepidoptera—Injurious Lepidoptera ' Enemies of Lepidoptera .... Diseases Systematic Remarks Species, Variety, Aberration — Hybrids — Classification ...... Table of the Groups and Families of European Lepidoptera . On Collecting Butterflies and Moths in THE Perfect State . . . . Pins—Collecting-boxes, &c On the Use of the Net Localities—Mothing—Sugaring On Searching for Lepidoptera at Rest . On Breeding Lepidoptera . . . . On Breeding from the Egg . . . . Larva-boxes Searching for Larvae FACE i ii iii iii iv V vi vii viii ix x xi xii xii xiv XV xvi xvii xvii xviii xix xix XX xxi xxii xxiv XXV XXV Beating for Larvae—Sweeping for Larvae— Food-plants—Searching for Pupae . Dress and Outfit of the Collector . On Rearing Larv^ and Pup.e General Remarks—Breeding-cages Wood-feeding Larvae — Breeding-cages for the Larvae of Micro-Lepidoptera . Necessary Precautions ..... Special Rules—Management of Larvae on Emerging from the Egg—Situation of the Breeding-cages .... Hybernation of Larvae Rearing Larvae in the Open Air—Manage- ment of Pupae...... Journals and Note-Books . . On Preparing Lepidoptera for the Cabinet Pinning, &c. Relaxing—Setting-boards . . . . Setting On Denuding the Wings of Lepidoptera On the Arrangement and Management OF a Collection Store-boxes ....... Cabinets ... . . . On the Position of the Cabinet —^ On Arranging and Labelling a Collection . Preservation of the Collection—Grease . On Preparing Specimens of Eggs, Larvae, XnD PUPiE On Exchanging and Forwarding Lepd DOPTERA On the Scientific Importance of the Study of Lepidoptera XXXVl xxxvii xxxviii xxxviii xxxix xl xii xlii xliii xlv xlvi xlvi xlvii xlviii xlix xlix xlix 1 li li Iii liv Iv xxvii xxviii xxix XXX xxxii xxxii xxxii xxxiii xxxiv EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES MOTHS. Rhopalocera .... I. Papilionidae II. Pieridae III. Nymphalidae IV. Danaidae . V. Satyridae . VI. Libytheidae AND I i I 5 II 26 27 43