Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the type specimens of microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick (vol. 6 only)

Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 1969.Publication no.678.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Fair.Jacket frayed, book scarcely used. In English.2.5 kg.

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. I-VIII

BM(NH) 1955-1970 , 1690 b/w plates. . HB. 8 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. buckram, minor fading to spines. A very good set.. Scarce complete set. Edward Meyrick (1854-1938,) was an English schoolmaster and micro-lepidopterist. From 1877-1886 he taught in Australia and New Zealand, during this time he amassed a large collection of micro-lepidoptera from these regions. In 1887 he returned to England, becoming a teacher at Marlborough School. He developed an extensive network of international contributors, so his vast collection of 100,000 microlepidoptera also included specimens from the Asiatic region, China, Japan, Formosa, Africa, Madagascar and America. He described over 14,000 species and hundreds of new genera. Meyrick bequeathed his collection to The Natural History Museum, London.N.D. Riley states in the preface to this work that Meyrick ‘for almost half a century Meyrick dominated this field. However, the use of morphological characters that Meyrick steadfastly refused to recognise began eventually to cast doubts on some of his conclusions, and it became a matter of importance that Meyrick’s type specimens should be re-examined with the aid of the latest techniques’. The Canadian-American microlepidopterist John Frederick Gates Clarke (1905-1990) was ‘seconded by the United States Department of Agriculture for duty in the British Museum (Natural History) for a period of two and a half years’, to publish a work that would ‘provide the solutions of many taxonomic puzzles’. Initially intended to be published in at least four volumes, the work was finally completed in eight. Alexader B. Klots described this undertaking in the Quarterly Journal of Biology, Vol 31(2), 1956 as ‘certainly one of the largest and most complex, painstaking, and essential studies in modern systematics’, describing the volumes as having ‘monumental importance in the systematics of the taxa concerned in all parts of the world. They will remain for a very long time as outstanding examples of international cooperation and of the highest level of modern systematics’..

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. I

BM(NH) 1955 viii, 332, 4 b/w plates. . HB. Vg in plain d/w. From the library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. This volume includes the catalogue of species described by Meyrick. Volume 1..

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. V: Timyridae - Scythridae

BM(NH) 1965 581, 283 plates of b/w photos. . HB. Some foxing to preliminaries and page edges. Vg in d/w.. .

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. V: Timyridae - Scythridae

BM(NH) 1965 581, 283 plates of b/w photos. . HB. Some foxing to preliminaries and page edges. Vg in d/w. From the library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. .

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. VIII: Tineidae, Olethreutidae, Adelidae, Elachistidae, Incurvariidae, Hyponomeutidae

BM(NH) 1970 vi, 261, 60 plates. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the Library of British lepidopterist, Barry Goater (1930-2022), with his bookplate.. .

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. I-VIII

BM(NH) 1955-1970 , 1690 b/w plates. . HB. 8 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. buckram, gilt title to spines. All but Vol. I in orig. d/w's (some worn). A very good set.. Scarce complete set. Edward Meyrick (1854-1938,) was an English schoolmaster and micro-lepidopterist. From 1877-1886 he taught in Australia and New Zealand, during this time he amassed a large collection of micro-lepidoptera from these regions. In 1887 he returned to England, becoming a teacher at Marlborough School. He developed an extensive network of international contributors, so his vast collection of 100,000 microlepidoptera also included specimens from the Asiatic region, China, Japan, Formosa, Africa, Madagascar and America. He described over 14,000 species and hundreds of new genera. Meyrick bequeathed his collection to The Natural History Museum, London.N.D. Riley states in the preface to this work that Meyrick ‘for almost half a century Meyrick dominated this field. However, the use of morphological characters that Meyrick steadfastly refused to recognise began eventually to cast doubts on some of his conclusions, and it became a matter of importance that Meyrick’s type specimens should be re-examined with the aid of the latest techniques’. The Canadian-American microlepidopterist John Frederick Gates Clarke (1905-1990) was ‘seconded by the United States Department of Agriculture for duty in the British Museum (Natural History) for a period of two and a half years’, to publish a work that would ‘provide the solutions of many taxonomic puzzles’. Initially intended to be published in at least four volumes, the work was finally completed in eight. Alexander B. Klots described this undertaking in the Quarterly Journal of Biology, Vol 31(2), 1956 as ‘certainly one of the largest and most complex, painstaking, and essential studies in modern systematics’, describing the volumes as having ‘monumental importance in the systematics of the taxa concerned in all parts of the world. They will remain for a very long time as outstanding examples of international cooperation and of the highest level of modern systematics’..

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Insects of Micronesia Vol. 9(1): Microlepidoptera: Tortricoidea

Bishop Museum 1976 144, 65 text figs, map. . PB. Vg copy. Owner's inscription to title page.. .

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Keywords: Caroline Islands; Entomology; Gilbert Islands; Guam; Lepidoptera; Mariana Islands; Marshall Islands; Pacific; Tortricoidea

Clarke, J.F. Gates

The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island

Smithsonian Institution Press 1971 iv,, 29 b/w plates, text figs. . HB. Vg copy.. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 56.

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Clarke, J.F. Gates

Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile

Smithsonian Institution 1978 v, 79, text figs, 44 b/w photos. 260x200mm. PB. Previous owner's name to front wrapper. Vg.. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 273..

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Clarke, J.F. Gates,

Notes & New Species of Microlepidoptera from Washington State - Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.

Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1942. Trade Paperback., Vg Stapled Pages, Extract Material. Light Wear & Soiling. Pages: 14. Several Uncut Page Edges. Text Clean.

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CLARKE,J.F. GATES

PYRALIDAE AND MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF THE MARQUESAS ARCHIPELAGO

Washington 1986, 485 pp., photos and ill. b368

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Clarke, J.F.Gates.

Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago.

Washington, 1986. 485 pp. 319 ills. Soft cover.

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Clarke, J.F.Gates

Revision on the North American Moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species.

Washington, 1941. pp.33-286,VIII pp. 48 plts. Soft cover. (Proc. of the U.S. Nat.Mus. Vol. 90 No. 3107).

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CLARKE, J.F. Gates

Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species,

Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1941. Used - Good. Good paperback 1st ed.. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol.90, no.3107. Cover a little worn. Photo:.

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