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(Butler, Arthur Gardiner). Riley, Charles V.; Grote, Augustus Radcliffe; Scudder, Samuel H.; Darwin, Francis; Murray, Richard Paget; Distant, William Lucas; Moore, Frederic; Hewitson, William Chapman; Meldola, Raphael; Boisduval, Jean Baptiste; Moschler,

A Collection of 28 Pamphlets on Lepidopterans : Moths and Butterflies - from the Library of British Museum Entomologist Arthur Gardiner Butler.

circa 1874-1878. circa 1874-1878. circa 1874-1878. circa 1874-1878. Good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, 28 pamphlets bound into three-quarter brown leather and dark green cloth. The ownership initials of Arthur Gardiner Butler, "A.G. Butler", are stamped in gilt on the front cover. The rear cover is detached and the spine has perished and is thus lacking. Pages (i)-28 illustrated with a plate & pages (29)-50, and [2]; pages 169-187, [1]; and pages 115-120; pages (1)-23 and [1]; pages (1)-34, illustrated with a folding plate; pages (385)-390; 523-529, and [1], illustrated with a color plate; pages ix-xvi; pages 93-104; pages (43)-52; pages (83)-94; pages (339)-348; pages (227)-237 and [1]; pages (319)-328; pages (155)-161 and [1]; pages 233-244; pages 1-85 and [1]; pages (1)-22; pages (89)-124; pages (1)-17 and [2]; pages (136)-146 & (147)-150; pages (1)-60 illustrated with 2 plates; pages 1-28; pages (1)-4; pages 1-52 illustrated with 2 plates; pages (1)-7 and [1]; pages 1-11 illustrated with a plates; and pages (1)-72 illustrated with 3 color plates. Three of the pamphlets are quite darkened and are fragile. A few pages are foxed. In otherwise good to very good condition. Following is a description of the contents of the volume: 1) A.R. Grote: Check List of the Noctuidae of America, North of Mexico. Part 1: "Bombyciae and Noctuelitae (Nonfasciatae)". 28 pages, plus a plate. Buffalo, 1875. Part 2: "Noctuelitae (Fasciatae), Deltoides and Noctuo-Phalaenidi". Pages 29-50. Buffalo, 1876 2) A.R. Grote: Descriptions of Noctuidae, Chiefly from California. Pages 169-187 extracted from the "Bulletin United states Geological Survey". 3) Aug. R. Grote: Notes on a Collection of Noctuid Moths Made in Colorado in 1875 by Dr. A.S. Packard, Jr. Pages 115-120, extracted from the "Bulletin United States Geological Survey". 4) Chas. V. Riley: Notes on the Yucca Borer (Megathymus Yuccae.) An offprint from the Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis, Vol. III, January 1876,published St. Louis, MO. 1876. 23 pages with textual illustrations. 5) Samuel H. Scudder: Description of the Larva and Chrysalis of Papilio Eurymedon Boisd. of California. ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES III. From the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. XIII, 1870. 34 pages, with a folding plate. 6) Francis Darwin, M.B.: On the Structure of the Proboscis of Ophideres fullonica, an Orange-Sucking Moth. Pages 385-390, with textual illustrations. 7) Rev. R.P. Murray, M.A.: Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. Pages 523-529, with a color plate, extracted from the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, December 1874. 8) W.L. Distant: The Geographical Distribution of Danais Archippus. Pages 93-104, extracted from the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, June 1877. 9) Frederic Moore, F.Z.S.: Descriptions of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera. Pages43-52, an offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for July 1877. 10) Frederic Moore, F.Z.S.: New Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the Tribe Bombyces, collected by Mr. W.B. Pryer chiefly in the District of Shanghai. Pages 83-94, an offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for August 1877. 11) Frederic Moore, F.Z.S.:Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera. Pages 339-348, an offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for October 1877. 12) Frederic Moore, F.Z.S.: Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera Collected by the Late Dr. F. Stoliczka during the Indian-Government Mission to Yarkund in 1873. Pages 227-237, an offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for March 1878. 13) W.C. Hewitson: Descriptions of Twenty-Three New Species of Hesperidae from his own collection. Pages 319-328, an offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for October 1877. 14) Raphael Meldola, Sec. Ent. Soc.: Entomological Notes Bearing on Evolution. Pages 155-161, an offprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for February 1878. 15) W.F. Kirby, Assistant Naturalist, R.D.S.: Notes on the New or Rare Sphingidae in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and Remarks on Mr. Butler's recent revision of the Family. Pages 233-244, extracted from the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, October 1877. 16) Dr. Boisduval: Monographie des Agaristidees (Lepidopteres). Pages 1-85, an offprint from Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 1874. [With numerous reader's notes in pencil]. 17) Georg Semper: Diagnosen einiger neuer Tagfalter von den Philippinen und Bemerkungen uber die Verbreitung einiger derselben. Pages 1-22. Published Hamburg Marz/April 1878. An offprint from Verhandlungen des Vereins fur naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung in Hamburg (1876). 18) Dr. O. Staudinger, in Blasewitz bei Dresden.: Neue Lepidopteren des sudamerikanischen Faunengebiets. Pages 89-124, an offprint from Verhandlungen der K.K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (1875). 19) H.B. Moschler: Tineen der Ober-Lausitz. Pages 1-17, with a plate. An offprint from Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu GÃƒÂ
¶ rlitz, circa 1868. [THE PAGES OF THIS PAMPHLET ARE QUITE DARKENED AND ARE THEREFORE SOMEWHAT FRAGILE.] 20) H.B. Moschler: Aufzahlung der in Andalusien 1865 von Herrn Graf v. Hoffmannsegg gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Pages 136-146, extracted from Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift und Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift in Vereinigung, 1866. 21) H.B. Moschler: Neue Microlepidopteren von Sarepta, pages 147-150, extracted from Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift und Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift in Vereinigung, 1866. 22) H.B. Moschler: Beitrage zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam. Pages 1-60, with 2 plates. An offprint from Verhandlungen der K.K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (1875). 23) H.B. Moschler: Neue exotische Hesperidae. Pages 1-28, an offprint from Verhandlungen der K.K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (1878). [THE PAGES OF THIS PAMPHLET ARE QUITE DARKENED AND ARE THEREFORE ARE FRAGILE.] 24) H.B. Moschler: Vier neue sudrussische Schmetterlinge. Pages 1-4, an offprint from Wiener Entomologische Monatsschrift, circa 1860. (the pages are quite stained). 25) H.B. Moschler: BeitrÃƒÂ¤ge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Labrador. Pages 1-52, with 2 plates, an offprint from Wiener Entomologische Monatsschrift, circa 1860. 26) H.B. Moschler: Beitrage zur Schmetterlingsfauna von Labrador. Pages 1-7, an offprint from Wiener Entomologische Monatsschrift. 27) H.B. Moschler: Tineen der Ober-Lausitz. Familie der Plutelliden Pages 1-11, with a plate. An offprint from Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu GÃƒÂ
¶ rlitz, circa 1868. [THE PAGES OF THIS PAMPHLET ARE HEAVILY DARKENED AND ARE THEREFORE VERY FRAGILE.] 28) H.B. Moschler: Beitrage zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam. II. Title & pages 1-72, with three color plates. Published in Vienna in 1878 the pamphlet is an offprint from Verhandlungen der K.K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 1877. (The pages are darkened.). Good .

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Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; NATURE; LEPIDOPTEROLOGY; MOTHS; BUTTERFLIES; ENTOMOLOGY; A.R. GROTE; ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER; CHARLES V. RILEY; SAMUEL H. SCUDDER; FRANCIS DARWIN; RICHARD PAGET MURRAY; WILLIAM LUCAS DISTANT; FREDERIC MOORE; WILLIAM CHAPMEN HEWITSON; RAPHA