Excerpt from Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries: In the Collection of the British Museum In addition to my own material thus amassed (including, at least, some specimens), and that obtained by Mr. Gray in January and February of 1858, I have had the advantage, while compiling this Catalogue, of several smaller collections which have been sub mitted to me. Of these, by far the most valuable and important was formed by Dr. Crotch during the spring of 1862 and to his accurate and indefatigable researches ...
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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries: In the Collection of the British Museum In addition to my own material thus amassed (including, at least, some specimens), and that obtained by Mr. Gray in January and February of 1858, I have had the advantage, while compiling this Catalogue, of several smaller collections which have been sub mitted to me. Of these, by far the most valuable and important was formed by Dr. Crotch during the spring of 1862 and to his accurate and indefatigable researches (to which I shall often have occasion to allude) nearly 50 additions to the fauna are entirely due. Much useful material has likewise been communicated, from time to time, by my excellent and worthy friend the Barao do Castello de Paiva of Lisbon, who has spared no pains to procure specimens, which he has on every occasion, with characteristic generosity, placed at my imme diate disposal. From Professor Heer also, of Zurich, I have received many types of the species from which he prepared the list for M. Hartung's volume on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; and, indeed, M. Hartung himself allowed me to select a certain number of them from his boxes, when I chanced to meet him in Madeira, on his return from his Canarian explorations. And I am happy to be able to add that the various novelties which have been brought to light from these different sources I have been permitted, through the liberality of their several possessors, to place in the National Col lection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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