The British Noctuæ, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from The British Noctuæ, Vol. 1: And Their Varieties The study of the causes of the variation of lepidoptera has now become such an acknowledged part of our work, that there appears to be but little need to explain the necessity for bringing out a systematic and descriptive volume of the varieties of a part of one of our most interesting groups of lepidoptera. At present, the whole of the records of our varieties are scattered through numberless magazines and other works, published in different countries. Through these, one has to wade for the items of information required about any individual species, the search probably ending in failure, and thus involving waste of valuable time. Causes of variation cannot be successfully worked out, without the widest and most general information concerning the species about which enquiries are made. It is with the view of extending the information at present available that the present volume is being published. There was an outcry a short time since, in certain quarters, concerning the naming of varieties. Among our numbers there will always be a certain proportion of collectors, who are unable, from various causes to work up such a comprehensive subject as variation, and yet wish to be thought quite au fait with every branch and phase of it. The use of varietal names need not trouble such; the names are made for the use of those devotees in various countries who wish to carry on their work without the waste of time, and who cannot afford to make a long written description every time they wish to speak of a certain varietal form. The matter in the book is principally new, that relating to the Cymatophoridæ, Bombycoidæ, Apamidæ, and Caradrinidæ almost entirely so. The skeleton of the material used in Bryophilidæ, Leucanidæ and Apamidæ (in part) appeared in a series of papers I wrote in the ´Entomologist,´ 1888-1889 under the title of ´Contributions towards a List of the Varieties of the British Noctuæ occurring in the British Islands.´ These, however, were of such a fragmentary nature that it was thought best to write up the greater part of the general notes on the species de novo, and simply use the varietal descriptions. It remains for me to most heartily thank (1) those gentlemen, who, on the withdrawal of the above-mentioned papers from the ´Entomologist,´ kindly offered to subscribe to the present volume, and thus guaranteed that no pecuniary loss should fall on me; (2) Those friends who have given me most kindly help either in obtaining material from old entomological literature, in correcting the proofs and suggesting additions, &c., or in providing me with unusual forms of lepidoptera for description. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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