Download or read book The Rhopalocera of Java Pieridae Classic Reprint written by M. C. Piepers and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rhopalocera of Java, Pieridae For about 28 years I lived in the Malay archipelago; nine months in Sumatra, five years in the south-western peninsula of Celebes and the rest of the time in Java: from January 1863 till August of the same year, from May 1864 till May 1869, from May 1879 till July 1888 and from January 1889 till June 1894. Most of the time that I passed in Java I lived at Batavia, but during the last two years and a half of my stay in that island also partly at Buitenzorg, both places situated in West-Java; some time also at Semarang, at Touban and at Bojonegoro in Central-Java, as well as at Kediri in East-Java, while I also visited for a shorter time other parts of the island, as the mountains of East-Java and frequently the mountains of West-Java. As far as my extensive official duties allowed me, I occupied myself all that time with the study of the fauna of the Lepidoptera in those places; hunting for, as much as possible myself, and breeding these insects on a large scale where I had settled down, while I sent out people to hunt for butterflies and caterpillars, augmenting my material for study with what they had caught as well as with that which others had the kindness to send me or with what I could obtain by purchase from other collectors of insects. Those that I collected in Celebes have since been made known in volumes XXI - XXVIII of the Tijdschrift voor Entomologie; in the same journal several publications about the Java Heterocera have appeared in volumes XLIII, XLIV, XLV and XLVII. Since a long time, however, I have also intended to work out my notes about the Java Rhopalocera; an extensive material, as well as hundreds of figures of early stages made in Java, most of which are still entirely unknown, and thousands of notes about the biology of these animals, are at my disposal for the purpose. But the great expense of such a publication has kept me back till now. 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.
Download or read book The Rhopalocera of Java written by Marinus Cornelis Piepers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rhopalocera of Java: Hesperidae In the preliminary observations prefixed to my study on the Java Pieridae, I expressed my intention to enter into a more particular discussion of various biological facts or phenomena - though, in a general way, these also concern the Rhopalocera or even the Lepidoptera - when treating of the families in which these facts or phenomena stand out more clearly, either on account of their frequent occurrence, Or because they are very obvious or particularly suitable for Observations in them. Indeed, by thus uniting such discussions with the treatment of certain families, I can _at the same time indicate more easily the examples with which my considerations in this respect are concerned and mostly illustrate them with figures, without which such considerations always remain obscure for many a one. Thus, in connection with the treatment of the Pieridae I discussed especially the subject of colour-evolution and the pretended tropical seasonal influences. 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.
Download or read book The Rhopalocera of Java written by Marinus Cornelis Piepers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rhopalocera of Java: Erycinidae, Lycaenidae I have, however, found it expedient to reproduce his description; having hitherto been published in Dutch only they are inaccessible to many. 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.
Download or read book The Rhopalocera of Java written by M. C. Piepers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rhopalocera of Java: Danaidae, Satyridae, Ragadidae, Elymniadae Whilst I was engaged in the preparation of this, the third volume of my monograph of the Rhopalocera of Java, my collaborator P. C. T. Snellen died. The systematic portion of this work, however, had already been completed by him, so that its continuation need not, therefore, be interrupted on that account. On the other hand I shall surely miss the aid of his extensive know ledge Of the Malayan lepidoptera. 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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