Category: Science - Biology
When the naturalist studies the habits, the structure, or the affinities of animals, it matters little to which group he especially devotes himself; all alike offer him endless materials for observation and research. But, for the purpose of investigating the phenomena of geogr...
When the naturalist studies the habits, the structure, or the affinities of animals, it matters little to which group he especially devotes himself; all alike offer him endless...
2. Part 2But, besides the true _P. Polytes_, there are several allied forms of females to be considered, namely, _P. Theseus_, Cr., _P. Melanides_, De Haan, _P. Elyros_, G. R. G., and _P...
3. Part 3Professor DeCandolle has recently given the results of an extensive review of the species of _Cupuliferæ_. He finds that the best-known species of oaks are those which produce m...
4. Part 4Facts of a similar nature to those now brought forward would no doubt be found to occur in other groups of insects, were local faunas carefully studied in relation to those of t...
5. Part 5┌───┬──┬───────────────────╥─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ║ INDO-MALAYAN REGION. │ ├───┼──┼───────────────────╫────────┬────────┬────────┬─────╥──────────...
6. Part 6┌───┬──┬───────────────────╥─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ║ AUSTRO-MALAYAN REGION. │ ├───┼──┼───────────────────╫────────╥────────┬──────╥───────┬────...
7. Part 7┌───┬──┬───────────────────╥────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ║ AUSTRO-MALAYAN REGION. │ ├───┼──┼───────────────────╫──────┬──────┬──────┬───────┤ │ │ │ =Ornithoptera.= ║Ceram...
8. Part 8┌───┬──┬───────────────────╥──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ║ AUSTRO-MALAYAN REGION. │ ├───┼──┼───────────────────╫────────┬──────┬────────┬───────┬───...
9. Part 9The large island of Borneo, which contains more species of Papilionidæ than any other in the archipelago, has nevertheless only two peculiar to itself; and it is quite possible,...
10. Part 10This remarkable species must be very rare, as I never saw it in any part of the New Guinea district that I visited; nor was it seen during the exploration, a few years ago, by a...
11. Part 11_Remarks._—The difference between the male and the 2nd form of female is so great, both in form and colouring, that they could not have been imagined to be the same, had they no...
12. Part 12I have three specimens of this form from three of the localities in which the male occurs. They differ slightly from each other, but agree generally with the figure and descript...
13. Part 13_Remarks._—This remarkable species has been placed by Boisduval in a group by itself. It, however, agrees very closely in habits and structure with this group, and can hardly, I...