Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Illustrations of the Zygaenidae& Bombycidae of North America, Vol. 1: Part 1 to 9, July 1872 to Dec; 1873
Many species exist in cabinets only as unique specimens; and a large number are so rare that few possess them. The difficulty of procuring these for the purpose of figuring them, will preclude the possibility of commencing at the head of the list and figuring the species seriatim, in natural sequence, so that the insect will be figured as I can procure them, precedence being given to those that are new or but little known, an effort being made however to present all the species of a genus in the same number, where it is possible to do so. In the letter press it will be my endeavor to make the synonymy and history of each species as complete as possible, using the original descriptions where they are sufficiently accurate, and adding thereto the characters of the larvae and their transformations where known. 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.
