W. F. Kirby
Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 470
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Excerpt from Elementary d104-Book of Entomology Now that entomology is attracting so much interest among all classes, and has become such a favourite pursuit, it appeared to the author of the present work that there was room for a book of moderate size, in which the most typical and remarkable insects of all orders, and from all parts of the world, should be popularly described and figured. Previous works on entomology have generally treated only of a single order of insects, or else of British insects. This d104-Book is chiefly intended as a compressed popular Introduction to the classification of insects in general, and by the careful omission of all technicalities not absolutely necessary for this object, sufficient space has been gained to give a short and readable, though necessarily somewhat condensed, account of all the principal families of insects, interspersed with occasional observations on their habits and economic importance, preference being given to those which have not previously appeared in English popular works. 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.