Directions for Collecting and Preserving InsectsRiley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine)
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Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects
Riley, Charles V. (Charles Valentine)
Insects -- Collection and preservation
By subscribing to the entomological periodicals published in this
country (a matter of but slight expense) the student may keep abreast of
the current literature. Short book reviews or notes published therein
call attention to the more important publications in other countries.
Moreover, the Zoologischer Anzeiger, edited by Prof. J. Victor Carus, in
Leipzig, Germany, and published every fortnight, gives a tolerably
complete bibliography of the current entomological literature at
intervals of about six or eight weeks. The "Naturae Novitates," published
every fortnight by R. Friedlaender & Sohn, Carlstrasse, 11, Berlin,
Germany, gives the titles of most recent works and pamphlets.
There are also three great annual publications, viz: "Die Fortschritte
auf dem Gebiet der Entomologie," published in Wiegmann's "Archiv fuer
Naturgeschichte;" "The Zoological Record," published by the Zoological
Record Society, in London, England; and the "Zoologische
Jahresberichte," published by the Zoological Station at Naples, Italy,
which give the full literature of the previous year, discussing the more
important papers and giving a list of the new species, besides other
information. These three publications are almost indispensable to the
student in any branch of zoology, and some one of them at least ought to
be found in every public library in the country. The volumes of the
"Zoologische Jahresberichte" since 1887 contain no titles upon
systematic and classificatory zoology, but only such as refer to
biology.
A not inconsiderable portion of the North American literature on the
classification of insects has been published by the Government of the
United States through various channels, foremost among which are the
Smithsonian Institution, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the U. S.
National Museum, the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey, and the
various surveys of the Territories. Some of these publications are
distributed free of cost; while others, like certain of the publications
of the Smithsonian Institution and the Geological Survey, are sold at a
moderate price to cover the cost of publication. Many of them are out of
print, and can only be obtained through natural history book-dealers.
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