The moth book
Subtitle: a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America
By: by W. J. Holland, with forty-eight plates in color photography, and numerous illustrations in the text, reproducing specimens in the collection of the author, and in various public and private collections.
Series: (The Nature library. v. 7)
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & company
Published: 1905
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
Subjects: Moths -- North America
Table of contents: title: Dedication v; title: Preface vii; title: Table of Contents xi; title: List of Illustrations in the Text xv; title: List of Colored Plates xxiii; title: INTRODUCTION; title: CHAP. PAGE; title: 1. The Life-History and Anatomy of Moths . . . 3-18; title: How to distinguish a moth from a butterfly. The Eggs of; title: Moths; Caterpillars: Structure, Form, Color, Habits, etc.; Tlte; title: Pupa Porm, Covering, etc.; Anatomy of Moths:; title: II id, Thorax, Abdomei , I Wings.; title: K. The Capture, Preparation, and Preservation of Speci-; title: mens It)-2I; title: Special Instructions for M mnting and Preparing the Smaller; title: I'< inns.; title: III. The Classification of Moths 22-26; title: The Difficulties of Classification. Vai V F.-itertained; title: by Writers. Key to the Famili [merican Heterocera.; title: IV. Books about the Moths of North America . . . 27-38; title: Early Writers Periodicals. General Catalogues and Lists.; title: General Wmks Containing Information as to the Moths of; title: North America. Works Particularly Useful in Studying the; title: Different Families of the Moths of North America.; title: Table of Contents; title: THE BOOK; title: The Moths of North America North of Mexico.; title: Family I. The Sphingidae 41; title: Family II. The Saturniidag 80; title: Family III. The Ceratocampidae 94; title: Family IV. The Syntomidae 98; title: Family V. The Lithosiidae 103; title: Family VI. The Arctiidas 114; title: Family VII. The Agaristidas 140; title: Family VIII. The Noctuidae 151; title: Family IX. The Nycteolidse 288; title: Family X. The Pericopidae 289; title: Family XI. The Dioptidae 291; title: Family XII. The Notodontida; 292; title: Family XIII. The Thyatiridas 303; title: Family XIV. The Liparidse 305; title: Family XV. The Lasiocampidae 311; title: Family XVI. The Bombycidae 315; title: Family XVII. The Platypterygidae 320; title: Family XVIII. The Geometridae 322; title: Family XIX. The Epiplemidas 356; title: Family XX. The Nolidae 357; title: Family XXI. The Lacosomidae 359; title: Family XXII. The Psychidae 360; title: Family XXIII. The Cochlidiid^ 364; title: Family XXIV. The Megalopygidae 368; title: Family XXV. The Dalceridae 369; title: Family XXVI. The Epipyropidae 370; title: Family XXVII. The Zygaenidae 371; title: Family XXVIII. The Thyrididae 374; title: Family XXIX. The Cossidae 375; title: Family XXX. The /Egeriidae 379; title: Family XXXI. The Pyralidae 391; title: Family XXXII. The Pterophoridae 41s; title: Family XXXIII. The Orneodidae 4'7; title: Table of Contents; title: PACE; title: Family XXXIV. The Tortricidae 417; title: Family XXXV. The Yponomeutidas 423; title: Family XXXVI. The Gelechiidae 424; title: Family XXXVII. The Xylorictidae 42s; title: Family XXXVIII. The CEcophoridae 428; title: Family XXXIX. The Blastobasidae 429; title: Family XL. The Elachistidae 43Â°; title: Family XLI. The Tineidas \}0; title: Family XL1I. The Hepialidae 443; title: Family XL11I. The Micropterygida; 444; title: DIGRESSIONS AND QUOTATIONS; title: PAGE; title: The World of the Dark 77; title: " Splitters " and "Lumpers ' 112; title: Sugaring for Moths 146; title: The Tragedy of the Night Moth (Thomas Carlyle) . . . 209; title: Walking as a Fine Art 270; title: Das Lied vom Schmetterlinge (Herder) 290; title: Ode to an Insect (Anacreon) 291; title: Nasu-no Take 30 '; title: Moth Song (Cortissoz) 310; title: The History of Silk Culture 316; title: Transformation (Flenrv Brooke) 321; title: Living and Dying (Gosse) 355; title: Far Out at Sea (Home) 363; title: Faunal Subregions 387; title: Cupid's Candle (Felix Carmen) 427; title: Clothes-moths 434; title: The End of All (Tennyson) 44s