List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects: In the Collection of the British Museum (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Francis Walker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0484689436 ISBN 13: 9780484689434

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore a 19th‑century catalogue of hawk moths and their world, as kept by a great museum.

This volume presents a complete list of Lepidoptera in the British Museum’s Sphingidae collection, assembled to show genera and species known at the time.

Edited in 1856, the work notes how specimens are identified by letters, their habitats, and how each was obtained. It offers a window into the classification approach of its era and the geographic breadth of the collection, with entries on multiple genera and many species. The book reads like a reference that pairs formal descriptions with historical context for researchers and curious readers alike.

• Describes genera and species within the Sphingidae family as known to exist in major collections.
• Shows how specimens are documented by source, habitat, and method of acquisition.
• Offers detail on several genera and species with descriptive notes from the period.
• Provides a historical perspective on how 19th‑century entomologists organized and compared moths.

Ideal for readers interested in the history of entomology, museum cataloguing, and the evolution of moth classification.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0484689436
• ISBN 13: 9780484689434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 283