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260 x 180mm. Seven rare offprints on the subjects of Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Formicidae. First offprint - pp. 200 - 208 + 1 plate. French text. Donisthorpe, H (Inscribed) Hayez, Imprimeur des Academies Royales, Bruxelles, 1911. An examination of ants and their hosts. Extract no. 44 from first international congress on entomology held in Brussels during August 1911. Bound with original light green front wrap showing black lettering. Inscribed with the authors compliments to front wrap. Pages show a little light yellowing to edges. Second offprint - pp. 187 - 232 + 5 plates. English text. Kellogg, Vernon K. Stanford University Press, California, 1903. An examination of Net-Winged Midges (Blepharoceridae) of North America. Reprint from the proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences; Third series; Zoology; Vol. 3; Number 6. Bound with original light brown wraps showing black lettering. Third offprint - pp. 89 + 4 plates and text illustrations. English text. Kellogg, Vernon K. Stanford University Pres, California, 1908. Inheritance of silkworms I. A study of the biology of Mulberry silkworms. Leland Stanford junior University publications. University series no. 1. Bound in original light grey front wrap. Page 87 slightly loose, otherwise clean and tight. Fourth offprint - pp. 434 - 448. English text. merrifield, F (Inscribed). Experimental Entomology. Factors in Seasonal Dimorphism. Hayez, Impimeur des Academies Royales, Bruxelles, 1911. An examination of seasonal dimorphism in the field of entomology. Extract from the first international congress on entomology held in Brussels during August 1911. Bound with original light green front wrap showing black lettering. Inscribed with the regards of the author. Fifth offprint - pp. 90 + 12 double page plates. French text. Oudemans, J.T. Etude sur la Position de Repos Chez les Lepidopteres. Johannes Muller, Amsterdam, 1903. A detailed study of butterfly behaviour. Black and white illustrations. Bound with original light brown front wrap showing black lettering. Pages showing a little light yellowing. Sixth offprint - pp. 39. German text. Reuter, Enzio (Inscribed). Uber Die Eibildung Bei Der Milbe Pediculopsis Graminum. Helsingfors, Finland, 1907. An examination of the characteristics of the Grass Mite. Bound with original crean front wrap showing black lettering. Inscribed with the authors compliments. Front cover and pages showing some browning. Seventh offprint. Norweigen text. pp. 9 - 22. Strand, Embrik (Inscribed). Report on the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898 - 1902. No. 3 : Lepidoptera. Videnskabs - Selskabet, Kristiania, 1905. The Lepidoptera section of the report on the second Norwegian Arctic expedition in the "Fram". Hand written dark grey front wrap. Wrap title and information written by Embrik Strand alond with a small sheet of notes tipped in after the title page. Front wrap and pages show some browing, otherwise clean and tight. Complete volume bound in mid-brown boards with red leather spine and corners. Spine simply titled 'Biology' in gold. Overall pages browned, but otherwise clean and tight. Binding shows a little bumping and fading to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown showing that the book was once in the library of the Entomological and Natural History Society at the apartments of The Royal Society, Burlington House, Picadilly, London. 1.4kg. Extra postage overseas.
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