A detailed window into nineteenth‑century insect science, captured in Volume XVI of the Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine (1879–80).
This edition compiles field notes, species descriptions, and scholarly reviews that shaped everyday research and collecting.
- Features notes on British Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, and other groups, with insights from active observers of the era.
- Includes discussions on new species and genera, plus taxonomic observations that guided later work in entomology.
- Presents reviews of key texts, obituaries, and an index to contributors, offering a map of the period’s scientific conversations.
- Contains practical notes from field reports on insects from Britain and beyond, along with explorations of fossil entomology and living beetles.
Ideal for readers of historical science, natural history enthusiasts, and anyone curious about how early entomology was documented and debated.