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THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF TENERIFFE.
THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
OF TENERIFFE.
BY
A. E. HOLT WHITE.
EDITED BY
RASHLEIGH HOLT WHITE,
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SELBORNE SOCIETY.
ILLUSTRATED FROM THE AUTHOR’S DRAWINGS.
London:
L. REEVE & CO.,
Publishers to the Home, Colonial and Indian Governments,
6, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
Teneriffe: HAMILTON & CO., SANTA CRUZ.
1894
[All rights reserved.]
Homer, Od. iv.
Omnia bene describere, quæ in hoc mundo a Deo facta, aut naturæ creatæviribus elaborata fuerunt, opus est non unius hominis, nec unius ævi. HincFaunæ et Floræ utilissimæ; hinc monographi præstantissimi.
Scopoli, Ann. Hist. Nat.
TO
ELIZABETH MARY ODLING
IN MEMORY OF
MANY HAPPY DAYS SPENT WITH HER AND HER FATHER
THE LATE ALFRED SMEE, F.R.S.
THIS BOOK
Is dedicated by
HER AFFECTIONATE FRIEND
THE AUTHOR.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LD.,
ST. JOHN’S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL, E.C.
CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON NETS, BREEDING-CAGES, Etc.
KILLING AND SETTING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, RELAXING-SPECIMENS, Etc.
BUTTERFLIES.
LIST OF BUTTERFLIES FOUND IN TENERIFFE.
APPENDIX B.
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