Observations on the Uraniidæ, a Family of Lepidopterous Insects, with a Synopsis of the Family and a Monograph of Coronidia, One of the Genera of Which It Is Composed (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

J. O. Westwood

 
9780243909100: Observations on the Uraniidæ, a Family of Lepidopterous Insects, with a Synopsis of the Family and a Monograph of Coronidia, One of the Genera of Which It Is Composed (Classic Reprint)

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The species of this genus are remarkable for the habit of migrating in large numbers, as described by Mr. Macleay in his paper in the Society's Transactions.' Such flights of U. Leilas are also described in Nature,' iv. Pp. 12, 13, 494 and the annual migrations of U. Fulgens from east to west in August and September, across the Isthmus of Panama, are described in the same journal Nature,' viii. P.

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