Published by Bussey Institution, Harvard University, 1921
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, originally the gift of Charles T. Brues, who is the author of several of the works in this collection; spine labels are black morocco leather with gilt lettering; spine cloth is a bit sunned; back cover has some wear and minor soil. Includes: musculature and mechanism of movement of the tarsi in aphids / leopaldo b. uichanco -- ecological notes on cymatia americana (corixidae, hemiptera) / roland f. hussey -- genitalia of male syrphidae / c.l. metcalf -- reproduction in aphidae / uichanco --- manual of new england odonata, nymphs, zygoptera, part 1 [with nice plates] / r. heber howe, jr. -- hemiptera from berrien county, michigan / hussey -- Chinese ants collected by c.w. howard / william morton wheeler --vespa arctica rohwer / wheeler and leland h. taylor -- hymenopterous parasites of lignicolous itonididae / charles t. brues -- parasitic hymenoptera from fiji islands / brues -- biology of wasps of genus ancistrocerus (eumenidae) / taylor -- notes on parthenogenetic macrosiphum tanaceti / uichanco -- notes on neottiglossa trilineata / hussey -- notes on psithyrus / otto e. plath -- embryogeny and postnatal development of aphididae / uichanco -- bibliographical notice on reduviid genus triatoma / hussey -- on hymenopterous genus harpagocryptus / brues -- unique method of defense of bremus (bomus) fervidus fabricius / plath -- ants of trinidad / wheeler -- new genus and subgenus of myrmicinae from tropical america / wheeler -- conoaxima, new genus of hymenopterous family eurytomidae / brues -- neotropical ants of genera carebara, tranopelta and tranopeltoides / wheeler -- notes on nesting habits of several north american bumblebees / plath -- mating of diacamma / wheeler and j.w. chapman -- some parasitic hymenoptera from new zealand / brues -- hemipterological notes / hussey -- new genus of myrmecophilous phoridae / brues -- manual of new england odonata, larvae, anisoptera, part 2 / howe -- new fossil parasitic hymenoptera from baltic amber / brues -- some braconids parasitic on aphids / esther w. wheeler -- 2 new species of phoridae from baltic amber / brues -- fossil genus of dinapsidae from baltic amber (hymenoptera) / brues -- Chinese ants collected by s.f. light and a.p. jacot / w.m. wheeler -- breeding experiments with confined bremus (bombus) queens / plath. This volume is most notable for its works by Sylvia Plath's father Otto. Huge, heavy volume. [otob: 41 (ck 43)].
Published by Bussey Institution, Harvard University, 1924
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, originally the gift of Charles T. Brues, who is the author of several of the works in this collection; Wheeler's Panama guest-ant article has a few manuscript corrections; spine labels are black morocco leather with gilt lettering; binding has light wear and minor soil; spine is sunned; several margins have chip(s); tight, text clean. Includes: trumpeter in bumblebee colonies / plath -- misc. biological observations on bumblebees / plath -- winged females in ant genus leptogenys roger / wheeler -- do anesthetized bees lose their memory? / plath -- bee-eating proclivity of the skunk / plath -- ants of genera myopias and acanthoponera / wheeler -- triungulins of meloid beetle borne by xylocopa / brues -- notes on egg-eating habit of bumblebees / plath -- food plants in evolution of phytophagous insects / brues -- new england phoridae / brues -- phoridae from south africa; snow phorid / brues -- bumblebees and pollination of cultivated plants / plath -- animal life in thermal waters of yellowstone park / brues -- new species of phoridae / brues -- additions to phoridae of formosa / brues -- new guest ant from barro colorado island, panama / wheeler -- european corn borer in new england / barber -- termitaphididae / myers -- queen of army ant eciton hamatum / wheeler -- arachnocoris albomaculatus / myers -- leucospis / brues -- bremidae / plath -- birds destroying larvae of european corn borer in new england / barber -- trilobite larvae / mjoberg -- neotropical onycophora / brues -- pleuropodia of belostoma flumineum and ranatra fusca / hussey -- neotropical phoridae; japanese dohrniphora / brues -- cistelid beetle / brues -- arsenic in silkworm / campbell -- rhopalosomatidae / brues -- arsenic tolerance by insects / campbell -- how vishnu moth deposits eggs / mjoberg -- gabritschevsky on color varieties in volucella bombylans / keeler -- ethiopian braconidae / brues -- arsenic and instars of the silkworm / campbell -- actedium bembidion in north america / darlington -- arsenic and silkworm heart pulsations / campbell -- australasian cicadas, with notes on songs / j.g. and iris myers. Article nos. 240 and 253 were "omitted," according to the printed table of contents; article no. 263 (ants of the balearic islands, by wheeler, 6 p.) was omitted as well, although that is not indicated in the table of contents. This volume is most notable for its works by Sylvia Plath's father Otto. Huge, heavy volume. [otob: 50].