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New Zealand beetles and their larvae : an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera

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  • Other Name

    New Zealand beetles and their larvae : an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. With seventeen coloured plates (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "This book is an attempt to provide the general nature lover, and the young collector, with an elementary guide to the study of many of the more conspicuous types of beetles and their larvae, which are to be met with in our forests and river valleys, amongst out mountains, and on our plains and sea coasts."

  • Place
  • Other Id

    QL594 HUD (Library of Congress Call Number)

    1459 (Cat ID)

    C 244 (DBTextworks system ID)

    5100 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    New Zealand beetles and their larvae : an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera
  • Other Name

    New Zealand beetles and their larvae : an elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. With seventeen coloured plates (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Ferguson & Osborn
  • Place
  • Date
    1934
  • Physical Description

    236 pages, 18 leaves, 17 leaves of colour plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    5 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    Shannon, Raymond Thomas. Papers. MS-2010-25
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    C. E. Clarke collection 1957 (104134)
    From the late Mr. H. D. Buddle. 19 JUL 1961 (35261)
  • Content
    1. Beetles in general
    2. Beetle collecting in New Zealand
    3. Brief descriptive notices of many of our most conspicuous species
    4. A systematic index of New Zealand beetles
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Beetles--New Zealand--Identification]

    Includes Systematic Index of New Zealand Beetles, page 171.

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
    Entomology Library
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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