Synopsis Of The Families And Genera Of The Hymenoptera Of America North Of Mexico

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Excerpt from Synopsis of the Families and Genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico: Together With a Catalogue of the Described Species, and Bibliography The study of the Hymenoptera of our country has not kept pace with some of the other orders from the want of an introductory work in our own language. Vl'estwood's invaluable Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects, while partly supplying the want, is insufficient, and at the present expensive and difficult to obtain. The want is especially felt by those who have not access to large scientific libraries, and many are discouraged from attempting the study by the difficulties and expense of acquiring the necessary litera ture, with the added difficulties of the foreign languages. The writer has been frequently appealed to and requested to indi cate such books as will enable a beginner to separate even the fami lies and genera. The impossibility of obtaining any works in the English language, and the almost equally hopeless chance of deter mining the species, have doubtless deterred many from aiding in the development of the study of probably the most interesting order of insects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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