Instructions For Collecting And Mounting Insects And A Check List Of The Coleoptera Of The State Of Rhode Island U S A Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects The former work, prepared in 1892 under the direction Of the late Dr. C. V. Riley, served a most valuable purpose in showing beginners the best methods of collecting and preserving insects. During the years that have passed since its preparation many new methods have been devised and studies conducted on entirely new lines. Therefore it has been considered necessary to prepare an entirely new paper. Many notes on methods Of preparation Of material have been culled from the pages Of the entomological journals, and several members Of the Bureau Of Entomology have furnished items of value in their Special lines. 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.