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Hagen, B.

Schmetterlinge von den Mentawej-Inseln.

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Hagen, B.

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Frankfurt, Moritz Diesterweg, 1902. 4to (30.0 x 23.3 cm). 31 pp.; two fine, chromolithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A rare offprint from the Abhandlungen of the Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft. The paper deals with many newly described or poorly known Indo-Malayan butterflies and is very nicely illustrated. The Mentawai islands are off the west coast of Sumatra and were little explored. See p. 309 and 311: "Kein Teil der Erde ist mehr geeignet zum Studium der Variabilität der Schmetterlinge, als die grossartige Inselwelt des austro-malayischen Archipels. Man kann sagen, dass, soweit die Tropen im Betracht kommen, jeder Erdteil seine eigene Tendenz in der Färbung und Zeichnung der Schmetterlingsflügel hat." Uncut. Front wrapper wit large chip in lower margin; old, defunct entomological society stamps on front wrapper, title and plate margins. otherwise, a good copy.
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