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Edward Donovan was born in Cork, Ireland in 1768.
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Excerpt from The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 8: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Economy, &C., Together With the History of Such Minute Insects as Require Investigation by the Microscope; The Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures The difference between the male and female of the common Emperor Moth is flrikingly obvious; the male is fmaller than the female, and the colours in general darker; the poflerior wings alfo are orange in the male, and not fo in the female; and finally, the two fexes may be determined by the ?rué'ture of the antennae: thofe of the male being nearly oval, and very deeply feathered, or peelimated, and thofe of the female being alfo peétinated, but fo {lightly as to appear fetaceous. As the firuéture of the antenna is an unerring criterion by which the fexes are afcertained, the Phalxna Pavonia media is a phenomenon in Entomology, for both the male and female fo perfeélly refembles the female Emperor Moih, P. P. Media, which we have figured, that it may be millaken for the fame fpecies: the female differs in no refpeft from it; and the male only in the form ofthe antennae. We have received this remarkable fpecies from, Italy and Germany. It is figured only by E?er, Pbal. 3. Tab. 3 and is thus defcribed by Linnmus and Fabricius, 6 media fingu-, laris ob foeminam mari fimillimam. The third, P. Pavonia major, can by no means be confounded with the preceding: our fpecimen of it is fix inches in breadth, and IS alfo very. Bulky: it IS found in the Pays de wad. Roefel has given a figure'of both fexes with the larva and pupa. The' winged Infect: is of a dingy brown, the marks fomewhat. Fimilar to thofe of the common kind. The larva is large, with the head..fmall in proportion. /the whole is of a Citron green. 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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Excerpt from The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 13 of 5: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Oeconomy, &C.; Together With the History of Such Minute Insects as Require Investigation by the Microscope Wings entire, white fpotted with black: lower ones with {our I'efi ocellated fpots above Rnd fix beneath. 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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Excerpt from Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Various Subjects of Natural History: As Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, Corals, Plants, &C.; Together With a Treatise on the Management of Insects in Their Several States; Selected From the Best Authorities With refpeét to the practical part of thofe inftruetions, it will not be expected that the nat'ural attitude of an ani mal, a. Bird, or an infect, can be given fo well by an um {kilful Operator as by a profe?ional man, who is in con ftant practice; it muft rather be inferred that by due at tention to the information we have given, he may enfure their prefervation from the ravages of thofe deftruélive mites, and the larva of minute beetles or moths which breed among the feathers of birds, the hair of animals, or down of infects, and would deftroy them in the courfe of a few fummer months, unless prevented by timely pre cautions. 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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Excerpt from The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 4: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Oeconomy, &C., Together With the History of Such Minute Insects as Require Investigation by the Microscope; The Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures Fabricius and forne other entomological writers have very minutely defcribed the Larva and Pupa Rate of this rare butter?y; the Larva feed on the leaves of the turnip, cabbage, and other plants of the fame genus it is of a yellow colour, with (pots of brown, head pale green. The Pupa is yellow, (potted with brown alfo o_, and has two teeth, or {harp points in the fore part. 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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Edward Donovan was born in Cork, Ireland in 1768.
In 1792 appeared the first volume of his Natural History of British Insects, which extended to sixteen volumes, and was completed in 1813. He also published Natural Histories of British Birds, in 10 vols. (1799 - 1819), of British Fishes, in 5 vols. (1802 - 1808), of British Shells, in 5 vols. (1800 - 1804), a series of illustrated works on The Insects of India, China, New Holland, &c. , in 3 vols. (1798 - 1805), and Excursions in South Wales and Monmouthshire (1805). To these works must be added his periodical entitled The Naturalist's Repository, a monthly publication, of which three volumes were completed (1823 - 1825), and an Essay on the Minute Parts of Plants in general.
Donovan was author of the articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopaedia. In 1833 he published a "Memorial respecting my Publications" in Natural History, in which he complains that he had been nearly ruined by his publishers.
He was a fellow of the Linnean Society and Wernerian Society, and died in London, 1837.
Donovan was best known as a collector of natural history specimens purchased mainly at auctions of specimens from voyages of exploration. His principal works were " An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China", "Insects of India, and the Islands in the Indian Seas", and "Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and Other Islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans".
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