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Title: Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

Author: John. B. Smith

Release Date: September 23, 2007 [EBook #22748]

Language: English

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Produced by Jon Richfield

EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGY

PREPARED BY JOHN B. SMITH, Sc.D.
Professor of Entomology in Rutgers College, &c.

PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
1906

PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA.

{Scanner's note: This book is about a century old at the time of
scanning. I found it in the discard pile of a local university library. I
find the book to be of exceptional historical interest in the insights it
gives into the development of early modern entomological science. It
also is of practical value as a source for terms that are obscure to
modern users because they are no longer current.

I have edited the text as well as I could and I think it is by now very
usable, but do treat any really suspicious looking passages with
reserve. I have avoided the use of non-alphabetic symbols as far as I
could, for example Greek letters and male, female and hermaphroditic
symbols, but if you encounter difficulties you might find the
problem there. Also, the colour table at the end is not really much
good for anything beyond general impressions; not only are the paper
and ink old, but between my scanner and your screen or printer, there
is room for too much misinterpretation of precise colour, for anyone to
take it seriously.

In any case, enjoy. The book is a valuable product of serious workers
in an age of exploration.}

FOREWORD.

When, some time since, in consequence of continuing demands, the
Brooklyn Entomological Society resolved to publish a new edition of
its Explanation of Terms used in Entomology, and entrusted the
writer and two associates with the task of preparing the same, it was
believed that a little revision of definitions, the dropping of a few
obsolete terms and the addition of a few lately proposed, would be al