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Frontispiece.
[Illustration]
Fig. 1. Bolitophila luminosa. 1_a_. Larva, 1_b_. Pupa.
AN ELEMENTARY
MANUAL
OF
NEW ZEALAND ENTOMOLOGY.
BEING
An Introduction to the Study
OF
OUR NATIVE INSECTS.
_WITH 21 COLOURED PLATES._
BY
G. V. HUDSON, F.E.S.,
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
London:
WEST, NEWMAN, & CO., 54, HATTON GARDEN.
1892.
To
THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM,
M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
The object of the present volume is to give a brief account of the Natural
History of the insects inhabiting New Zealand in a form intelligible to the
ordinary reader. For this reason every effort has been made to avoid all
unnecessary technicalities, and to adapt the book as far as possible to the
requirements of youthful entomologists and collectors.
Several very elaborate systematic lists and descriptions have been
published from time to time of the insects of New Zealand, amongst which
may be specially mentioned--Captain Broun's "Manual of New Zealand
Coleoptera," the illustrated "Catalogue of New Zealand Butterflies," edited
by Mr. Enys, and Mr. Meyrick's "Monographs" of various groups of the
Lepidoptera; but as yet no attempt has been made to present the subject in
a suitable form for beginners.
It is hoped that this book will, to some extent, fill up the blank, and
help to render what is now one of the most popular natural sciences in
Europe, equally appreciated in New Zealand.
The author is much indebted to Captain Broun, Mr. R. W. Fereday, Mr. E.
Meyrick, and others, for assistance in identifying the various species
mentioned in this work.
_Wellington, New Zealand, 1891._
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. PAGE
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 1