Geodephaga Britannica

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Excerpt from Geodephaga Britannica: A Monograph of the Carnivorous Ground-Beetles Indigenous to the British IslesIn consequence of a suggestion made to me by several of my entomological friends and correspondents, I have been induced to undertake, and at length to publish, a specific arrangement of the Carnivorous Ground-Beetles indigenous to the British Isles, a group to which I have paid much attention. No small amount of confusion appears to have existed in their nomenclature, which has arisen from the circumstance of an undue importance having been assigned to varieties, differing merely in size and colour, which have either been formed into imaginary species, or have been mistaken for others which have never been found in Britain, the result of which has been that the total amount of actual species has been considerably overrated.In order, if possible, to place their nomenclature and synonymy on a more satisfactory footing, I applied myself to a careful examination and comparison of the various species contained in all the public and private collections to which I could gain access, especially in those of Messrs. Curtis and Stephens, those of the British Museum, of the Linnæan Society, and the Kirbian collections of the Entomological Society, by which means I have been enabled to arrive at a tolerably correct estimate of their actual value in point of numbers. Some of my more distant correspondents have likewise sent me their entire collections of Carabideous insects for examination, among which I may mention the late Rev. Mr. Rudd's specimens in the Museum of the York Philosophical Institution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.