History of Entomology

Pp. (8), 517, (1), some text-figures. Publisher's tan cloth lettered in brown on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. The text contains the following chapters: Early Entomology in East Asia; Early Entomology in the Middle East; Entomology in the Western World in Antiquity and in Medieval Times; The Early Naturalists and Anatomists During the Renaissance and Seventeenth Century; Entomology Systematizes and Describes: 1700-1815; Systematics Specializes Between Fabricius and Darwin: 1800-1859; The History of Paleoentomology; Evolution and Phylogeny; Anatomy and Morphology; The History of Insect Physiology; The History of Insect Ecology; The History of Sericultural Science in Relation to Industry; Insect Pathology; Agricultural Entomology; Medico-Veterinary Entomology; Forest Entomology; History of Apiculture; Genetics - the Long Story; A History of Biological Control; The Historical Development of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Studies on the Behavior of Insects. Review of volume, from the journal BioScience, is laid in at rear.