Random Notes on Natural History Volume 1-2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...with' authorities and synonyms. Also habitat and valuation, ------10" The three Catalogues for--------25" SAMPLE PAGES ON APPLICATION. Phosphate, Vol. 1. PROVIDENCE, NOVEMBER, 1884. Entered at the Providence Post-Office as Second-Class Matter. IJanimm lf)oies on Natural T istori. A Monthly Devoted To The Distribution Of UseFul Knowledge Concerning The Various DePartments Of Zoology, Mineralogy, And Botany. 50 Cents A Year. Address all communications to SOUTHWICK & JENCKS, 258 Westminster St., Providence, R. I., U. S. A. SPECIAL NOTICE. Subscriptions hereafter will begin with the current number, or the March number if desired. Those having copies of January or February to spare will confer a favor by returning the same to us. We will accept such copies if in good preservation, and forward for each 10 cents, or they may be used for that amount in the purchase of goods from us. The sender should write " from " and his name and address on the wrapper. What Is the Buffalo Moth? Many articles have appeared in the columns of the daily newspapers, and in magazines devoted wholly or in part to science, and still there is a constant inquiry as to " What is the Buffalo Moth, or Buffalo Bug?" The name carries dismay into the heart of the good housewife, who, having heard that such a creature exists among us, is tormented by reasonable fears and visions of carpets and drapery destroyed. It is not a moth at all; the larvae (commonly and incorrectly called worms) of certain small moths, Tince tapelzella, Linn., do eat carpets, but the creature now under consideration does not have soft and feathery wings like a moth or butterfly, but is a beetle about 0.08 of an inch in length, and two-thirds as broad, hard to the touch, and in color ...