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A richly illustrated natural-history volume offering species-by-species treatments of exotic insects, pairing precise morphological descriptions and measurements with hand-colored plates, systematic characters, synonyms, and indexes. Entries summarize appearance, distribution, and occasional natural-history notes, while prefatory remarks address the practical difficulties of field observation, specimen preservation, and pests encountered in tropical environments. Editorial additions update nomenclature and supply cross-references, so the work functions primarily as a descriptive and taxonomic reference for identification and comparison rather than a narrative account.
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