The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe

The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe

When the author left England, in the autumn of 1892, for a winters sunshine in Teneriffe, it was by no means her intention to write on the Lepidoptera of that Island. Soon after her arrival, however, she was struck by two things; the want of any sort of interesting out-door occupation (other than somewhat desultory riding expeditions) experienced by her companions in exile, and the absence of any account of the Lepidoptera of the Canary Islands, which would enable collectors to name their specimens. It is her hope that the present publication may be, at least to some extent, the means of remedying these deficiences. To a detailed description of the Lepidoptera of Teneriffe, so far as they are at present known, an introductory [Pg x]chapter has been added, for the benefit of novices in the study and collection of butterflies and moths. This study lends an interest to excursions which might otherwise be tedious, and leads the collector into all sorts of beautiful and picturesque unexplored nooks and corners of the Island, which to the ordinary traveller are quite unknown. Many visitors hardly ever extend their wanderings farther than the Carretera (the one high road in Teneriffe), and have no idea of the many beauties to be seen, or of the interest that may be found in studying the Botany, as well as the Entomology, of this most charming of the Summer isles of Eden lying in dark-purple spheres of sea. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 66736
Author: Holt White, A. E.
Release Date: Nov 14, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Holt-White, Rashleigh