A Monograph of the British Orthoptera (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Monograph of the British Orthoptera In presenting to the entomological public a "Monograph of the British Orthoptera" a few words are necessary with regard to the scope and object of the work. Though the treatment adopted may seem to reduce the list of our species to a smaller total than that usually given, it has been employed with the object of confining attention to those species only that can with reason be looked upon as dwellers in our midst, the criterion of British nationality being whether breeding takes place in these islands, or not. If it does, the insect concerned has been given a definite status on our list, even though it may be able to exist with us only under artificial conditions of warmth and shelter. By this arrangement a large number of casual visitors (conveyed here nearly always by accidental transportation) are excluded, as having no claim whatever to be called British insects. It can scarcely be expected that an great addition will be made to the number of British species, yet one or two new ones may fairly be looked for, when those naturalists who investigate our orthopterous fauna have become more numerous. On the other hand, it is to be feared that one of our earwigs is destined to almost certain extinction in the near future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.