NHBS Monthly Catalogue: February 2012
Zoology: Invertebrates
BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD, PART 34: NYMPHALIDAE XIX, CHARAXES V
Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach
This part V deals with the etheocles group, otherwise known as the "Black complex", owing to the fact that nearly all the males of the different species have a black upperside with only a few marks or ......
Butterflies of the World 34
43 pp, 30 colour plates.
softcover | 2011 | £45 | approx. $72/€54
BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD, PART 35: NYMPHALIDAE XX ANAEOMORPHA, NOREPPA, ARCHAEOPREPONA I
Oliver Schaffler and Thomas Frankenbach
This volume deals with three genera of neotropical charaxine butterflies. ......
Butterflies of the World 35
15 pp, 45 colour plates.
2011 | £51 | approx. $81/€61
FAUNA SINICA: INVERTEBRATA, VOLUME 48: MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA LUCINACEA CARDITACEA CRASSATELLACEA CARDIACEA
Edited by Xu Fengshan
The present volume deals with Lucinacea, Carditacea, Crasstellacea, and Cardiacea fauna (Mollusca; Bivalvia, Heterodonta Veneroida) of the China seas. In the first part a general introduction is given ......Chinese with English summary
Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata 48
239 pp, illustrations.
hardcover | 2011 | £55.50 | approx. $88/€67
FAUNA SINICA: INVERTEBRATA, VOLUME 49: CRUSTACEA DECAPODA PORTUNIDAE
Yang Siliang and Chen Huilian
This part is a systematic account of Chinese portunid fauna with keys to all taxa from subfamily to species, and systematic descriptions of morphological characteristics, zoogeographical ......Chinese with English summary
Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata 49
417 pp, 14 plates.
hardcover | 2011 | £73 | approx. $116/€88
GUIDE DES PAPILLONS NOCTURNES DE FRANCE
Plus de 1620 espèces décrites et illustées
Edited by Roland Robineau
New Edition
Presents approximately 1620 moth species found in France. Each species account describes distribution, habitat, flight times, host plants, and biology. More than 2000 photos of moths, including ......French
287 pp, colour plates, b/w drawings.
hardcover | 2011 | £43 | approx. $68/€52
THE HISTORY, BIOLOGY, DAMAGE, AND CONTROL OF THE GYPSY MOTH
James K Grimm, James K Grlmm and Michael H Gerardi
A comprehensive study of the life stages, biology, ecology, behavior, dynamics, economic importance, and success and failure of large- and small-scale control programs of the most destructive ......
233 pp, illustrations.
hardcover | 2012 | £37.50 | approx. $60/€45
MOLLUSKS OF KOREA
Min Duk-Hi
This book describes 1672 species of land-, marine and freshwater shells found in South Korea. The book is laid out with the colour plates on the right-hand page, and the information on the facing ......Korean, with species names given in Latin and Korean.
566 pp, 214 colour plates.
hardcover | 2004 | £249 | approx. $393/€298
SECRET LIVES OF ANTS
Jae C Choe and Jane Goodall
In the great naturalist tradition of E.O. Wilson, Jae Choe takes readers into a miniature world dominated by six-legged organisms. This is the world of the ant, an insect that humans, as well as ......
184 pp, 75 colour illustrations.
hardcover | NYP 03/2012 | £17.99 | approx. $29/€22
THE SPIDERS OF EUROPE, A SYNTHESIS OF DATA, VOLUME 1
Atypidae to Theridiidae
Bernard Le Peru
This synthesis provides an overview of current knowledge of the spiders in Europe; its main purpose is to supply a means to identify all the known species. Based essentially on the analysis ......English, with a bilingual summary and presentation in English and French.
Spiders of Europe, a Synthesis of Data 1
522 pp, b/w line drawings, b/w distribution maps.
softcover | 2011 | £49.99 | approx. $79/€60
A WORLD OF INSECTS
The Harvard University Press Reader
Edited by Ring T Carde and Vincent H Resh
As we follow the path of a giant water bug or peer over the wing of a gypsy moth, we glimpse our world anew, at once shrunk and magnified. Owing to their size alone, insects' experience of the ......
400 pp, 12 b/w photos, 31 b/w illustrations, 1 table.
softcover | 2012 | £14.95 | approx. $24/€18
