Sawfly Book R - 3H

Related Titles

Contained In: Harrison G. Dyar Sawfly Note books, Department of Entomology, 1891-1902

Series: SIA Acc. 13-295

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Dyar, Harrison G. (Harrison Gray), 1866-1929

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1893-1896

Notes

English

The field book documents collecting and rearing of sawflies by Harrison G. Dyar, 1893 - 1896. Entries are headed with an assigned identifier. Each entry begins with information (a combination of): type, host plant, location, date, followed by descriptions of physical appearance listed per stage of development. Descriptions include details about anatomy, color, texture, measurements (sometimes a series headed with "calc." and "found"). Some entries include sketches. There are two indexes listing physical characteristics of specimens and corresponding letter. Locations include Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Plattsburgh, Central Park, New York; Weehawken, New Jersey.

Subjects

Entomology , Field notes , Massachusetts , New Jersey , New York , Sawflies , Sketches , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96224