He will send his book [Harvesting ants and trap-door spiders (1873)]. Describes two new types of trap-door spider nests.
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He will send his book [Harvesting ants and trap-door spiders (1873)]. Describes two new types of trap-door spider nests.
Discusses JTM’s research on habits of insects. "How incomparably more valuable are such researches than the mere description of a thousand species."