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THE MTIJRAI HISTORY OF THE TIMIM : 



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(Giving the Habits and Transformations of Tioo Hundred and Forty 

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By H. T. Statnton, F.R.S., 



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Vol, I. Nepticula and Cemiostoma. — II. Litliocolletis. — 

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