An Important and Rare Scientific Work. 



Published under the direction of a Scientific Association of London. 



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BIOLOGIA CENTRALI AMERICANA ; or Contributions to the 

 Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central 

 America. Edited by F. D. Godman and O. Salvin. 



Under this title it is proposed to publish a series of quarto volumes 

 upon the Fauna and Fl©ra of the whole of Mexico, from the valleys of 

 the Rio Grande and Gila on the north, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, 

 Nicaragua > Costa Rica, British Honduras and the Columbian state of 

 Panama as far south as the Isthmus of Darien. The Biologia is being 

 issued in Zoological and Botanical parts, which, when completed, will 

 form an exhaustive work upon the subjects therein treated. Each Zoo- 

 logical part contains ninety-six pages of letterpress, and an average ot six 

 plates, most of which are lithographs colored by hand. Each Botani- 

 cal part also contains ninety-six pages of letterpress, and an average of six 

 plates, a few of which are colored. The work is published by subscrip- 

 tion, and subscribers will be at liberty to take the whole work, or the 

 Zoology or Botany separately. 



The Zoological parts, 78 in number, issued thus for are as follows : 



MAMMALIA. By E. R. Alston. Pp. i. xx., 1-220, plates i. xxii, 



complete. 

 AVES. Vol. I. By O. Salvin and F. D.Godman. Pp. 1 -5 12, plates i.- 



XXXV. 



REPTILIA. By A. Gunther. Pp. 1-56, plates i.-xxv. 

 ARACHNIDA ACARIDEA. By O. Stoll. Pp. 1-16, plates i.-xi. 

 COLEOPIERA. Vol. I, part 1, (Adephaga.) By H. W. Bates. Pp. 

 x. and 316, plates i.-xiii. Title and index. Complete. 

 Vol. I, part 2, ( Adephaga continued, Hydrophilidae, etc.) by D. 



Sharp. Pp. xvi and 824, plates xix. Complete. 

 Vol. II, part 1, (Pselaphidae, etc.) By D. Sharp and A. Mathews . 



Pp. 1-136, plates i.-iii. 

 Vol. II, part 2, (Pectinicornia.) By H. W. Bates. Pp. 1-176, 



plates i.-ix. 

 Vol. Ill, part 1, (Serricornia.) By C. O. Waterhouse. Pp. 1-160, 



plates i.-viii. 

 Vol. Ill, part 1, (Serricornia.) By C O. Waterhouse. Pp, 1-48, 



plates i.-iii. 

 Vol. Ill, part 2, (Malacodermata). By H. S. Gorham. Pp. xii. and 



1-372, plates i.xiii. Complete. 

 Vol. IV, part 1, (Heteromera.) By G. C. Champion. Pp. 1-368. 



plates i.xv. 

 Vol. V, (Longicornia.) By H. W. Bates. Pp. xii and 1-526, plates 



i.-xxvi. Complete. 

 Vol. VI, parti, ( Phytophaga.) By M. Jacoba. Pp. 1.-584, plates 



i.-xxxii. 

 Vol. VI, part 2, (Phytophaga continued.) ByJ.S. Baly. Pp. 1-124. 



plates i-iv. 

 Vol. VII, (Erothylidae. ) By H. S. Gorham. Pp. 1-48, plate ii. 

 DIPTERA. By Baron R. Von Osten-Sacken. Pp. 1-216, plates i.-iii. 

 HYMENOPTERA. By B. Cameron. Pp. 1-448, plates, i-xviii. 

 LEPIDOPPERA RHOPALOCERA. By F. D. Goodman and O. Sal- 

 vin. Vol. I, pp. 1-487, plates i.-xlvii. Vol. II, pp. 1-112, plates 

 xlviii-lvii. 

 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. By H. Druce. Pp. 1-304, plates 



i.-vxviii. 

 RHYNCHOTA HETEROPTERA. By. W. L. Distant. Pp. 1-304, 



plates i.-xxviii. 

 RHYNCHOTA HOMOPTERA. By W. L. Distant. Pp. 1-40, plates 

 i.-v. 

 The Botanical parts, 25 in number, thus far issued are as follows: 

 Vol. I, pp., 1-619 and title-page, plates i-xxxv. 

 Vol. II, pp., 1-621 and title page, plates xxvvi-lxix. 

 Vol. Ill, pp., 1-711, plates lxx.-cix. 

 Vol. IV, pp. 1-410, plate ex. 



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