Project Gutenberg 2012-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 64 Wollaston, Thomas Vernon 1822 1878 07037460 On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera Produced by Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta" by T. Vernon Wollaston is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This treatise focuses on the variations observed in insect species, particularly those found in the Madeira Islands, and aims to address the significance of environmental influences on these variations. It serves as a call for naturalists to better understand and explore the complexities surrounding insect classification, specifically the differentiation between species and varieties. The opening of this work sets the stage for an in-depth discussion on the factors that contribute to insect variation, emphasizing the importance of external conditions like climate, geography, and ecological contexts. Wollaston begins with reflections on the inexhaustible nature of true knowledge in natural history and asserts that the understanding of species relies heavily on recognizing the impact of external factors. He introduces the complex interplay of climatic and geological factors in shaping insect characteristics, suggesting that variations previously overlooked deserve more serious investigation. The preface outlines his goal of making this intricate subject accessible to general naturalists, which becomes a recurring theme as he calls for more attention to the diverse influences on insect variation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Variation (Biology) Insects QH Text Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 445724 445733 2024-09-16T09:20:38.894747 2023-09-17T04:29:29.064975 text/html text/html 433230 2012-01-15T13:34:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 142223 2012-01-15T13:34:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226732 2024-09-16T09:20:48.715678 application/epub+zip 229444 2024-09-16T09:20:42.143717 application/epub+zip 226821 2024-09-16T09:20:40.844053 application/epub+zip 544522 2024-09-16T09:20:53.494655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 495233 2024-09-16T09:20:47.672676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307808 2022-09-17T15:11:39.270138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363174 362953 2024-09-16T09:20:37.699743 2023-09-17T04:29:27.971940 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 362956 2012-01-15T13:34:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130989 2012-01-15T13:34:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 363110 2012-01-15T13:34:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130837 2012-01-15T13:34:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20121 2024-09-16T09:20:53.642634 application/rdf+xml 24378 2024-09-16T09:20:41.250736 image/jpeg 4567 2024-09-16T09:20:41.047715 image/jpeg 215264 2024-09-16T09:20:38.928737 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog