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Description: | Part of Bishop's worldwide collection of beetles. This box contains Cicindelidae (tiger beetles).
Box contents appear to be as originally arranged by an unknown collector (there are other boxes of caraboids with the same style of construction, layout and handwriting on the name labels).
It is not complete - this box says 'Cicindelidae No 2' on a paper label in the brass holder on the outside and has 'No 8' pencilled on the inside (a Lot No. ?) but there is only one box of tiger beetles to be found. See carabid boxes in same style (Z322).
All are labelled with names and/or localities and several are labelled with Bates' manuscript names:
One 'monteirioi m.s. Bates, [1878]' says 'compared with type, 1879';
One 'wallacei n.sp Bates [1874] / Celebes' which is probably not a type because Bates was using a name proposed earlier;
One 'n.sp. Bates, Angola' but not named;
One 'gabonica n.s. Bates [1878]'. Store box labelled 'Cicindelidae No 11' on side. Ex Bishop collection but with unknown provenance. | Subjects: | Zoology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Store box labelled 'Cicindelidae No 11' on side. Ex Bishop collection but with unknown provenance. | Identifier: | H-Z222 |
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