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Description: | Various orders, altough lots of beetles from Europe, South America and West Indies (between 1867 and 1876). At some time some of the contents of the other store boxes must have been processed (some into two cabinets) or lost.
Very few insects are labelled individually, with entire boxes or rows of specimens assigned to localities and dates. No collectors names appear anywhere as far as can be seen.
These include specimens from:
Brazil (1874);
Corsica, Sardinia (1870);
Sicily, Italy, Swtitzerland (1870-71)
Corsica & Norway (no date);
Various countries, viz., Gibraltar (1869), Malta (1868), Mogador (1867), Grand Canaria (1869), Genoa (1868), Tangiers (n.d.);
Morocoo (n.c.);
West Indies (1876), New Zealand (Mr Chapman);
Trinidad, 5 boxes (1875-76).
Odd specimens are labelled Baillieston [Glasgow].
Part of Scott Maxwell colln in Attic Rm1 which includes some material originally collected by Thomas Chapman. The collection was originally in 45 store boxes (in 1905) but some transferred to a cabinet. | Subjects: | Zoology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Part of Scott Maxwell colln in Attic Rm1 which includes some material originally collected by Thomas Chapman. The collection was originally in 45 store boxes (in 1905) but some transferred to a cabinet. | Identifier: | H-Z390 |
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