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NINETY years ago, when Kirby and Spence published the first volume of their “Introduction to Entomology,” they considered it necessary to devote a whole letter, filling many pages, to refuting popular prejudices against the frivolity and uselessness of the study of entomology; and, no doubt, at that period butterfly-collecting was looked upon as a very silly, childish pursuit; while less than 200 years before, in the time of Charles II., a serious attempt was made to set aside the will of a certain Lady Glanvil, on the ground of insanity, as shown by her fondness for collecting butterflies.
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma.
Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Edited by W. T. Blanford. Butterflies. Vol. i. By Lieut-Colonel C. T. Bingham. Pp. xxii + 511; Figs. 94; Plates 10. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1905.) Price 20s.
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The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . Nature 72, 290–291 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072290b0
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