Original Linnaean Dissertations
Back to dissertations
Lidén Number 129
Respondent: Boas Johansson (1742-1809)
Title: Centuria Insectorum Rariorum, ...
Date of Defense: 23 June 1763
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-32
Lidén Title: Centuria insectorum rariorum.
Soulsby Title: Cent. insect.
Drake Title: Centuria Insectorum Rariorum.
Note:
Abstract: Descriptions of 100 rare insect species that were sent to Linnaeus from Carolina and Pennsylvania as well as from Surinam and Java. Discusses improvements that the Linnaean system has brought to the study of insects.