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Nature 1, 16-17 (4 November 1869) | doi:10.1038/001016a0;
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Assistant Professor in the Study of Physical Hazards
- University of Cincinnati
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Faculty Positions in Cancer, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Immunology
- Institute de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
An Illustrated Natural History of British Moths
Abstract
A HUNDRED years ago, or perhaps even less, a man who displayed a fondness for collecting insects was commonly regarded as a weak-minded individual, whose power of managing his own affairs, although it might in charity be conceded by his neighbours, was at least somewhat doubtful. To use the old Scotch phrase, he was supposed to have “a Bee in his bonnet,” because he liked to have a Butterfly under his eyes.
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