Abstract
PROF. JAMES G. NEEDHAM, of Cornell University, the senior author of this book, has made a very valuable contribution to the knowledge of a little-known order, the Ephemeroptera. This biology has one outstanding feature of merit, it is original work. Prof. Needham has gathered around him a band of enthusiastic workers who have come forward and in their own words and under their own names, have told us of the results of their researches. Two of these workers appear with Prof. Needham as joint authors. The second author, Dr. J. R. Traver, has been responsible for nearly the whole of Part 2, the systematic description of the North American species, about five hundred pages, as well as a portion of Part I dealing with life-history and Qollecting. The third author, Prof. Yin-Chi Hsu, is responsible mainly for the chapters dealing with structure and anatomy. There are further chapters on anatomy under the pen of Dr. V. Knox.
The Biology of Mayflies:
with a Systematic Account of North American Species. By Prof. James G. Needham, Dr. Jay R. Traver, Prof. Yin-Chi Hsu., assisted by Specialists in certain Subjects. Pp. xvi + 759. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Comstock Publishing Co., Inc., 1935.) 7.50 dollars.
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MOSELY, M. The Biology of Mayflies. Nature 138, 223–224 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138223a0
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