General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History (1911) (14593754877)

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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO



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First Floor, Hall 12a). Insects HALL OF INSECT LIFE (Index Plan, p. 18, Third Floor, Hall j) THIS interesting hall is virtually a text-book of Entomology. A series of A-cases surrounds the hall giving a vivid presenta-tion of insect biology, including the relationsbetween insects and vegetation, the impor-tance of insects as carriers of disease, andgeneral biological facts and theories as illus-trated by insects. These cases are numberedto facilitate the work of teachers sendingstudents here for information. In the center of the hall is a circle of ex-hibits, some of which show mounted insectsin life-like artificial surroundings. Amongthe habitat groups is a series illustrating the-life-histories of common butterflies. Thevery beneficial Ladv Beetles are shown nextto the very injurious Japanese Beetle. Othergroups are concerned with such tropical in-sects as the Leaf-cutting Ants. Exhibits ofMole Cricket and Dragonfly larva show theinsects and environment magnified fivediameters. C67J
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A GATHERING OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. In early autumn the Monarch Butterfly,Anosia plexippus, assembles in great swarms in the northeastern United States. At nightfall, large numbers crowd the leaves and branches of trees or shrubs. These flocks move southward,much is birds migrate. Individual females come north the next spring and reestablish the northern population (68)