Author:William Lucas Distant
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English entomologist. From 1897 to 1914 he was editor of The Zoologist. |
Works[edit]
Some of the publications of William Lucas Distant are:
- 1880-1893: Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta : Rhynchota : Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Vol. 1. [S.I. : s.n.] OCLC:230720273all editions, (external scan)
- 1881-1905 (with W.W. Fowler): Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta : Rhynchota : Hemiptera-Homoptera, Vol. 1. [S.I. : s.n.]. OCLC:770614173all editions, (external scan)
- 1882-1886: Rhopalocera Malayana: A Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. London : W.L. Distant. OCLC:7390817099all editions, (external scan), (external scan)
- 1889-1892: A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London : West, Newman & Co. OCLC:19420082all editions, (external scan)
- 1892: A Naturalist in the Transvaal. London : R.H. Porter. (external scan), (external scan)
- 1900-1911: Insecta Transvaaliensia: A Contribution to the Entomology of South Africa. OCLC:4032039all editions. Part 4: Lepidoptera (1903) (external scan) = doi
- 1902-1918: The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. (Rhynchota, volumes 1–7) OCLC:499771232all editions
- vol. 1 (1902): (external scan)
- vol. 2 (1904): (external scan)
- vol. 3 (1906): (external scan)
- vol. 4 (1908): (external scan)
- vol. 5 (1910): (external scan)
- vol. 6 (1916): (external scan)
- vol. 7 (1918): (external scan), (external scan)
Contributions to The Zoologist[edit]
- —— (1897). "Zoological Rambles in and around the Transvaal". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 1 (issue 670, April): 157–163.
- —— (1899–1900). "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 3 / vol 4. Published in five parts:
- See also: Guy A.K. Marshall (1900)—'Organic Evolution', issue 709 (July, 1900), p. 327–334,
- and: Guy A.K. Marshall (1900) - 'Conscious Protective Resemblance', issue 714 (December, 1900), p. 536–549,
- and see: Edward B. Poulton (1900)—'Remarks on the Preceding Paper', issue 714 (December, 1900), p. 550-554.
- —— (1899). "The "Sea-Elephant" (Macrorhinus elephantinus)". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 3 (issue 699, September): 385–7.
- —— (1901). "Animal intelligence". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 5 (issue 719, May): 190 (section 'Notes and Queries').
- —— (1901). "Obituary for Eleanor A. Ormerod". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 5 (issue 722, August): 310–311.
- —— (1901). "Biological Suggestions. Animal Sense Perception". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 5 (issue 723, September): 321–338.
Editor of The Zoologist[edit]
William Lucas Distant was editor of The Zoologist from 1897 to 1914:
- 4th series, vol 1 (1897) (transcription project) (external scan)
- 4th series, vol 2 (1898) (transcription project) (external scan)
- 4th series, vol 3 (1899) (transcription project) (external scan)
- 4th series, vol 4 (1900) (transcription project) (external scan)
- 4th series, vol 5 (1901) (transcription project) (external scan)
- 4th series, vol 6 (1902) (transcription project) (external scan)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1926 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.