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William Lucas Distant (1845–1922)

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English entomologist. From 1897 to 1914 he was editor of The Zoologist.

William Lucas Distant

Works

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:230720273^{all editions}, (external scan)
• 1881-1905 (with W.W. Fowler): Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta : Rhynchota : Hemiptera-Homoptera, Vol. 1. [S.I. : s.n.]. OCLC:770614173^{all editions}, (external scan)
• 1882-1886: Rhopalocera Malayana: A Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. London : W.L. Distant. OCLC:7390817099^{all editions}, (external scan), (external scan)
• 1889-1892: A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London : West, Newman & Co. OCLC:19420082^{all 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:4032039^{all editions}. Part 4: Lepidoptera (1903) (external scan) = doi
• 1902-1918: The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. (Rhynchota, volumes 1–7) OCLC:499771232^{all 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

• —— (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:
  • Part 1, in: issue 697 (July, 1899), p. 289–315
  • Part 2, in: issue 698 (August, 1899), p. 341–363
  • Part 3, in: issue 700 (October, 1899), p. 443–470
  • Part 4, in: issue 702 (December, 1899), p. 529–553
  • Part 5, in: issue 705 (March, 1900), p. 116–130

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

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)