Author:William Lucas Distant

William Lucas Distant
(1845–1922)

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)

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)

Contributions to The Zoologist

4th series, vol 1 (1897)

• Distant, William Lucas (1897). "Editorial Address". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 667, January): 1–4. 
• —— (1897). "Notes on the Chacma Baboon". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 667, January): 29–32. 
• —— (1897). "Abundance of Sharks in Tropical Seas". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 667, January—section 'Notes and Queries'): 36. 
• —— (1897). "Breeding of the S. African Galago in Confinement". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 668, February—section 'Notes and Queries'): 83. 
• —— (1897). "Zoological Rambles in and around the Transvaal". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 670, April): 157–163. 
• as "Ed." (1897). "Stridulation and Habits of Cicadidæ". The Zoologist. 4 1 (issue 677, November): 520–521. 

4th series, vol 2 (1898)

• —— (1898). "Zoological Rambles in the Transvaal". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 684, June): 249–260. 
• —— (1898). "Southerly Extension of the East African Butterfly Fauna". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 684, June—section 'Notes and Queries'): 276. 
• —— (1898). "Toad attacked by a Frog". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 685, July—section 'Notes and Queries'): 323. 
• —— (1898). "Biological Suggestions. Assimilative Colouration". The Zoologist. 4 2. 
  ⁠Published in two parts:
  • "Biological Suggestions. Assimilative Colouration (Part 1)". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 687, September): 377–409. 1898. 
  • "Biological Suggestions. Assimilative Colouration (Part 2)". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 689, November): 453–473. 1898. 
• —— (1898). ""The Leathery Turtle" (Dermochelys coriacea)". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 690, December): 500–502 (with Plate). 
• —— (1898). "Involuntary Migration". The Zoologist. 4 2 (issue 690, December—section 'Notes and Queries'): 509. 

4th series, vol 3 (1899)

• —— (1899). "Cats in London". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 692, February—section 'Notes and Queries'): 78–79.  (signed as: "Ed.")
• —— (1899–1900). "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 3 and vol 4. 
  ⁠Published in five parts:
  • "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry (Part 1)". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 697, July): 289–315. 1899. 
  • "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry (Part 2)". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 698, August): 341–363. 1899. 
  • "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry (Part 3)". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 700, October): 443–470. 1899. 
  • "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry (Part 4)". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 702, December): 529–553. 1899. 
  • "Biological Suggestions. Mimicry (Part 5)". The Zoologist. 4 4 (issue 705, March): 116–130. 1899. 

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. 4 3 (issue 699, September): 385–387. 
• —— (1899). "Obituary for John Cordeaux". The Zoologist. 4 3 (issue 699, September): 415–416. 

4th series, vol 5 (1901)

• —— (1901). "Animal intelligence". The Zoologist. 4 5 (issue 719, May): 190 (section 'Notes and Queries'). 
• as Ed., with T.P.N. (Thomas Prichard Newman) (1901). "Obituary for Eleanor A. Ormerod". The Zoologist. 4 5 (issue 722, August): 310–314. 
• —— (1901–1902). "Biological Suggestions: Animal Sense Perceptions". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 5 and vol 6. 
  ⁠Published in two parts:
  • "Biological Suggestions. Animal Sense Perceptions (Part 1)". The Zoologist. 4 5 (issue 723, September): 321–338. 1901. 
  • "Biological Suggestions. Animal Sense Perceptions (Part 2)". The Zoologist. 4 6 (issue 731, May): 161–178. 1902. 

although the second part finishes with "to be cont.", there are no further parts published.

4th series, vol 6 (1902)

• as "Editor" (1902). "Mimicry". The Zoologist. 4 6 (issue 736, October—section 'Notes and Queries'): 394.