Moths, myths, and mosquitoes : the eccentric life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr. / Marc E. Epstein.

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"On September 26, 1924, the ground collapsed beneath a truck in a back alley in Washington, D.C., revealing a mysterious underground labyrinth. In spite of wild speculations, the tunnel was not the work of German spies, but rather an aging, eccentric Smithsonian scientist named Harrison Gray Dyar, J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epstein, Marc E. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Dyar, Harrison G. > (Harrison Gray), > 1866-1929.
Entomologists > United States > Biography.
Lepidoptera > Catalogs and collections.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.
SCIENCE > History.
Entomologists.
Lepidoptera.
United States.
Catalogs and collections.
Genre:
Biography.
Catalogs and collections.
Physical Description:xxvii, 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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