Anatomy and Physiology of Acrididæ

Abstract

UNDER the title of "Recent Advances in Acridology", Dr. B. P. Uvarov contributes a general survey of the literature on the anatomy and physiology of locusts and grasshoppers. It covers the period that has elapsed since the publication of the same author‘s book, "Locusts and Grasshoppers", in 1928. During the interval of twenty years the titles of nearly 2,500 papers, published in twelve languages, have been added to the bibliography that is kept up to date at the Anti-Locust Research Centre in London. The present survey is intended to provide a digest of all publications bearing upon anatomy and physiology. Other surveys dealing in particular with development, ecology, control, etc., will follow. The object of these digests is to further research and investigation by making the relevant literature more easily found. Particular attention has been paid to collating widely scattered data and papers that are not readily accessible. The present survey appeared, under the title given above, in the Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, vol. 99, Part 1, pp. 1-75, 1948, and has been reprinted as "Anti-Locust Bulletin No. 1" by the Anti-Locust Research Centre, British Museum (Natural History), London, S.W.7. It is to be obtained in exchange from the Anti-Locust Centre, or may be purchased from the Royal Entomological Society, 41 Queen‘s Gate, London, S.W.7 (price £1 4s.).