(Periodical.) The American Entomologist [and Botanist]. An illustrated maga zine of popular and practical entomology and botany.

Volumes I & II. St. Louis: September 1868-December 1870. Folio, early morocco (with binder's ticket of R.P. Studley & Co., St. Louis). Pp. 252, 384. Illus. Binding rubbed, some staining and marginal wear. All published thus far, it was suspended for 9 years and a third and final volume was published into 1880. A pioneering journal of primarily economic entomology and botany, edited by a pair of British-born eminent authorities, Benjamin Walsh, State Entomologist of Illinois (who began his entomological career at the age of 50!) and Charles V. Riley, later organizer of the entomological division of the Dept. of Agriculture and curator of the national insect collection.. (Inventory #: 2109)