Excerpt from Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington: 1896 1901 As stated above, these semi-tropical thickets occur in isolated patches in the lowest parts of the delta; wherever the ground is a little more elevated, the usual mesquite and spiny chaparral, liberally interspersed with Opuntias, make their appearance, and with them the general fauna of southwestern Texas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.