THE WORLD’S ANIMALS, INSECTS, AND PLANTS.
Within the ..last 40 years the number of animals, insects, and plants has increased enormously. Whereas in 1886 “ only" 272,000 J denizens of the animal ..world were known, the number is now about 400,000. Although such progress ' has been made, many species are still unknown, or nearly so. So far, however, there are known 178,000 different kinds of beetles, 60,000 butterflies, 55.000 belonging to the class of hymenoptcra, and 44,000 two-winged insects, with many thousands of others. Such are the figures supplied by a professor of the German Republic. He also adds that there are 46,500 different animals, and 6250 kinds of ants. In regard to plants, in 1017 no fewer than 140,500 of- the higher kinds were known, with 50.000 fungi, and 22,600 kinds of seaweed, mosses, and terns. 3
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Patea Mail, Volume XLVIII, 15 January 1926, Page 4
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137THE WORLD’S ANIMALS, INSECTS, AND PLANTS. Patea Mail, Volume XLVIII, 15 January 1926, Page 4
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