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- Simplicia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
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Simplicia Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 51, TS: Herminia rectalis Eversmann
Libisosa Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 187, TS: Libisosa butesalis Walker
Culicula Walker, 1863; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7 : 178, TS: Culicula bimarginata Walker
Aginna Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1022, TS: Aginna circumscripta Walker
Nabartha Moore, [1885]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (2): 234, TS: Bocana schaldusalis Walker
Nebartha[sic] ; [POOLE, 911 (missp.)]
Simplicia (Herminiidae) ; [AUCL]
Simplicia (Herminiinae) ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 21, 111]; [NE12, 100]
Borneo. See [About maps]
Simplicia acutivalva Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 116, f. 278, 298, pl. 5, TL: Brunei, 15m, Telisai
Simplicia albidorsalis Pagenstecher, 184; 246, TL: Amboina
Simplicia albidorsalis ; [POOLE]
Borneo. See [About maps]
Simplicia anoecta Prout, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3: 21, TL: Labuan [Borneo]
Simplicia anoecta ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 118, f. 279, 291, pl. 5]
Queensland. See [About maps]
Bocana armatalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1173, TL: Moreton Bay
Herminia delicata Lucas, 1892
Simplicia selenitis Meyrick, 1902; 43, TL: Queensland, Brisbane
Simplicia armatalis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Simplicia selenitis ; [POOLE]
Simplicia armatalis ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi. See [About maps]
Culicula bimarginata Walker, 1864; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7 : 178, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Simplicia? infausta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 120, f. 45, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Simplicia bimarginata ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 120, f. 284, 296, pl. 5]
Borneo. See [About maps]
Simplicia brevicosta Prout, 1928; Sarawak Mus. J. 3 : 479, pl. 15, f. 10, TL: Sarawak, Mt. Poi
Simplicia brevicosta ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 121, f. 288, pl. 5]
- Misidentified/misapplied:
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Simplicia shaldusalis; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 41
Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia. See [About maps]
Libisosa butesalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 187, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Simplicia macrotheca Prout, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3: 17, TL: Medan [Indonesia]
Simplicia macrotheca ; [POOLE]
Simplicia butesalis ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 114, f. 281, pl. 5]
Ceram
Simplicia clarilinea Prout, 1922; 245, pl. 21, f. 16, TL: Central Ceram, Manusela
Simplicia clarilinea ; [POOLE]
Indo-China, Sundaland, New Guinea. See [About maps]
Bocana concisalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1171, TL: Aru
Simplicia aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 205, TL: British New Guinea, Aroa River
Simplicia concisalis ; [MOB17, 115, f. 276, 297, pl. 5]
- Misidentified/misapplied:
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Simplicia butesalis; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 41
Japan, Indo-China, Sundaland, Australia, Pacific Tropics. See [About maps]
Phalaena cornicalis Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 229, TL: East Indies
Sophronia? caeneusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 94, TL: Moreton Bay [Queensland]
Bocana robustalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1172 (preocc. Herminia robustalis Guenée, 1854), TL: Morty
= Simplicia robustalis Guenée, 1854; [POOLE]
= ; [MOB17, 113]
= Simplicia caeneusalis ; [AUCL]
Aginna simulata Moore, 1882; 195, TL: Bombay; Calcutta
Libisosa obiana Swinhoe, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (21) : 123, TL: Obi
= Simplicia caeneusalis ; [AUCL]
= ; [MOB17, 113]
Simplicia lautokiensis Prout, 1933; Stylops, 2: 85, TL: Fiji, Lautoka
Simplicia ryukyuensis Sugi, 1965; Kontyu, 33: 370, TL: Amami Islands, Tokunoshima, Mikyo [Japan]
= Simplicia caeneusalis ; [AUCL]
= ; [MOB17, 113]
Simplicia caeneusalis buffetti Holloway, 1977; Series Entom. 13: 112, pl. 25, f. 7-8, TL: Norfork I., Mission Road
Simplicia cornicalis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Nodaria cornicalis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Simplicia obiana ; [POOLE]
Simplicia ryukyuensis ; [POOLE]
Simplicia caeneusalis ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
Nodaria cornicalis ; [AUCL]; [POOLE]
Ceylon, Sundaland. See [About maps]
Nodana[sic] discosticta Hampson, 1912; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (4) : 1233, TL: Ceylon, Kandy; Peradeniya
Simplicia discosticta ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 113, f. 272, 290, pl. 5]
- Misidentified/misapplied:
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Simplicia butesalis; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 41
Solomon Is., New Guinea, Queensland. See [About maps]
Aginna erebina Butler, 1887; 437, TL: Solomon Is.
Herminia dormiens Lucas, 1900; 152, TL: Queensland, foot of Bellender-Kerr
Libisosa floccosa Bethune-Baker, 1908; 206, TL: British New Guinea; Ekeikei
Polypogon dormiens ; [POOLE]
Simplicia erebina ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
Borneo. See [About maps]
Simplicia eriodes Prout, 1928; Sarawak Mus. J. 3 : 500, TL: Sarawak, Mt. Matang
Simplicia eriodes ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 119, f. 287, pl. 5]
S.Africa, ..., Abyssinia. See [About maps]
Herminia extinctalis Zeller, 1852; Limpopo River / Gariepe River [South Africa]
Simplicia inarcualis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 Atlas (Deltoides & Pyralides): pl. 9, f. 3, TL: Abyssinia
Sophronia? capalis Walker, [1859]; 95, TL: Cape
Simplicia extinctalis ; [POOLE]
Brazil (São Paulo, ...). See [About maps]
Simplicia? flavipunctulata Dognin, 1914; 88, TL: Brazil, São Paulo, Paranapanema
Simplicia flavipunctulata ; [POOLE]
Borneo, Sumatra, Singapore, New Guinea, Moluccas, Australia, Solomons. See [About maps]
Simplicia griseolimbalis Snellen, 1886; Tijdschr. Ent. 29 : 47, pl. 2, f. 4, TL: Sumatra, Deli
Simplicia bimarginata rufa Prout, 1929; 19, TL: Dutch New Guinea
Simplicia rufa occidentalis Holloway, 1982; 241, TL: Sarawak, Bidi
Simplicia rufa ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
Simplicia griseolimbalis ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 120, f. 286, 295, pl. 5]
Seychelles
Simplicia inareolalis Freyer, 1912; 12, pl. 1, f. 8, TL: Seychelles, Mahe; Silhouette
Simplicia inareolalis ; [POOLE]
Simplicia inflexalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 52, TL: Ile Bourbon
Simplicia inflexalis ; [POOLE]
New Guinea. See [About maps]
Nodaria kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1908; 219, TL: British New Guinea, Aroa River; Kebea Range
Simplicia kebeae ; [POOLE]
Herminia? limbosalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 59, TL: Indes Orientales
Simplicia limbosalis ; [POOLE]
New Guinea. See [About maps]
Simplicia medioangulata Bethune-Baker, 1908; 205, TL: British New Guinea, Dinawa
Simplicia medioangulata ; [POOLE]
New Guinea. See [About maps]
Simplicia mesotheca Prout, 1929; 17, TL: Dutch New Guinea, Weyland Mtns, Menoo Valley, Mt Kunupi
Simplicia mesotheca ; [POOLE]
India, SW.China, Taiwan, Japan, Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea. See [About maps]
Herminia mistacalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 60, TL: Central India
Bocana marginata Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 195, (3): pl. 6, f. 19, TL: Darjiling
Simplicia subterminalis Draeseke, 1928; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 42: 317, TL: Omisien; Kwanshien; Tatsienlu
Simplicia mistacalis ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 121, f. 282, pl. 6]
Colombia. See [About maps]
Simplicia? monacha Maassen, 1890; 153, pl. 7, f. 16, TL: Colombia
Simplicia monacha ; [POOLE]
Sumatra. See [About maps]
Simplicia monocaula Prout, 1929; 20, TL: Sumatra, Mt Korintji
Simplicia monocaula ; [POOLE]
India, Indochina - Singapore, Ceylon, Taiwan. See [About maps]
Simplicia moorei Swinhoe, 1919; 122 (repl. Nabartha marginata Moore, [1885]), TL: Ceylon
Nabartha marginata Moore, [1885]; 234, pl. 177, f. 2, TL: Ceylon
Simplicia moorei ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 120 (note)]
Bengal. See [About maps]
Bocana murinalis Moore, 1867; 89, TL: Bengal
= Simplicia butesalis ; [POOLE]
Simplicia murinalis ; [MOB17, 115 (note)]
India, Taiwan, Japan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps]
Bocana niphona Butler, 1878; Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus. 2: 56, pl. 38, f. 8, TL: Yokohama
Simplicia niphona olivacea Prout, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3: 18, TL: Ceylon, Maskeliya; Patypola
Simplicia niphona superior Prout, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3: 18, TL: SE.Sumatra, Mt Korintji
Simplicia niphona ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 41; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 118, f. 270, pl. 5]
Solomon Is.. See [About maps]
Aginna notata Butler, 1887; 437, TL: Solomon Is., Alu
Simplicia notata ; [POOLE]
W.Africa. See [About maps]
Simplicia pachycera Hampson, 1910; 447, pl. 38, f. 9, TL: West Africa
Simplicia pachycera ; [POOLE]
Reunion I.
Simplicia pannalis Guenée, 1862; 57, TL: Reunion
Simplicia pannalis ; [POOLE]
Madagascar. See [About maps]
Herminia periplocalis Mabille, 1889; xxi, TL: Madagascar
Simplicia periplocalis ; [POOLE]
Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Bali. See [About maps]
Bocana phaedrusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 180, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Nodaria renota Swinhoe, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18 (108) : 411, TL: Sumatra, Padang
Simplicia renota ; [POOLE]
Simplicia phaedrusalis ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 121, f. 277, pl. 6]
Bornoe
Simplicia pseudeusalis Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 114, f. 274, 293, pl. 6, TL: Sarawak, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped.
CEU, SEU, S.Urals - Iran, S.Siberia, Japan, N.Arabia. See [About maps]
Herminia rectalis Eversmann, 1842; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1842 (3) : 558, TL: Casan; Orenburg
Herminia sicca Butler, 1879; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 3 : 62, pl. 56, f. 8, TL: Yokohama
Simplicia rectalis minoralis Warren, 1913; 416, pl. 72 row b, TL: Bosnia
Simplicia rectalis ; [POOLE]; [NE12, 101]
India, Sundaland - New Guinea, Queensland. See [About maps]
Herminia robustalis Guenée, 1854; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8 : 58, TL: Central India
Aginna circumscripta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1023, TL: Penang
Bocana concoloralis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1171, TL: Mysol
Simplicia circumscripta ; [POOLE]
Simplicia robustalis ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 112, f. 275, pl. 5]
Borneo. See [About maps]
Simplicia ruptifascia Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 118, f. 271, pl. 5, TL: Sarawak, Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped.
Sundaland, Bur, New Guinea. See [About maps]
Bocana schaldusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 180, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Simplicia trilinea Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 205, TL: British New Guinea, Dinawa
Simplicia trilinea ; [POOLE]
Simplicia schaldusalis ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 119, f. 285, pl. 5]
Siam, ...
Simplicia siamensis Prout, 1929; 16, TL: Siam, Bangkok
Simplicia siamensis ; [POOLE]
Formosa
Simplicia simplicissima Wileman & West, 1930; 37, TL: Formosa, Kanshirei
Simplicia simplicissima ; [POOLE]
Solomon Is.. See [About maps]
Simplicia solomonensis Prout, 1929; 14, TL: Solomon Is., Gizo
Simplicia solomonensis ; [POOLE]
Celebes. See [About maps]
Simplicia spurialis Snellen, 1880; 124, 24: pl. 6, f. 3, TL: Celebes, Makassar; Maros
Simplicia spurialis ; [POOLE]
Simplicia stictogramma Prout, 1929; 15, TL: China, Ya-chiano-ling; Ichang
Simplicia stictogramma ; [POOLE]
S.Africa. See [About maps]
Libisosa telamusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 248, TL: Natal
Simplicia telamusalis ; [POOLE]
New Caledonia
Simplicia toma Holloway, 1979; 536, pl. 87, f. 6, TL: New Caledonia, Col Toma
Simplicia toma ; [POOLE]
Simplicia tonsealis Roepke, 1932; 96, pl. 2, f. 8, TL: Tonsea Lama [Indonesia]
Simplicia tonsealis ; [POOLE]
New Guinea, Ceram, .... See [About maps]
Simplicia trilineata Bethune-Baker, 1908; 205, TL: British New Guinea, Aroa River
Simplicia nitida Prout, 1922; 245, pl. 21, f. 15, TL: Central Ceram, Manusela
Simplicia trilineata ; [POOLE]
Ceylon, .... See [About maps]
Bocana turpatalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 174, TL: Ceylon
Simplicia turpatalis ; [POOLE]
Buru, ..
Simplicia undicosta Prout, 1929; 20, TL: Central West Buru, Gamoe 'Mrapat
Simplicia undicosta ; [POOLE]
Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [About maps]
Simplicia variegata Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 116, f. 280, 299, pl. 5, TL: Borneo, Sabah, Danum Valley, 5°01'N 117°47'E
Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan. See [About maps]
Simplicia xanthoma Prout, 1928; Sarawak Mus. J. 3 : 479, pl. 15, f. 11, TL: Sarawak, Mt. Poi
Simplicia pseudoniphona Sugi, 1965; Kontyu, 33: 368, TL: Shizuoka Pref, Izu, Odaru [Japan]
Simplicia pseudoniphona ; [POOLE]
Simplicia xanthoma ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 117, f. 269, pl. 5]
Formosa, ...
Alelimma zanclonathalis Strand, 1920; 181, TL: Formosa, Alikang
Simplicia aperta Prout, 1929; 21, TL: Khasia Hills
Simplicia zanclonathalis ; [POOLE]
Simplicia sp.19983 ; [MOB17, 122, f. 283, pl. 6]
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- References:
- [AUCL]
- Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [BHL]
- The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
- [Don Herbison-Evans]
- and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
- [MOB17]
- Holloway, J. D., 2008; The Moths of Borneo, Part 17; Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Rivulinae, Phytometrinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae and Hypenodinae
- [MPG]
- North American Moth Photographers Group
- [NE12]
- Fibiger, Ronkay, Yela & Zilli, 2010; Rivulinae - Euteliinae, and Micronoctuidae and Supplement to Volume 1-11; Volume 12
- [POOLE]
- Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)
- Some related literature:
- Bethune-Baker, 1908
- New Heterocera from British New Guinea
Novit. Zool. 15
: 175-243
- Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854
- Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Huitiéme. Deltoides et Pyralites
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8
: 1-448,
Atlas (Deltoides & Pyralides): pl. 1-10 (1858)
- Butler, 1879
- Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum
Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 3
: 1-82, pl. 41-60
- Eversmann, 1842
- Quaedam Lepidopterorum. Species novae, in Rossia Orientali observatae, nunc descriptae et depictae
Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1842 (3)
: 543-565, 1pl
- Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
- Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Hampson, 1912
- The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in "The Fauna of British India". Series IV. Part V (?VI)
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (4)
: 1222-1272
- Holloway, 1977
- The lepidoptera of Norfolk Island, their Biogeography and Ecology
Series Entom. 13: 291pp, 29pls
- Moore, 1882
- Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson
Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson
(1): 1-88, pl. 1-3 (1879),
(2): 89-198, pl. 4-5 (1882),
(3): 199-299, pl. 6-8 (1888)
- Moore, [1885]
- The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 3
(1): 1-88, pl. 144-157 (1884),
(2): 89-304, pl. 158-181 ([1885]),
(3): 305-392, pl. 182-195 ([1886]),
(4): 393-578, pl. 196-215 (1887)
- Prout, 1928
- Noctuid moths from some of the mountains of Sarawak
Sarawak Mus. J. 3
: 461-503, 2pls
- Prout, 1933
- A new Simplicia (Lep. Noct.) from Fiji
Stylops, 2: 85
- Snellen, 1886
- Beschrijvingen van nieuwe Oost-Indische Lepidopteren Heterocera
Tijdschr. Ent. 29
: 33-50, pl. 1-2
- Sugi, 1965
- The Noctuidae from Tokunoshima, the Amami Islands (Lepidoptera)
Kontyu, 33: 365-371
- Swinhoe, 1906
- New and little-known Species of Eastern and Australian Heterocera
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18 (108)
: 403-416
- Swinhoe, 1919
- Indo-Malayan and Australian Noctuidae
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (21)
: 118-127
- Walker, [1859]
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Supplement
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
16: 1-253 ([1859]),
17: 255-508 (1859),
18: 509-798 (1859),
19: 799-1036 (1859)
- Walker, 1863; Walker, 1864
- Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous Insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species
J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7
: 49-84, 160-198
- Walker, 1865; Walker, [1866]
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
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