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The endemic Antillean genus Choranthus Scudder 1872 is represented by one species on the island of Hispaniola. Riley (1975:188) stated that the species haitensis Skinner is "known only from Haiti where it clearly replaces C. uitellius." Specimens of Ch. haitensis have been secured abundantly on the entire island of Hispaniola; thus, the species is obviously not restricted to Haiti but also occu...

Bulletin of the Allyn Museum

Over the past several years I have been compiling infonnation on the Hesperiidae of Africa, and in the six years since my last paper on these butterflies from that continent much information has come to light. Accordingly, the following notes and descriptions are 'offered to update Evans' (1937) Catalogue on the skippers of this fascinating region. The order in which the species are presented i...

Polychrome Nets Italian Lace from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Analysis of Meaning in the Niche Rug of the Metropolitan Museum by iconoloical method

Niche rug is a rich collection of the Iranian arts. In this collection, there are exquisite rugs that start with ‘Amen Al-Rasool’ and end with the inscription “Allah Akbra Kabira” under the forehead of Mihrab. A feature of this theological text is that it is woven upside down. Therefore, given the exact geometric structure of the rug, as well as its brocade fabric, it seems that in this swarm o...

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