INTRODUCTION
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.These papers consist of professional correspondence between Busck and his
colleagues and other collectors on entomological subjects. Correspondence with
Edward Meyrick and Lord Walsingham (Thomas deGrey) may be of special
interest. Located in the National Museum of Natural History,
Department of Entomology: Box 1 of 2
Box 2 of 2
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HISTORICAL NOTE
August Busck (1870-1944) was born and educated in Denmark. In 1893, he came to
the United States and settled in West Virginia, where he became an American
citizen. After an interval as a florist, Busck began work for the United
States Department of Agriculture in 1896, where he remained until his
retirement in 1940. A friend and colleague of both Lord Walsingham and Edward
Meyrick, Busck was himself a microlepidopterist of real distinction. He made
numerous field trips on expeditions into various regions of the western
hemisphere, as well as conducting field studies in the United States. While
his knowledge of the Lepidoptera was extensive, Busck chose to restrict his
main efforts to American fauna, especially the groups formerly known as the
Tineira and Torticina.
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
August Busck's Copy of Meyrick's
Microlepidoptera. Copy includes extensive marginalia and interleaved
correspondence.
August Busck's Rearing Notebooks.
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