Biologia

1956 July 15 | Number: 1/I

Fungi of West Pakistan

iii+126 pp. + folded map
cloth-bound; 9½ in. by 7 in. / 25 cm. / 8vo

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad
An annotated, comprehensive list of 1219 species (about being new records for the area) in standard taxonomic sequence, a bibliography, an index to genera, a complete host-index, and a large map of West Pakistan and adjoining areas. Includes 58 species of agarics and their allies.

1958 | Number: 2/II

The codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Linn.) in Baluchistan

iv+122 pp. + 9 plates
24 cm.

Author(s): Nazeer Ahmed Janjua, M. Maqsood Nasir, and Ghulam-Ullah Khan Chaudhry
Includes 90 tables and 36 graphs about its distribution, host plants, nature and extent of damage, life and seasonal history, and natural enemies, based on 7 years of investigation from 1941 to 1947.

1958–1959 | Number: 3/III

Grasses of West Pakistan

vi+388 pp.
paper-bound; 9½ in. by 7 in. / 25 cm. / 8vo

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad and Ralph Randles Stewart
Has two parts: pp. 1–151 "Subfamily Panicoideae" (1958) and pp. 153–388 "Subfamily Pooideae" (1959).

Contains keys to the tribes, genera and all 370 species of grasses recorded from Pakistan, with a short diagnosis for each tribe and genus, and a detailed description for each species, including the distribution record of where it is located, and the collector's name but not the collector's number. Has a "generous" number of misprints. Part 1 has 70 species in 17 genera of the Tribe Paniceae, 60 in 31 of Andropogoneae, and 3 in 3 of Maydeae, none of which are new. Part 2 has a key to the tribes of the Pooideae of Pakistan; the characteristics of each tribe are followed by a key to the genera; each genus has a description, which is followed by a key to the species if there are multiple; each species has a description and an explanation of its distribution for the area covered.

NA | Number: 4/IV

Polyporaceae of West Pakistan

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad
Features about 120 species.

1969 April 30 | Number: 5/V

Fungi of West Pakistan, Supplement 1

iv+110 pp.
25 cm. / 8vo

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad
Features over 1000 species: 20 myxomycetes, 8 phycomycetes, 320 ascomycetes, 135 basidiomycetes, and 547 deuteromycetes.

1972 April 4 | Number: 6/VI

Basidiomycetes of West Pakistan

[4]+iii/iv+141/154 pp. + 9 plates
22 cm. / 8vo

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad
An aid to the identification of saprophytic basidiomycetous Fungi (except agarics and gasteromycetes). Has many gaps in areas covered, and does not discuss frequency of occurrence, ecological relationships, or economic importance. Uses the system of classification developed by Donk and Corner.

1978 March 20 | Number: 7/VII

Ascomycetes of Pakistan, part 1

vii+236 pp.
paper-bound; 24 cm. / 8vo

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad
Contains keys and a taxonomic treatment of all groups. Includes some line drawings (usually diagnostic) and occasional photographs. Has literature references for each major division (Hemiascomycetes, Plectomycetes, Pyrenomycetes, and Discomycetes). Generally uses then-modern classification. Proposes some new combinations and taxa.

1978 March 20 | Number: 8/VIII

Ascomycetes of Pakistan, part 2

iii/iv+144 pp.
24 cm. / 8vo

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad

1980 | Number: 9/IX

Flora of the Panjab/Punjab: keys to genera and species, part 1: Monocotyledons

at least 209 pages
24 cm.

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad

1980 | Number: 10/X

Flora of the Panjab/Punjab: keys to genera and species, part 2: Dicotyledons

at least 66 pages
24 cm.

Author(s): Sultan Ahmad

1986 | Number: 11/XI

On a collection of Siwalik Carnivora

at least 64 pages

Author(s): Abu Bakr (شکیل الرحمٰن)
Features 16 species, including Vishnucyon nagriensis, Sivaonyx minor, Lycaena felina, and Panthera dhokpathanensis.

1986 | Number: 12/XII

Species/spices and flavouring used in Iran and Pakistan

at least 45 pages and 13 plates

Author(s): M. H. Bokhari and W. Frey

1987 | Number: 13/XIII

Acanthocephala of fishes of Pakistan

28/57 pp.
24 cm.

Author(s): Fatima Mujib Bilquees/Bilqees (آمنہ ممتاز) and Aly Khan
Provides a general description of their morphology, physiology, biochemistry, and life-cycles, as well as descriptions of all 20 species recorded from fish in Pakistan, as well as a host-parasite list. Includes at least 38 figures, grouped in a special section.

1987 | Number: 14/XIV/XIV

A field guide to the identification of herps of Pakistan, part I: Amphibia

28 pp.

Author(s): Muhammad Sharif Khan and Rashida Tasnim

1990 | Number: 15/XV/XV

A field guide to the identification of herps of Pakistan, part II: Chelonia

at least 15 pages

Author(s): Muhammad Sharif Khan and Rashida Tasnim

1990 | Number: 16/XVI/XVI

Pulse crops of Pakistan

Author(s): M. H. Bokhari and M. Ashraf