Complete history of Biological Society Of Pakistan

1

Fungi of West Pakistan

Iii+126 pp. + folded map

Cloth-bound; 9½

In. by 7 in.[17] / 25 cm. / 8vo

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.

1956 July 15

Sultan Ahmad

2

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

Iv+122 pp. + 9 plates

24 cm

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

Nazeer Ahmed Janjua, M. Maqsood Nasir, and GhulamUllah Khan Chaudhry. 

3

Grasses of West Pakistan

vi+388 pp. paper-bound; 9½ in. by 7 in.[17] /25 cm. / 8vo  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.

1958-1959

Sultan Ahmad and Ralph Randles Stewart

4

Polyporaceae of West Pakistan

Features about 120 species.

1960-1968

Sultan Ahmad

5

Fungi of West Pakistan

Supplement 1 iv+110 pp. 25 cm. / 8vo        Features over 1000 species: 20 myxomycetes, 8 phycomycetes, 320 ascomycetes, 135 basidiomycetes, and 547 Deuteromycetes. 

1969 April 30

Sultan Ahmad

6

Basidiomycetes of West Pakistan

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

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.

1972 April 4

Sultan Ahmad

7

Ascomycetes of Pakistan

part 1    vii+236 pp. paper-bound; 24 cm. / 8vo

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 thenmodern classification. Proposes some new combinations and taxa.

1978 March 20

Sultan Ahmad

8

Ascomycetes of Pakistan

part 2    iii/iv+144 pp.24 cm. / 8vo

1978 March 20

Sultan Ahmad

9

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

part At least 209 pages 24 cm.

 

1980

Sultan Ahmad

10

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

at least 66 pages 24 cm.

1980

Sultan Ahmad

11

On a collection of Siwalik Carnivora

at least 64 pages

Features 16 species, including Vishnucyon nagriensisSivaonyx minorLycaena felina, and Panthera dhokpathanensis.

1986

Abu Bakr, Shakil-Ur-Rehman

12

Species/spices and flavouring used in Iran and Pakistan

at least 45 pages and 13 plates

1986

M. H. Bokhari and W. Frey

13

Acanthocephala of fishes of Pakistan

28/57 pp. 24 cm.

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

Fatima Mujib Bilquees/Bilqees, Amna Mumtaz and Aly Khan

14

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

28 pp.

1987

Muhammad Sharif Khan and Rashida Tasnim

15

A field guide to the identification of herps of Pakistan, part 2: Chelonia

at least 15 pages

1990

Muhammad Sharif Khan and Rashida Tasnim

16

Pulse crops of Pakistan

28pp

1990

M. H. Bokhari and M. Ashraf

The society also published Seventy five years History of Zoology by A. R. Shakoori and M. R. Mirza.