De Haan, W.

Mémoires sur les métamorphoses de Coléoptéres

Paris: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1835. First edition Pp. (2), 40 + 19 fine lithograph plates. Extract with backstrip and series half-title but without original wrappers, 4to. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, volume 4, pp. 125-164. Presents a detailed study of the ontogenetic development within the Coleoptera with finely executed drawings. Slight foxing to the half-title and to the outer margins of a few pages; a clean, very good copy..

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Book number: 3049

Catalogue: Beetles

Keywords: Entomology insects beetle Coleoptera

Ek-Amnuay, Pisuth

A Handbook of Interesting Beetles of Thailand

Bangkok: Amarin Book Center, 2002. First edition. Pp. 407, 46 full page color plates featuring numerous individual color photos of beetles. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. Provides detailed descriptions of 509 species of beetles found in Thailand. Features superb color photos of all species. Presents color-coded keys to each family and subfamily. This is volume 1 in the series 'Fascinated Insects.' No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7082

Catalogue: Beetles

Schaeffer, Charles

Revision of the New World Species of the Tribe Donaciini of the Coleopterous Family Chrysomelidae.

Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, 1925. First edition. Pp. 121; 1 plate (line-drawing). Original printed gray wrappers, cloth-backed with title written on the spine, lg 8vo. Brooklyn Museum Science Bulletin, volume 3, no. 3. The Donaciinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae, characterised by distinctly long antennae. Bookplate of the Reading Public Museum on the inside front wrapper, there are no other ownership marks and few signs of use. Slight wear to wrappers; a clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 5084

Catalogue: Beetles

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Tanner, Vasco M.

A Preliminary Study of the Genitalia of Female Coleoptera

Philadelphia: American Entomological Society, 1927. First edition Pp. 46, 14 full page plates. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 53, no. 900. Signature of entomologist N.D. Blackburn on the front wrapper. Slight edge wear to wrappers, the rear wrapper has a few stains and wrinkles to one corner, otherwise a very good copy..

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Book number: 3635

Catalogue: Beetles

Keywords: Entomology insects Coleoptera beetles female genitalia

Thery, Andre

Notes on the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of East Africa.

Nairobi: East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, 1941. First edition. Pp. 91-153; 9 full page black-and-white halftone plates. Original green printed wrappers, 8vo. A detailed study of this unusual family of beetles found in East Africa. The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, volume 15, no. 3. The entire 90 page journal issue (volume 15, no. 3) in offered here in its original wrappers as issued; there are two other articles in this number. Name stamp of the Reading Public Museum on the bottom outer margin of front wrapper, small ink number at the top right corner; no other ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4936

Catalogue: Beetles

Keywords: Entomology insects bugs

Tooke, F.C.G.

The Eucalyptus snout-beetle, Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll: A study of its ecology and control by biological means.

Pretoria: Department of Agriculture, 1955, First edition Pp. iii, 282, 161 text-figures, photos and maps. Publisher's tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Union of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, Entomology Memoirs volume 3. This insect arrived in South Africa from Australia with the import of the first Eucalyptus trees. This monograph details in destructiveness and control of the Eucalyptus snout-beetle. Bottom outer corner with slight bump, no ownership marks, a clean, very good copy..

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Book number: 2466

Catalogue: Beetles

Keywords: Entomology insects insect South Africa Australia Eucalyptus snout-beetle