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Buchanan, L.L. . THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY AND THE CASEY COLLECTION OF COLEOPTERA
1935. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. Vol. 94 No. 3. Octavo, 15p., wraps. VG. (a16798)
$29.00 Chapin, Edward A. . REVEW OF THE GENUS CHLAENOBIA BLANCHARD (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE)
1935 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. Vol. 94 No. 9. Octavo, 20p.. wraps. VG plus. (a16801)
$29.00 (entomology) . BULLETIN ENTOMOLOGIQUE ANNEE
1838 2nd trimestre; 1853 2nd Trimestre; and 1853 3rd trimestre (3 issues). About 150 pages per issue. 8vo., wraps. 1838 issue has 2 color plates of-one of wasps and one of beetles. The two 1853 issues together have 5 very fine color plates of Tettigonides and one mixed plate of moths and beetles. 16 beetles illustrated per plate (except for moth plate which illustrates 7 insects.) Many colors. Very bright. Quite suitable for small framing (plate size 5x8-1/2 inches). Plates VG-Fine. Set of 3 issues: (a19376)
$150.00 Kissinger, David G. . A REVISION OF THE APION SUBGENUS TRICHAPION WAGNER IN THE NEW WORLD (COLEOPTERA: CURCULKIONIDAE)
Washington 1959. Offprint from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 110, pp. 247-389, 19 figs., wraps. Institution ownership stamp on front. Unopened. VG. (a36745)
$65.00 (entomology) . ATTRACTANTS FOR THE JAPANESE BEETLE
1969. Technical Bulletin No. 1399. 8vo., 87pp., wraps. Depository library stamp and numbers on cover. VG. (a53141)
$35.00 Kingsolver, John M. . THE NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN SPECIES OF MEIBOMEUS (COLEOPTERA: BRUCHIDAE: BRUCHINAE)
Washington 1976. Agricultural Research Service, Technical Bulletin No. 1523. 8vo., 54pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. Ink numbers on front, a few Depository Library stamps. VG. (a54789)
$30.00Coster, Jack E. and Janet L. Searcey (editors). SITE, STAND, AND HOST CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE INFESTATIONS
Washington 1981. 8vo., 115pp., wraps. Light non-circulating depository library stamp on cover and title page. Ink number on cover. VG plus. (a55666)
$39.00 Fleming, Walter E. . BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE JAPANESE BEETLE
Washington 1968. 8vo., 78pp., original printed wraps. Depository library stamp on title page and front. Ink number on front. VG. (a55713)
$40.00 Johnson, Clarence D. . SYSTEMATICS OF STATOR OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA (COLEOPTERA: BRUCHIDAE)
Washington 1976. Octavo, 101pp., original printed wraps. Depository library stamp on title page and front. Ink number on front. VG. (a55717)
$45.00 White, Richard E. . HOMONYMY IN WORLD SPECIES-GROUP NAMES OF CRIOCERINAE (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)
Washington 1981. Octavo, 69pp., original printed wraps. Depository library stamp on title page and front. Ink number on front. VG. (a55721)
$35.00Bugnion, E.. LA LEPTURA CORDIGERA BIOLOGIE, ANATOMIE, PHYSIOLOGIE
Lausanne 1933. Memoires de La Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. In French. 8vo., pp.339-364, text illustrations, original wraps. Owner stamp on front. Uncut. Fine, (a55923)
$25.00 Shuckard, W. E. (editor) . THE BRITISH COLEOPTERA DELINEATED CONSISTING OF FIGURES OF ALL THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEETLES
London 1840 Crofts. Hardcover. Octavo, 83pp. (text), 86 plates and 8 supplement plates of beetles drawn in outline by W. Spry, later cloth. VG, light cover wear, light foxing on initial and final pages and just a spot or two in text. (a58383)
$100.00 Desbrochers des Loges . MONOGRAPHIE DES RHINOMACERIDES D'EUROPE ET DES PAYS LIMITROPHES, COMPRENANT LES GENRES RHYNCHITES, AULETES, AULETOBIUS (N. G.), DIODYRHYNCHUS, RHINOMACER & NEMONYX
Paris 1869. In French. 8vo., 110pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Good, some foxing. (a60005)
$125.00 Johnson, Roswell H. . DETERMINATE EVOLUTION IN THE COLOR-PATTERN OF THE LADY-BEETLES
Washington 1910 Carnegie Institution. Sm.4to., 104pp., illustrations, original gilt printed hardcover. Label on lower part of front, a few university stamps on endpapers and fore-edges. one or two other ownership marks. VG. (a62430)
$65.00Blackwelder, Richard E. (comp.). CHECKLIST OF THE COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS OF MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA , THE WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AMERICA PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (all wraps)
1944-47 Smithsonian. Bulletin 185 U.S. National Museum. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Light university name stamp on covers. Good to VG. 5 separate issues of the Bulletin. (a62568)
$39.00 Burgeon, L. . LISTE DES COLEOPTERES RECOLTES AU COURS DE LA MISSION BELGE AU RUWENZORI
Bruxelles 1937 Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. 8vo., 140pp., wraps. Very light institution stamp on cover. VG. (a66268)
$55.00 Fisher, Warren S. . THE LEAF AND TWIG MINING BUPRESTID BEETLES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
1923. Octavo, 95pp., removed from The Proceedings of United States National Museum and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG. (a70600)
$29.00 Wright, E. Perceval M.D. . A LIST OF SPIDERS CAPTURED IN THE PROVINCE OF LUCCA, IN TUSCANY, IN THE SUMMER OF 1863 WITH CHARATCERS OF SUCH SPECIES AS APPEAR TO BE NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN TO ARACHNOLOGISTS
1870. Article at pp. 405-433. 2 plates in The Journal of Linnean Society. Included in a complete issue of this journal, with 2 other articles on spiders, both by O. P. Cambridge and one other on beetles by Francis P. Pascoe. Octavo, wraps. Good. (a70909)
$45.00Boving, Adam G. (Boeving). MATURE LARVAE OF THE BEETLE-FAMILY ANOBIIDAE
Kobenhavn 1954 Munksgaard. Det Kong Danske Vid Selskab Bind 22. Octavo, 298pp., errata page, wraps. Good, light cover wear. (a72290)
$44.00 Hope, Frederick William . DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NONDESCRIPT INSECTS FROM ASSAM, CHIEFLY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM GRIFFITH...ATTACHED TO THE LATE SCIENTIFIC MISSION TO ASSAM
1840. Lg.4to., pp. 587-600, one very beautiful chromolithographic plate of 9 very colorful beetles, removed from The Transactions of the Linnaean Society and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73721)
$75.00 Anderson, William H. and Donald M. Anderson . TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE HANS EGGERS COLLECTION OF SCOLYTID BEETLES (COLEOPTERA)
Washington 1971 Smithsonian. 4to., 38pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. Small College library stamp on front cover. VG. (a79337)
$29.00 Erwin, Terry L. . STUDIES OF THE SUBTRIBE TACHYINA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE: BEMBIDIINI) PART II: A REVISION OF THE NEW WORLD-AUSTRALIAN GENUS PERICOMPSUS LECONTE
Washington 1974 Smithsonian. 4to., 96pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. Small College library stamp on front cover. VG. (a79338)
$35.00 Fisher, Warren S. . A REVISION OF THE WEST INDIAN COLEOPTERA OF THE FAMILY BUPRESTIDAE
Washington 1925. Octavo, 207pp., removed from the Proceedings of the United States National Museum and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a84030)
$29.00 Parker, J. B. and Adam G. Boeving (Boving) . THE BLISTER BEETLE TRICRANIA SANGUINIPENNIS - BIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIONS OF DIFFERENT STAGES AND SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIP
Washington 1925. Octavo, 40pp., 5 plates, removed from Proceedings of the United States National Museum and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a84126)
$35.00 Maklin, F. W. . MONOGRAPHIE DES GATTUNG STRONGYLIUM KIRBY, LACORDAIRE
Helsingfors 1867. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae Tomus VIII. Coleoptera. 4to., pp. 217-518 with 3 sepia-toned plates, removed and rebound in later wraps. Near Fine. (a86458)
$650.00Fisher, W. S.. A REVISION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF BUPRESTID BEETLES BELONGING TO THE GENUS AGRILUS
Washington 1928 first edition Smithsonian Institution. National Museum Bulletin 145. Octavo, 347p., 11 plates. original printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88185)
$29.00 Vaurie, Patricia . A REVISION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN GENUS HYPHANTUS (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE, OTIORHYNCHINAE)
New York 1963 first edition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 125; Article 4. Single complete issue. 4to., pp. 241-303, original blue printed wraps. Near Fine. No ownership marks. (a88384)
$29.00 Gans, Carl . STUDIES ON AMPHISBAENIDS (AMPHISBENIA, REPTILIA) 3. THE SMALL SPECIES FROM SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA COMMONLY INDENTIFIED AS AMPHISBAENA DARWINI
New York 1966 first edition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 134; Article 3. Single complete issue. 4to., pp. 187-260, text illustrations, 9 photo plates3, original blue printed wraps. Near Fine. No ownership marks. (a88385)
$35.00 Hopkins, A. D. . THE BLACK HILLS BEETLE WITH FURTHER NOTES ON ITS DISTRIBUTION, LIFE HISTORY AND METHODS OF CONTROL
Washington 1905 first edition GPO. U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 56. Beetle which affects pine and spruce trees. Octavo, 24p. plus 2 plates and 6 text illustrations, wraps. VG, light cover wear. No ownership marks. Original printing, not modern remake. (a88558)
$30.00 Johnson, Fred and A. G. Hammar . THE GRAPE ROOT WORM WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO INVESTIGATIONS IN THE ERIE GRAPE BELT FROM 1907 TO 1909
Washington 1910. first edition GPO. U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 89. Octavo, 100p. plus 10 photo plates and 131 text illustrations, wraps. VG plus. No ownership marks. Original printing, not a modern reprint. (a88559)
$30.00 Janssens, Andre . MONOGRAPHIE DES SCARABAEUS ET GENRES VOISINS
Bruxelles 1940 first edition. Memoires du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Deuxieme Serie, Fasc. 16. In French. Small folio, 81p., 3 photo plates, original printed wraps. Dung beetles. Near Fine, uneven fading of cover, no ownership marks. (a88777)
$45.00 Janssens, Andre . REVISION DES ONITIDES
Bruxelles 1937 first edition. Memoires du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Deuxieme Serie, Fasc. 11. Dung beetles. In French. Small folio, 200pp., 2 foldout plates, original printed wraps. Small owners name on top corner of cover. VG, light cover wear. (a88779)
$85.00 Janssens, Andre . MONOGRAPHIE DES GYMNOPLEURIDES (COLEOPTERA LAMELLICORNIA)
Bruxelles 1940 first edition. Memoires du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Deuxieme Serie, Fasc. 18. Dung beetles. In French. Small folio, 73p., 2 photo plates, original printed wraps. VG plus, cover a bit faded, no ownership marks. (a88780)
$45.00Jolivet, Pierre. LES CHRYSOMELOIDEA (COLEOPTERA) DES ILES BALEARES
Bruxelles 1953 first edition . Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Memoires, deuxieme serie. fasc. 50. smfolio. original printed wraps. 88p. avec fullpage map and 2 photo plates on glossy stock of landscape of the Balearic Islands. Largely unopened. near Fine. no ownership marks; internally Fine; light cover wear. (a88899)
$38.00 Vaurie, Patricia . A REVISION OF THE GENUS TROX IN SOUTH AMERICA (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE)
New York 1962 first edition. Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History vol 124, article 4. printed blue wraps. 4to. pp. 105-167. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a89808)
$35.00 Thery, Andre . ETUDES SUR LES PUBRESTIDES DE L'AFRIQUE DU NORD
One complete issue of Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc, no XIX, 31 Decembre, 1928. Large octavo, original orange printed wraps. 585p. with 164 text illus and two plates. In French. Good, small chip on front cover panel, spine ends lightly worn down; light wear; largely unopened. Binding secure; no ownership marks; text clean. Colorful beetles. (a90098)
$35.00Curtis, John . DESCRIPTIONS &C. OF THE INSECTS COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN P. P. KING IN THE SURVEY OF THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
Paper removed from The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 1838, first edition. pp. 181-205 with one fine chromolithographic color plate of coleoptera, a few are shown in color. 4to. Bound in later plain wraps. VG plus. (a90819)
$39.00 Hope, Frederick William ( Parry, Frederick John) . ON SOME RARE AND BEAUTIFUL COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS FROM SILHET, CHIEFLY IN THE COLLECTION OF FREDERICK JOHN PERRY; ON SOME RARE AND BEUTIFUL INSECTS FROM SILHET, CHIEFLY IN THE COLLECTION OF FREDERICK JOHN PARRY ( 2 articles)
London 1842 first edition. Extracted from Transactions of the Linnean Society of London and rebound in later plain wraps. pp. 103-112; 131-135 with 3 very attractive bright color plates of butterflies, moths and beetles (very suitable for framing). VG plus, text and plates clean. No ownership marks. (a90835)
$45.00