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  1. Amiet, J.-L., 1962. Le peuplement carabologique des forêts du Jura salinois. Recherches sur le rôle du climat et du tapis végétal dans la distribution de certains Carabiques. Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 50: pp. 5-60, 7 diagrs., tabs., refs. Wrs. - € 9.50

  2. Arnold, Dr.  Bestimmungstabelle der mittleuropäischen Arten der Gattung Helophorus F. (Bestimmungstabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. Heft 114.) Sonderdruck aus Entomologische Blätter, 31. Jahrgang. Troppau. Pp. 19, 19 figs. Orig. wrs. - € 4.50

  3. Baars, M.A., 1982. Running for life. Studies on the locomotory actovity and population dynamics of Pterostychus versicolor Sturm and Calathus melanocephalus L. (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Amsterdam. Pp. 162, several tabs. and diagrs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 17.-
    Thesis; consists of 4 papers published in or submitted to journals.

  4. Basilewsky, P., 1950-1951. Révision générale des Harpalinae d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Col. Carabidae). I-II [=complete]. [Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge, Sci. Zool., Sér. in-8º, 6 & 9.] Tervuren. Large 8vo. Vol. 1: pp. 283, 9 pls., 200 figs., index; vol. 2: pp. 333, 6 pls., 191 figs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 58.50

  5. Batzakis, B.D., 1971. Contribution to the study of the morphology of Pseudocoeliodes rubricus (Gyllenhål, 1837) and the nomenclature of the species of the genus Pseudocoeliodes Hoffmann, 1957 (Col., Curculionidae). Ann. Inst. Phytopath. Benaki, 10(1): pp. 1-69, 29 illus. in text, refs. Wrs. - € 10.25

  6. Biondi, M., Daccordi, M., & Furth, D.G., editors, 1998. Proceedings of the Fourth Internatuional Symposium on Chrysomelidae. Proceedings iof a Symposium (30 August, 1996, Florence, Italy), XX International Entomological Congress. [Atti Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat.] Torino. Pp. 325, numerous text illus., refs. Hardbound. - € 63.50
    Contains 19 papers.

  7. Blake, D.H., 1970. A review of the beetles of the genus Metachroma Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). [Smiths. Contr. Zool., 57.] Washington. 4to. Pp. iv,111, 175 figs., refs., index. Orig. wrs. - € 18.25
     
  8. Blanchard, E., 1837. Monographie du genre Phoraspis, de la famille des Blattiens; précédé de quelques observations sur les bnlattes des Anciens. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 6: pp. 271-298, several figs. (mostly coloured by hand) on 2 engraved plates. Old plain wrs., uncut. - € 20.00
  9. Boileau, H., 1906. Descriptions de Lucanides nouveaux. Extrait du Naturaliste, 1904-1905. [No pl.] Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 45,[3], 6 figs. Orig. wrs., uncut. - With author's presentaion inscription. - € 10.00

  10. Bondar, G., 1937. Notas biologicas sobre Buchidos observados no Brasil. Arch. Inst. Biol. Veget., [Rio de Janeiro] 3(1): pp. 7-44, 61 figs. in text and on 2 pls. Large 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 9.25

  11. Burakowski, B., Mroczkowski, M., & Stefanska, J., 1971. Coleoptera. Pismiennictwo. [Katalog Fauny Polski, XXIII, 1.] Warszawa. Large 8vo, 25cm. Pp. 183. Orig. wrs., uncut. - Bibliography of Polish literature on Coleoptera comprising about 4,500 references. -  € 20.00
  12. Casey, T.L., 1907. A revision of the American components of the tenebrionid subfamily Tentyriinae. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 9: pp. 275-522. Plain new stiff wrs. - € 18.50

  13. Casey, T.L., 1908. A revision of the Tenebrionid subfamily Coniontinae. Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 10: pp. 51-166. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 12.50

  14. Chatanay, J., 1915. Ténébrionidés de Mahatsinjo (Madagascar). Ann. Soc Ent. France, 83: pp. 458-554, 72 figs., index. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 13.50

  15. Chaudoir, Baron M. de, 1864. Monographie du genre Collyris Fabricius. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 4e Série, 4: pp. 483-536, 26 figs. (3 coloured by hand) on 3 plates. Plain wrs. - € 16.00

  16. Chaudoir, Baron M. de, 1878. Révision des genres Onchypterygia, Dicranoncus et Colpodes. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Sér. 5, 8: pp. 275-382. Wrs. - € 14.00

  17. Chaudoir, Baron M. de, 1882-1883. Monographie des Oodides. I-II. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, Sér. 6, 2: pp. 317- 378;485-554. Two parts (complete) in one volume, new wrs. - € 18.00 
  18. Clarke, J.F.G., 1968. Notes and new species of Phaloniidae. (Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XVII.) [Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 125 (3660).] Washington. 8vo. Pp. 58, 32 photos on 4 pls., 30 figs. Orig. wrs. - € 11.00

  19. Delkeskamp, K., 1956. Revision der afrikanischen Gattung Palaeolybas Crotch. (17. Beuitrag zur Kenntnis der Erotyliden.) [Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge, Sér. in-8, Sci. Zool., 44.] Tervuren. Large 8vo. Pp. 67, 25 figs. and photos in text, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 11.50

  20. Dellacasa, C., 1983. Sistematica e nomenclatura degli Aphodini italiani (Coleoptera Scarabaeida: Aphodiinae). [Mon. Mus. Sci. Nat. Reg., 1.] Torino. Pp. 463,[3], 1003 figs., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 29.50
  21. Drioli, G., 1987. Tipoi e tempi di sviluppo dei coleotteri geodefagi presenti sul basso carso Triestino. [Trieste.] bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 15.00

  22. Eggers, H., 1963.Borkenkäfer (Col., Ipidae) aus Südamerika. X. Bolivia. Ber. München. Ent. Ges., 33(1): pp. 344-389. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 8.00

  23. Fabricius, J.C., 1801-1802 (1970).  Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species; adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiel: Bibliopola Acad., facsimile reprint Amsterdam: A. Asher.  8vo. Vol. 1: pp. xxiv,506; vol. 2: pp. 687, index. Orig. cloth. Fine. - € 97.50

  24. Fowler, W.W., 1884-1885. The Nitulididae of Great Britain. Ent. Month. Mag., 21: pp. 54-58;92-98; 142-147;213-219;260-267; 22: pp. 33-36;69-78. Author's collected offprint in one volume, old plain wrs. - € 15.00
  25. Gersdorf, E., & Kuntze, K., 1957. Zur Faunistik der Carabiden Niedersachsens. Ber. Naturhist. Ges. Hannover, 103: pp. [ii],101-136, refs. Plain new wrs. - € 4.00

  26. Giachino, M., & Peck, S.B., editors, 1998. Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (=Leiodidae Cholevinae). Proceedings of a Symposium (30 August, 1996, Florence, Italy). III. Internaitonal Congress of Entomology. [Atti Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino.] Torino. Pp. 295, many illus. in text, refs. Hardbound. - Contains 10 large papers.  €  45.00

  27. Haag-Rutenberg, J.G., 1875. Monographie der Eurychoriden (Adelostomides Lacord.) [Col. Tenebr.]. Deut. Ent. Zeitschr., 19(5): pp. 1-70. Author's re-paginated offprint, orig. wrs. - € 11.50

  28. Hustache, A., 1917. Synopsis du genre Stigmatrachelus Schoenh. et autres genres malgaches du même groupe (Col. Curculionidae). Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 86(2/3): pp. 193-266, index. Plain wrs. - € 10.00

  29. Jeannel, R., 1949. Faune du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. II. Pselaphidae. [Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge, Sér. in-8, Sci. Zool., 2.] Tervuren. Large 8vo. Pp. 275, 121 figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 29.50

  30. Jeannel, R., 1952. Psélaphides recueillis par N. Leleup au Congo belge. (Faune de l'Itombwe et de la Forêt du Rugege.) Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge, Sér. in-8, Sci. Zool., 11.] Tervuren. Large 8vo. Pp. 295, 373 figs., bibl., index. Orig. wrs. - € 30.00

  31. Jekel, H., 1873. Coleoptera Jekeliana, adjecta Eleutheratorum Bibliotheca. Enumération systématique & synonymique des Coléoptères européens & exotiques composant la collection de Henri Jekel. Observations critiques. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Reproduction et traduction de genres et espèces publiés dans des ouvrages rares français et étrangers de manière à former insensiblement la Bibliothèque du Coléoptérologiste. Livraison I. Paris: Autographie Typomorphe de l'Auteur. Pp. 96 printed by lithography from manuscript original. Orig. wrs. - € 25.00
    Only two further parts were published. Rare.

  32. Jensen-Hårup, A.C., 1891. Danmarks Løbebiller (Cicindelides & Carabides) systematisk beskrevne. Copenhagen: Lehmann & Stage. 8vo. Pp. iv,148. Orig. wrs., uncut. - € 12.50

  33. Kleine, R., 1916. Neue Taphroderini (Brenthidae, Col.). Ent. Mitt., 5(1/4): pp. 1-92, 57 figs. on 2 pls., 38 figs. in text. Large 8vo. Plain wrs. First page a bit browned, good otherwise. - € 12.00

  34. Kleine, R., 1921. Die Deckenzeichnung der Brenthidae. Arch. Naturgesch., 86(8): pp. 1-83, 65 figs. New plain wrs. Last page in xerox copy. - € 10.00 

  35. Kleine, R., 1926. Die Brenthiden der Niederländischen Ost-Indischen Kolonien. [Capita Zool.,  2(4).]  's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff. Folio. Pp. 86,[6], 124 figs. on 3 pls. Plain new wrs. - € 26.00
  36. Koch, K.C., 1809-1991. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Ökologie. Band 1 & 2. Krefeld. Large 8vo. Vol. 1: pp. 440; vol. 2: pp. 382. Orig. cloth. - Covers families Carabidae through Micropeplidae (vol. 1) and Pselaphidae through Lucanidae (vol. 2). Without the third and last volume concluding this indispensable ecological supplement to Die Käfer Europas. - € 60.00

  37. Kolbe, H.J., 1887. Beiträge zur Zoogeographie Westafrikas nebst einem Bericht über die während der Loango-Expedition von Herrn Dr. Falkenstein bei Chinchoxo gesammelten Coleoptera. N. Acta Leopod. Deut. Akad. Naturf., 50(3): pp. 153-364, several figs. (partly finely coloured by hand) on 3 lithogr. pls. 4to. New boards, orig. printed front cover mounted. - € 95.00
    Almost entirely devoted to Coleoptera (pp. 177-359).

  38. Kühnelt, W., 1940. Revision der Laufkäfergattungen Patrobus und Diplous. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 51: pp. 151-192, 18 figs. on 3 pls., 1 fold. map. Large 8vo. Plain wrs. - € 9.00

  39. Kuijten, P.J., 1981. Revision of the genus Phaechroops Candèze (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hybosorinae). [Zool. Verh. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist., 183.] Leiden. Pp. 76, 4 pls., 101 figs., refs. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50

  40. Leclercq, M., 1952. Introduction à l'étude des Tabanides et révision des espèces de Belgique. [Mém. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg., 123.] Bruxelles. Large 4to. Pp. 80, 30 distrib. maps, tabs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 13.00
  41. Le Conte, J., 1859. The Copleoptera of Kansas and Eastern New Mexico. [Smithson. Contr. Knowl.] Washington. Folio, 31.8cm. Pp. vi,58, col. frontisp. map, 33 finely lithogr. figs. on 2 pls. Plain new wrs. - € 50.00

  42. Leefmans, S., ,1915. De Cassave-Oerets. [Meded. Lab. Plantenz., 13.] Buitenzorg: Departement van Landbouw. Large 8vo. Pp. vi,116,[4], 14 col. figs. on 1 chromolithogr. pl., 6 pls. of photos and figs., 4 diagrs., 1 tab. Orig. wrs. - € 18.00
    Leucopholis rorida Fab., its biology and its control in cassave cultures.

  43. Leprieur, C.-E., 1865. Matériaux pour servir au complément de la faune Vogéso-Rhénane. Notes sur quelques coléoptères des environs de Colmar. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Colmar, 5: pp. 1-62. Offprint, orig. wrs., uncut. Small repair to covers. - € 11.00
  44. Liebherr, J.K., 1992. Phylogeny and revision of the Platynus degallieri species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platyini).  [Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 214.] New York. Large 8vo, 25.2cm. Pp. 115, 277 figs., distrib. maps and photos in text, refs. Orig. wrs. - € 17.50
  45. Magnano, L., 1973. Gli "Otiorhynchus" dei gruppi "singularis" L. e "carmagnolae" Villa e considerazioni sulla partenogenesi di alcuni di esse. Atti Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Trieste, 28(2): pp. 305-396, 4 fold.  tabs., several drawings on 5 pls. in text, 5 distrib. maps in text, refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 16.00
  46. Makarov, K.V., 1994. A key to the genera of the ground-beetle larvae (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the Palearctic region. Bull. Mus,. Rev. Sci. Nat. Torino, 12(1): pp. 221-254, 127 figs., refs.  - € 9.00

  47. Martins, U.R., editor, 1997. Cerambycidae Sul-Americanos (Coleoptera). Taxonomía. Volume I. Subfamília Cerambycinae: Oemoni Lacordaire, 1869; Methniini Thomson, 1860; Dodecosini Aurivillius, 1912; Parahoplopterini, trib.n. São Paulo: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. 4to. Pp. viii,217, 170 drawings, bibl., taxin, index. Orig. wrs. - € 27.00

  48. Monguzzi, R., 1982. Studi sul genere Bolodoriella Jeannel: sistematica, geonemia, ecologia (Coleoptera Carabidae Trechinae). Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. & Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Milano, 123(2/3): pp. 189-236, 70 figs., refs. Jounal issue wrs. - € 8.00

  49. Monnot, E., & Houlbert, C., 1902. Faune élémentaire de la France. Tableaux analytiques illustrés de la famille des Longicornes. (Extrait de la Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, Année 1901.) Rennes: Oberthur. Small 4to. Pp. 30, 144 figs. Orig. printed wrs. - € 9.00

  50. Parker, H.-L., 1924. Recherches sur les formes post-larvaires des Chalcidiens. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 92(4); pp. 261379, 285 figs. on 39 pls. Journal issue, orig. wrs. - € 17.00
  51. Poppius, B., Zaitzev, Ph., & Jacobson, G., 1910. Beiträge zur Coleopterenfauna des äussersten Nordens von Sibirien. (Résultats scientifiques de l'Expédition polaire russe en 1900-1903 sous la direction du Baron E. Toll. Section E: Zoologie. Volume I, livr. 9.) [Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér VIII, Cl. Phys.-Math., 18(9).] St.-Pétersbourg. Folio, 33cm. Pp. [iv],66,[2], 23 col. figs. on 1 chromolithogr. pl., 4 figs. in text. Orig. printed wrs., uncut. - German text, diagnoses in Latin. Very scarce. - € 40.00

  52. Reitter, E., 1920. Tenebrionidae, XV. Teil: Belopinae, Borinae, Tenebrionidae und Coelometopinae aus der palaearktischen Fauna. (Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren, 87. Heft.) Paskau. Pp. 24. Orig. wrs. - € 7.00 

  53. Sahlberg, J. [Jr.], 1926. Enumeratio coleropterorum Fenniae. Lamellicornes, Platysoma, Xylophagi, Fungicola. Herausgegeben von Uunio Salas. [Ann. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. Vanamo, 4(1/2).] Helsinki. 8vo. Pp. 169, index. Orig. wrs. Spine neatly mended. - Published posthumously, continuation of  the series of 'Enumeratio ...' by his father (1873-1889). - € 17.50
     
  54. Siegwart, L., 1939. Die Carabenfauna des Pilatus mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Biologie. Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Luzern, 13: pp. [vi],221-245. Plain new wrs. - € 5.00

  55. Simon Thomas, R.T., 1964. Some aspects of life history, genetics, distribution and taxonomy of Aspidomorpha adhaerens (Weber, 1801) (Cassinidae, Coleoptera). Tijdschr. Ent., 107(4): pp. [iv],167-264, 117 figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. - € 15.00 

  56. Stellwaag, F., 1914. Der Flugapparat der Lamellicornier. Zeitschr. wiss. Zool., 108(3): pp. 359-429, 56 illus. on 4 fold. pls., refs. Offprint, orig. wrs. - € 10.00

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