''Novitates Entomologicae'' was a French

entomological Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

journal. It was published by

Eugène Le Moult Eugène Le Moult (31 December 1882, Quimper – 26 January 1967, Paris) was a French naturalist and entomologist specialised in butterflies; hunter, businessman and collector. Le Moult grew up in the tropical prison colony of French Guiana, whe ...

and established in 1931.

Production

The size of the publication was very large: 25 × 33 cm, recalling something like the publications of

Émile Deyrolle Émile Deyrolle (1838–1917) was a French naturalist and natural history dealer in Paris. The business was originally owned by his naturalist grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle who opened his shop in 1831 at 23, Rue de la Monnaie. Émile’s f ...

Authors

These are mainly Le Moult himself on Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, (A.) Thierry on

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

, P. Basilewsky on

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fam ...

and Stephan von Breuning on

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

.''Novitates entomologicae'': main works contained in the 17 fascicules published

Main works

The best known works are those of Le Moult on the genus ''

Prepona ''Prepona'' is a genus of Neotropical charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are strong fliers in tropical forests where they feed on fermenting fruits and animal dung. The underside of the wings is pale greyish or brownish, while ...

'' with four-colour plates and the ones of Breuning: ''Études sur les Lamiaires''. ''Études sur les Lamiaires'' were published in two parts. The first one has 568 pages and the second 615 pages. The special interest of these monographs are the numerous illustrations: 582 and 367 figures. This has been rarely the case in the other Breunings' works.

References

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