Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in

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– 11 April 1913, in London) was an English

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. His collections were acquired by

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(1834–1919),

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(1835–1898), and

James John Joicey James John Joicey FES (28 December 1870 – 10 March 1932) was an English amateur entomologist, who assembled an extensive collection of Lepidoptera in his private research museum, called the Hill Museum, in Witley, Surrey. His ...

(1870–1932) before being bequeathed to the

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, London. He is not to be confused with his son, the English entomologist

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(1869 – 21 June 1922), who also worked on Lepidoptera.

Partial list of publications

* Druce, H., 1872 with

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(1844–1925), Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Costa Rica. ''Cistula entomologica'', 1 : 95–118. (1872) * Druce, H., 1873. A list of the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo. ''Proceedings of the

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'' 1873: 337–361, 2 pls. text plates. * Druce, H., 1874. A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. L. Layard in Siam ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''1874(1): 102–109, pl. 16 * Druce, H. 1875 A list of the collection of diurnal lepidoptera made by Mr. J.J. Monteiro, in Angola, with descriptions of some new species. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1875:406–417. * Druce, H. 1887
''Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa''. - Proc. Zoological Society of London 1887:668–686, pl. 55
* Druce, H. 1894 Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from Central America ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'' (6) 13 : 168-182 * Druce, H. 1894
''Descriptions of new species of Agaristidae''. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)14:21–24
* Druce, H. 1889 Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Central America ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.'' (6) 4 (19) : 77–94
Druce, H. 1910a. ''Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera from tropical Africa''. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5:393–402.
* Druce, H. 1911b. ''Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera, chiefly from tropical South America''. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8:136–150 * Druce, H. 1912a
''Descriptions of seven new species of Heterocera belonging to the subfamily Ophiusinae''. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9:552–554

Sources

Translation from French Wikipedia. Joicey, J. J.; Talbot, G., eds. (1924)
The Bulletin of the Hill Museum: A Magazine of Lepidoptera. 1
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