''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was a French

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. It was originally published by Eugène Barthe and established in 1892.

Beginning

The first issue of ''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was published in a larger format (24 x 36 cm), but immediately the following ones were smaller (18 x 24 cm). The first year was published both in French and in German. The first issues consisted mainly of capture notes and announcements for the sale or exchange of insects.

History

There were 3 different publishers:

Eugène Barthe (1892-1940)

When Barthe started ''Miscellanea Entomologica'', he was 30. He had a great deal of difficulty finding enough subscribers to pay the costs of production and expedition- but 30 years later the publication was one of the most important in Europe. The main works published were on Coleoptera. The field of study was insects of

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. The publication included the magazine and many supplements published as irregular leaflets of 8 or 16 pages. A list of everything that appeared was compiled by G. Bernardi and O. Fabre (published as Le Moult & Bernardi). Later, another list was produced to help recognize leaflets published by ''Miscellanea Entomologica''.

Eugène Le Moult (1943-1956)

In 1943, Le Moult continued the publication with the development of numerous articles on Lepidoptera. Thus were published many works by

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and Marcel Caruel, while Breuning published works on European

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. The last volume published by Le Moult was #48 in 1956.

Sciences Nat (1982-1988)

In 1982

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restarted the journal and published volumes 49 to 51. The publication committee was composed of eminent entomologists:

, Philippe Darge, Jean Darnaud,

Claude Herbulot Claude Herbulot (19 February 1908 – 19 January 2006) was a French entomologist. He was born in Charleville-Mézières and died in Paris. He was a lepidopterist and specialised in moths in the family Geometridae. His collection is housed at the Zo ...

and Léon Schaefer. Colour plates were included in each volume. The circulation was about 300 copies.

Supplements

Barthe published under his own name one of the best books on European Coleoptera under the title "Faune Franco-Rhénane", which covers several families. Other authors wrote on the same subject: M. des Gozis, Dr. Auzat, H. du Buysson (

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). Le Moult published the big book by Léon Schaefer on the

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of France and his work on

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External links

WorldCat entry for ''Miscellanea Entomologica''Editions available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

References

{{Reflist Publications established in 1892 Publications disestablished in 1988 Entomology journals and magazines French-language journals