Novitates entomologicae was a French entomological journal. It was published by Le Moult

Eugène Le Moult

Eugène Le Moult was a French naturalist and entomologist.He lived, for a long time, in Guyana where his father worked. Le Moult specialised in Lepidoptera. He was one of the most important insect dealer of his time...

 and established in 1931.

Production

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

Émile Deyrolle

Émile Deyrolle 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 father Achille Deyrolle ran the business for many years. Émile took over...

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Authors

These are mainly Le Moult himself on Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, (A.) Thierry on Buprestidae, P. Basilewsky on Carabidae and von Breuning on Cerambycidae

Main works

The best known works are those of Le Moult

Eugène Le Moult

Eugène Le Moult was a French naturalist and entomologist.He lived, for a long time, in Guyana where his father worked. Le Moult specialised in Lepidoptera. He was one of the most important insect dealer of his time...

 on the genus Prepona

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 the upperside is dark with distinct iridescent blue...

 with four colours 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.