- Herbert Edward Andrewes
Herbert Edward Andrewes (1863,
Reading - 1950,Highgate ) was an Englishentomologist who specialised inColeoptera .Andrewes initial training was at the forestry school in
Nancy ,France nowINRA .In 1885 he entered theIndian Forest Service . His next post was at the British Museum(Natural History) where he specialised inCarabidae . He was a prolific author writing over 120 short scientific papers in addition to catalogues, taxonomic works, faunal monographs and identification manuals. Andrewes was a Fellow of theRoyal Entomological Society from 1910 until his death (Council 1920-22).The society holds his library.elected works
*(1925) A revision of the Oriental species of the genus Tachys. "Ann Mus Civ Stor Nat Genova" 51: 327-502.
*(1926) A catalogue of Philippines Carabidae. "Philippine Journal of Science" 31, 345–361.
*(1931) On the Carabidae ofMount Kinabalu . "Federated Malay Museums, Journ." 16: 431-485, map. 1933. On some new species of Carabidae, chiefly fromJava . "Treubia" 14: 273-286.
*(1933) A catalogue of the Carabidae ofSumatra . "Tijdschr, v. Ent." 76: 319-382.
*(1929) "Fauna of British India ", includingCeylon andBurma . Carabidae 1. Carabinae 431pp. 62 figs 9 pl. Taylor and Francis, London.
*(1935) "Fauna of British India " , including Ceylon and Burma. Carabidae 2. Harpalinae 323 pp. 51 figs 5 pl. Taylor and Francis, London.Collection
Most of Andrewes personal collection is in the
Natural History Museum , London together with beetles fromSikkim collected byHerbert Stevens .Further collections includingsyntypes and a collection from India, Burma,New Guinea ,Natal ,Tennessee , including syntypes ofMartin Jacoby ,Walther Hermann Richard Horn , andMaurice Auguste Régimbart (1900) is inOxford University Museum .Other parts of Andrewes collection are inNatural History Museum of Giacomo Doria , Genoa.References
*Britton, E. E. 1951: [Andrewes, H. E.] "Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" (3) 87 64
*Poggi, R. & Conci, C. 1996: [Andrewes, H. E.] "Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital." 75 9
*Wigglesworth, V. B. 1951: [Andrewes, H. E.] "Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London" (C) 15 75
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