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Description: | Lethierry was a French entomologist whose collections were auctioned after he died in Paris by E. Deyrolle et Fils, from 3rd-8th and 10th-11th December 1894. Many of the lots were bought by dealers and subsequently are known to have entered public museum collections. The batches of Lethierry's beetles in the Hunterian Museum (Zoology) provide a classic example of how T.G. Bishop built up his non-British collection holdings by purchase. It is not recorded exactly through which dealer this happened but the specimens are so distinctive in their style of labelling and handwriting that there can be no doubt they were from this sale. An example of the characteristic cabinet labels is figured in Horn & Kahler (1935-1937) "Ueber entomologische Sammlungen, etc." Plate XVI, fig. 28.
In the Hunterian many Lethierry specimens can be seen, from the aquatic families, including whirligigs (Gyrinidae), the Tenebrionoidea (including oil beetles (Meloidae), Anthicidae, etc) and others. Because Lethierry's collection was split at auction a number of other museums also have some holdings. | Subjects: | Coleoptera European beetles | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Geoff Hancock | Contributor: | L.F. Lethierry; T.G. Bishop | Identifier: | C-0046 |
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