Entomo - Museology

Abstract

THE completion of Dr. Walther Horn's account of entomological collections, entomologists and “entomo-museology” is a matter upon which to congratulate not only the author, but also that numerous race of museum entomologists who have already given it a hearty welcome. The work is, in fact, a revised and greatly expanded edition of the same author's “Über den Verbleib der Entomo-logischen Sammlungen der Welt” (Suppl. Entom., 1926 and 1929). Those combined papers occupied 182 pages ; the present work fills 536 pages. A rough estimate shows that in this new volume some 6,600 entries occur, each giving a collector's name as fully as ascertainable and date of birth, and of death if not still living. This information is followed by a brief, sometimes almost laconic, statement as to the present whereabouts of the collections he formed. As those know who have had the pleasure of personal contact and correspondence with Dr. Horn, he is not only an indefatigable entomologist, but also a keen humorist ; perhaps that is why he opens with “Å (Norwegian): see also under Aa” ; “Aa” does not occur, except in Aall and in two “Aarons”. Incidentally, the first correction in the supplement is “Å is to be deleted”—what a pity to spoil the joke.

Über entomologische Sammlungen (ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Entomo-Museologie)

Von Walther Horn Ilse Kahle. (Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem, Bände 2, 3, 4). Teil 1. Pp. 160 + 16 plates. 15 gold marks. Teil 2. Pp. 161–296 + plates 17–26. 8 gold marks. Teil 3. Pp. 297–536 + plates 27–38. 10 gold marks. (Berlin: R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1935–1937).