575 British (mostly from Skye) and 170 Nigerian beetles collected by Philp between 1970-1982, together with notebooks containing dates, localities and habitats, are held by B. Philip [sic], 41 Burrell St., Crieff, Perthshire (Fenscore). (MD 9/04)

Published ‘Adalia bipunctata and other Ladybirds in Co. Cork’ in IN., 33, 1924, p.8. (MD 9/04)

Published ‘The larva of a Hydrophilid beetle, Megasternum boletophagum’ in IN., 32, 1923, pp.109-114. (MD 9/04)

Important early apothecary, botanist and zoologist whose contribution to entomology in the late 17th – early 18th centuries was second only to that of John Ray. Some of his published works between 1695-1717 included beetles, and although each species is mentioned in a classificatory sentence rather than by name, many are identifiable when illustrated. There is a brief biographical account of Petiver together with a very detailed account of all his publications in Lisney (1960) pp.42-64, and Gilbert (1977) lists 4 other sources. (MD 9/04)

There are specimens bearing this name in the collection of K.C.Lewis. (MD 12/06)

Mentioned in the Insect Department Register at Cambridge as giving beetles (including Scymnus ) to the Museum with H.Scott on 13 November 1915. (MD 9/04)

His collection in a 40 drawer cabinet was given to Birmingham Museum on 11 October 1932 (84.32) together with various Coleoptera catalogues, offprints and other material. The catalogues by Sharp and Fowler are marked up with various pencil annotations and include typescripts which refer to Worcestershire and his collecting companions eg. Ashe and Tomlin.

Published ‘Dytiscus marginalis’ in Sci. Gossip, 26, 1890, p.191. (MD 9/04)

Born at Badminton the son of a clergyman schoolmaster. Studied at several schools before winning a Classics scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford. After hearing a lecture by E.B.Poulton he changed courses to study science in which he graduated in 1889. He had collected butterflies as a boy in the Forest of Dean with his father, and later became interested in Aculeate Hymenoptera. It was these groups which always remained the focus of his British interests.

Son of Robert Cyril Layton Perkins (see below) and at one time worked in the NHM on Hymenoptera. Mentioned by Gimingham (1955) as a collector of Coleoptera in Hertfordshire. There are specimens bearing this name in the Gimingham collection at N. Herts Museum. (I am grateful to Trevor James for this information) and Pedersen (2002) p.142 lists correspondence with C.J.Wainwright in the RESL. (MD 9/04, 11/09)