Henry Walter Bates

Henry Walter Bates

Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), British naturalist (entomology) and the first to give scientific account of mimicry in animals. Older brother of Frederick Bates.

Taxon names authored

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• 523 taxon names authored by Henry Walter Bates

Eponyms

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• 6 eponyms of Henry Walter Bates

Publications

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1860's

• Bates, H.W. 1861. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)8: 40–52, 147–152, 212–219, 471–478. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1862. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)9: 117–124, 396–405, 446–458. BHL1; BHL2; BHL3. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1863. A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London 9: 367–459. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1863. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)12: 100–109, 275–288, 367–381. BHL1; BHL2; BHL3. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1864. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)13: 43–56, 144–164; 14: 11–24. BHL1; BHL2; BHL3. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1864–1865. New species of butterflies from Guatemala, collected by Salvin & Godman. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 1(1): 1–6; (2): 31–35; (3): 55–59; (4): 81–85; (5): 113–116; (6): 126–131; (7): 161–164; (8): 178–190; (9): 202–205. BHL. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)15: 213-225. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)15: 382–394. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)16: 101–113. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)16: 167–182. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1865. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)16: 308–314. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1866. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera: Longicornes. Annals and magazine of natural history (3)17, 31–42, 191–202, 288–303, 367–373, 425–435. BHL1; BHL2; BHL3; BHL4; BHL5. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1866. New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama. Supplement. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 3: 49–52 BHL; 85–88 BHL; 133–135 BHL; 152–157 BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1866. On a Collection of Coleoptera from Formosa, sent home by R. Swinhoe, Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 339–355. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. & Clark, H. 1866. A catalogue of Phytophaga. [Coleoptera, Pseudotetramera]. Part I. I. Sagridae. II. Donacidae. III. Crioceridae. IV. Megalopidae. With an appendix, containing descriptions of new species. Williams and Norgate, London & Edinburgh. 50 + 88 pp. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1867. On a Collection of Butterflies formed by Thomas Belt, Esq., in the interior of the Province of Maranham, Brazil. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3)5(7): 535–546. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1867. New species of insects from the province of Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday, Esq. Entomologist's monthly magazine 4: 52–56, 78–80. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1867. New genera of longicorn Coleoptera from the River Amazons. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 4: 22–28. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1868. A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 9: 367-459. BHL. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1869. New species of Coleoptera from Chontales, Nicaragua. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 383–389. BHL Reference page. 

1870's

• Bates, H.W. 1870. On a Collection of Butterflies formed by Thomas Belt, Esq., in the interior of the Province of Maranham, Brazil. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870: 243–335. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1870. XIX. Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870(3): 391–444. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1870. XVI. Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870(3): 243–335. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1870. On a new genus & species of Carabidae allied to Carabus proper. Entomologist's monthly magazine 7: 32–33. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 1). Entomologist's monthly magazine 7: 218–224. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 2). Entomologist's monthly magazine 7: 244–248. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 3). Entomologist's monthly magazine 7: 266–269. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 4). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 11–14. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 5). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 29–34. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 6). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 54–58. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 7). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 77–81. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 8). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 102–106. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 9). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 129–134. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 10). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 148–150. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1871. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 11). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 176–179. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1872. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 12). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 199–202. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1872. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 13). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 237–242. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1872. Notes on Cicindelidae and Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No.14). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 8: 263–266. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1872. Notes on Carabidae, and descriptions of new species (No. 15). Entomologist's monthly magazine 8: 285–287. BHL
• Bates, H.W. 1872. On the longicorn Coleoptera of Chontales, Nicaragua. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1872: 163–238. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1873. Notes on the longicorn Coleoptera of tropical America. Annals and magazine of natural history (ser.4) 11: 21–45 BHL; 117–132. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1873. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 4) 12(68): 148–156. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1873. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 4) 12(69): 193–201. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1873. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 4) 12(71): 380–390. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1873. On the geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873(2): 219–322. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1873. Descriptions of new genera and species of geodephagous Coleoptera, from China. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873(2): 323–334. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1874. On the geodephagous Coleoptera of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 4) 13(75): 233–246. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680849 . BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1874. On the geodephagous Coleoptera of New Zealand. [Continued from p. 246]. Annals and magazine of natural history (ser. 4) 13: 270–277. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1874. On the geodephagous Coleoptera of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 4) 14: 16–24. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1874. On the longicorn Coleoptera of New Zealand [Continued from p. 24.] Annals and magazine of natural history (4) 14(80): 118–131. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680933 . BHL. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1874. New species of Cicindelidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 10: 261–269. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1874. Supplement to the longicorn Coleoptera of Chontales, Nicaragua. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 219–235. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00165.x BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1875. New genera and species of longicorns from South America. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11: 273–278. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1875. New genera and species of Prionidae (Longicorn Coleoptera). Entomologist's monthly magazine 12: 47–53. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1877. Three new species of Longicorn Coleoptera from Japan. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 14(2): 37–38. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1878: New species of geodephagous Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 15: 22–28. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1878. New species of geodephagous Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 15: 22–28, 57–58. BHL, BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1878. On new Genera and Species of Geodephagous Coleoptera from Central America. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London [1878]: 587–609. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1878. On new Species of Coleopterous Insects (Geodephaga and Longicornia) taken by Dr. Stoliczka during the Forsyth Expedition to Kashgar in 1873–74. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London [1878]: 713–721. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1878. New genera and species of Carabidae from Tasmania. Cistula Entomologica 2: 317–326. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1878. On Macropsebium Cotterilli and other new species of Coleoptera, from Lake Nyassa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878(3): 189–192. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1879. New genera and species of Callichrominae (Coleoptera, Longicornia). Cistula Entomologica 2: 395–419. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1879. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera, Longicornia. Vol. 5: 1–16, pls. I–II. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1879. A new Eudromus, and three new species of Lepturidæ from Madagascar. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 15: 250–252. BHL Reference page. 

1880's

• Bates, H.W. 1880. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 5: 17–152, pls. III–XI. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1880. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. The Humboldt Publishing Co. New York, 285 pp.
• Bates, H.W. 1880. Note on Discopus, a genus of South American longicorns, family Lamiidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 16: 253–255.
• Bates, H.W. 1880a: New species of Alcidion, a genus of longicorn Coleoptera. The Entomologist's monthly magazine 16: 273– 274. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1880. New species of Acanthoderes (Coleoptera, Longicornia, family Lamiidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 17: 58–61.
• Bates H.W. 1881. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 5: 153–224. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1881. Notes on Longicorn Coleoptera. Revision of the Aerénicides and Amphionychides of tropical America. Annals and magazine of natural history (ser. 5) 8: 142–152, 196–204, 290–306. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222938109487459 Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1881. New species of longicorn Coleoptera allied to Colobothea. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 17: 275–277.
• Bates H.W. 1882. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1, part 1: 41–152. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1882. Supplement to the Geodephagous Coleoptera of Japan, chiefly from the collection of Mr. George Lewis, made during his second visit, from February, 1880, to September, 1881. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883(3): 205–290. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1883. V. Notes on the Longicorn Coleoptera of Tropical America. Annals and magazine of natural history (4)11: 21–45.
• Bates H.W. 1884. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, suppl. to Longicornia. London, 5: 225–248. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1884. Longicorn beetles of Japan. Additions, chiefly from the later collections of Mr. George Lewis; and notes on the synonymy, distribution, and habits on the previously known species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 18: 205–262. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1884. New Longicorn Coleoptera of the Monohamminae group from tropical West Africa. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 21: 14–18. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates H.W. 1885. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, suppl. to Longicornia. London, 5: 249–436. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1886-1890: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part 2. Pectinicornia and Lamellicornia. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1886. Tropical African Coleoptera, chiefly from the Zanzibar mainland. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 22: 188–197. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1886. Fam. Lucanidae, Passalidae, pp. 1–24. in: F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part 2. Porter, London.
• Bates, H.W. 1887: Three new longicorn Coleoptera from South America. The Entomologist's monthly magazine 24: 62–63. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1887. Fam. Copridae, Aphodiidae, Orphnidae, Hybosoridae, Geotrupidae, Trogidae, Aclopidae, Chasmatopteridae, Melolonthidae (part), pp. 25–160. in: F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part 2. Porter, London.
• Bates, H.W. 1888. Fam. Melolonthidae (part), Rutelidae, Dynastidae (part), pp. 161–336. in: F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part 2. Porter, London. Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1889. Fam. Dynastidae (part), Cetoniidae, Trichiidae, Supplement, pp. 337–416. in: F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part 2. Porter, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1889. Contributions a la faune Indo-Chinoise. 3e Memoire. Carabidae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (ser. 6) 9: 261–286. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1889. On new Genera and Species of Coleopterous Insects from Mount Kinibalu, North Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889: 383–393. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1889. On some Carabidae from Burma collected by Mr. L. Fea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 27: 100–111. BHL Reference page. 

1890

• Bates, H.W. 1890. Coleoptera collected by Mr. Pratt on the Upper Yang-Tsze, and on the borders of Tibet. The Entomologist 23(327): 244–247. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1890. On some Coleopterous insects collected by Mr. W. Bonny in the Aruwimi Valley. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London [1890]: 479–492. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1890. Coleoptera collected by Mr. Pratt on the upper Yang-Tsze, and on the borders of Tibet. Entomologist 23 (326): 209–213.

1891

• Bates, H.W. 1891. New longicorn Coleoptera, chiefly from Mexico. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 27: 158–161. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1891. Additions to the Carabideous fauna of Mexico, with remarks on some of the species previously recorded. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891: 223–278. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1891. Note on three Australian Carabidae. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 27: 285–287. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W., 1891. Coleoptera from Kulu in N.W.India. Supplement to The Entomologist [24]: 7–23. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1891. Coleoptera, pp. 7–39. In: Whymper, E. Supplementary appendix to Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. London, 147 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8020

1892

• Bates, H.W. 1892. Additions to the Longicornia of Mexico and Central America, with remarks on some of the previously recorded species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [1892] 2: 143–183, 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1892. Viaggio de Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XLIV. List of the Carabidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 32: 267–428. BHL Reference page. 
• Bates, H.W. 1892. Coleoptera. Pp. 7–39 in: Supplementary appendix to travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator by Edward Whymper with contributions by H.W. Bates. T.G. Bonney. G.A. Boulenger. Peter Cameron. F. Day. W.L. Distant. A.E. Eaton, F.D. Godman. H.S. Gorham. Martin Jacoby. E.J. Miers. A. Sidney Olliff. O. Salvin. David Sharp. T.R.R. Stebbing. Illustrated. John Murray, London. xxii + [1 (Addenda)] + 147 pp. + 14 pls. BHL

References

• O'Hara, J.E. 1995. Henry Walter Bates – his life and contributions to biology. Archives of natural history 22: 195–219. ISSN: 0260-9541 DOI: 10.3366/anh.1995.22.2.195

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