William Kirby

(19.IX.1759 – 4.VII.1850)

British entomologist.

Publications

• Kirby, W. 1819a: A century of insects, including several new genera described from his cabinet. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 12: 375–453. [Dated 1818.].
• Kirby, W. 1819b: A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 12: 454–482. [Dated 1818.].
• Kirby, W. 1825: A description of such genera and species of insects, alluded to in the "Introduction to Entomology" of Messrs. Kirby and Spence, as appear not to have before sufficiently noticed of described. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 14: 563–572.
• Kirby, W. 1827: A description of some new genera and species of petalocerous Coleoptera. Zoological Journal, 3: 145–158.
• Kirby, W. 1828: A description of some Coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, F.L.S. Zoological Journal, 3: 520–525.
• Kirby, W., and W. Spence. 1828: An Introduction to Entomology, volume 4. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, U.K.
• Kirby, W. 1837: The Insects. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana, part 4. J. Richardson, W. Swainson, and W. Kirby (eds.). Josiah Fletcher, Norwich, U.K.