Insects.- Green (E. Ernest) A collection of c.255 fine original drawings published in various entomological journals, pen and ink, pencil, some heightened with wash, on various papers and card, some trimmed and presented on thin board alongside others similar, and a few printed illustrations, various sizes between approx. 45 x 45mm and 290 x 230mm, most mounted, a few loose, occasional light spotting to few drawings, ink ownership inscription and paper label to front pastedown, in contemporary half morocco, later paper label to spine, splitting to joints, covers a little stained, rubbing, some wear to extremities, oblong folio, [1900-36].

⁂ Edward Ernest Green was an English entomologist with a keen interest in mycology and entomology related to coffee and tea growing. "Born in Ceylon, he was educated at Charterhouse School. He returned to Ceylon in 1880 to manage his father's plantations.... On his retirement in 1913 he returned to England and expanded his collections of scale insects. His publications included 'The Coccidae of Ceylon' (1896-1922) and over 200 papers." (Harvey, Gilbert & Martin. A catalogue of manuscripts in the entomology library of the Natural History Museum London, p.90). The Natural History Museum has Green's original drawings for 'The Coccidae of Ceylon'. He also published a work on the 'Tea Mites' (1900). Green's collection of Heteroptera from Ceylon is in the Indian Museum in Calcutta and his Microlepidoptera and Coleoptera from Ceylon are in the Natural History Museum in London.

Provenance: The drawings were offered for sale in Wheldon & Wesley's catalogue 208 no. 51 (1995) and purchased by Kikumaro Okano.