James Francis Stephens

James Francis Stephens ( born September 16, 1792 in London, † December 22, 1852 ) was an English zoologist.

Stephens was employed from 1807 to 1845 at the " Admiralty " ( the Navy Department ) at Somerset House in London. In his spare time he helped the zoologist William Elford Leach at installation of insect collection of the British Museum. After his retirement was his own insect collection, which included many of the holotype, purchased by the British Museum.

In 1833 he co-founded the " Entomological Society of London ", a forerunner of the Royal Entomological Society of London. From 1837 to 1838 he was president there.

Works

• Nomenclature of British Insects: Being a Compendious List of Species Search. , 1829.
• General Zoology, or systematic natural history. 1800-26: The last six volumes of this 16- volume work was Stephens out after the death of George Shaw.
• A systematic Catalogue of British insects: being to attempt to arrange all the hitherto Discovered indigenous insects in accor dance With Their natural affinities. Containing so the references to every English writer on entomology, and to the principal foreign authors. With all the published British genera to the present time. , 1829.
• Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects, Containing Their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of Their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. 10 volumes, from 1828 to 1846. Online.
• A Manual of British Beetles. 1839.