Bibliography from 1971 to 1990

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• "A large migration of the seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata L.) at Deauville, France"
  In: The Entomologist vol. 104, nos. 1293-1295, Feb- April 1971: pp. 45-46
• An illustrated catalogue of the Rothschild collection of fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume V. Leptopsyllidae and Ancistropsyllidae
  London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1971: pp. viii, 530
  With G.H.E. Hopkins
  Figures, 30 plates
  Dedicated to the memory of Rozsika Rothschild who inspired the compilation of this catalogue.
  Includes photographs by Miriam Rothschild

  The introduction notes that the compilation of the catalogue, originally estimated as eight years work, has already taken twenty years. The final three outstanding volumes will have to be undertaken by different authors.
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• "Coating the antennae of the rabbit flea: its effect on maturation and impregnation"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 36, no. 4, July 1971. p. 19
  Abstract of paper read at the Royal Entomological Society.
  Discussion of this paper in Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, 36, no. 5, October 1971, pp. 25-26
• "E.B. Ford: bibliography"
  In: R. Creed (ed.) Ecological genetics and evolution. essays in honour of E.B. Ford Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publishers, 1971: pp. xv-xxi
  With Henry Kettlewell
• "Freshly emerged Amata phegea (L.) reared on dandelion"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 36, no. 7, December 1971. p. 33
  Note of an exhibit
• "Heart poisons (cardiac glycosides) in the Lygaeid bugs Caenocoris nerii and Spilostethus pandurus"
  In: Insect Biochemistry vol. 1, no. 4, December 1971: pp. 373-384
  With T. Reichstein and J. von Euw
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• "Speculations about mimicry with Henry Ford"
  In: R. Creed (ed.) Ecological genetics and evolution: essays in honour of E.B. Ford Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1971: pp. 202-223
• "Toxins in tiger moths (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera)"
  In: A.S. Tahori (ed) Pesticide chemistry. 3. Chemical releasers in insects London: Gordon and Breach, 1971: pp. 177-182
  With R. Aplin
• "Aristolochic acids stored by Zerynthia polyxena (Lepidoptera)"
  In: Insect Biochemistry vol. 2, no. 7, September 1972: pp. 334 -343
  With J. von Euw and T. Reichstein
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• "Breeding cycle of the flea Cediopsylla simplex is controlled by breeding cycle of host"
  In: Science (Washington) vol. 178, no. 4061, 10 November 1972: pp. 625-626
  With B. Ford
• "Carotenoids in the body tissues of aposematic and cryptic moths"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 37, no. 7, December 1972. p. 29
  With J. Feltwell
  Note of an exhibit
• "Colour and poisons in insect protection"
  In: New Scientist vol. 54, no. 795, 11th May 1972: pp. 318-320
• "Green fingers. An appreciation of Gottfried S. Fraenkel's bibliography"
  In: Israel Journal of Entomology vol. 7, 1972: pp. 157-168
• "Interactions between fleas and their hosts"
  In: International Congress of Entomology: Abstracts 14 (Canberra), 1972. p. 34
• "Jump of the Oriental rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Roths.)"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 239, no. 5366, 1 September 1972: pp. 45-48
  With Y. Schlein, K. Parker and S. Sternberg
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• "Living fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) jumping off a narrow platform"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, 37, no. 4, July 1972. p. 14
  With K. Parker and Y. Schlein
• "Poisonous alkaloids in the body tissues of the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja (L.)) and the cinnabar moth (Tyria (= Callimorpha) jacobaeae L.) (Lepidoptera)"
  In: A de Vries and E. Kochva (eds.) Toxins of animal and plant origin Volume 2. London: Gordon and Breech, 1972.: pp. 579-595
  With R. Aplin
• "Reactions of various predators to insects storing heart poisons (cardiac glycosides) in their tissues"
  In: Journal of Entomology series A, vol. 46, no. 2, 29 February 1972: pp. 103-110
  With D.N. Kellett
• "Secondary plant substances and warning colouration in insects"
  In: H.F. van Emden (ed.) Insect/plant relationships Oxford: Blackwell, 1972 : pp. 59-83
  Series: Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London, no. 6
  Includes transcript of the discussion following the symposium.
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• "Some observations on the relationship between plants, toxic insects and birds"
  In: J.B. Harborne (ed.) Phytochemical ecology London: Academic Press, 1972: pp. 1-12
  Series: Annual Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society, no.8

  The volume covers the function of the complex chemical interactions between plants and animals.
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• "Some problems connected with warningly coloured insects and toxic defence mechanisms"
  In: C. Schlettwein (ed.) Impulse eines Landes extremer Bedingungen für die Wissenschaft. Festschrift zum 80. Geburtstag von Fritz Gaerdes Basel: Schwäbishc Gmünd; Afrika-Verlag der Kreis, 1972: pp. 135-158
  Series: Mitteilungen Basler Afrika Bibliographien nos. 4-6
  With J. von Euw and T. Reichstein
• "[A female specimen of Pulex irritans found in a Viking pit in Ireland]"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 38, no. 7, December 1973. p. 29
  Note of an exhibit
• "Cardiac glycosides (heart poisons) in the polka-dot moth Syntomeida epilais Walk. (Ctenuchidae: Lep.) with some observations on the toxic qualities of Amata (= Syntomis) phegea (L.)"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences vol. 183, no. 1072, May 1973: pp. 227-247
  With J. von Euw and T. Reichstein
• "Cardiac glycosides in a scale insect (Aspidiotus), a ladybird (Coccinella) and a lacewing (Chrysopa)"
  In: Journal of Entomology series A, vol. 48, no. 1, 18 October 1973: pp. 89-90
  With J. von Euw and T. Reichstein
• "[Danaus chrysippus aegyptius from Kampala, Uganda, and D.c. alcippus from Freetown, Sierra Leone, reared on Asclepias curassavica at Oxford]"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 37, no. 9, February 1973: pp. 37-38
  With T. Reichstein and J. von Euw
  Note of an exhibit
• "Factors influencing the breeding of the rabbit flea (Spilopsyllus cuniculi): a spring-time accelerator and a kairomone in nestling rabbit urine: with notes on Cediopsylla simplex, another 'hormone bound' species"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 170, no. 1, May 1973: pp. 87-137
  With Bob Ford
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• "Notes on the differences in the mating behaviour of the rat flea, Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc.)"
  In: Journal of Entomology series A, vol. 47, no. 2, 17 April 1973: pp. 157-159
  With Bob Ford
• "The flying leap of the flea"
  In: Scientific American vol. 229, no. 5, November 1973: pp. 92-100
  With Y. Schlein, K. Parker, A.C. Neville and S. Sternberg
• "Aposematic and cryptic Lepidoptera tested on the mouse"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 174, no. 1, September 1974: pp. 89-122
  With N. Marsh
• "Carotenoids in 38 species of Lepidoptera"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 174, no. 4, December 1974: pp. 441-465
  With J. Feltwell
• "[Modified stipules of Passiflora which resemble horned caterpillars]"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 39, no. 4, July 1974. p. 16
• "[Species of Amphicoma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) feeding on Papaver syricaum in Israel]"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 38, no. 9, February 1974. p. 37
• "[Species of Pieris brassicae ab coerula showing 'blueness']"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 39, no. 6, November 1974. p. 27
  With J. Feltwell
  Note of an exhibit.
• "The relationship between carotenoids of certain Lepidoptera and Coleoptera and their food plants"
  In: Biochemical Society Transactions vol. 2, 1974: pp. 1061-1062
  With G. Valadon, Rosemary Mummery and J. Feltwell
• "Cardenolide storage in Danaus chrysippus (L.) with additional notes on D. plexippus (L.)"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences vol. 190, no. 1, June 1975: pp. 1-31
  With J. von Euw, T. Reichstein, D.A.S. Smith and J. Pierre
• "Carotenoids in two silk moths Saturnia pavonia L. and Actia luna L."
  In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology vol. 50B, 1975: pp. 23-28
  With Rosemary Mummery and G. Valadon
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• "Examination of the large white and small white butterflies (Pieris spp.) for the presence of mustard oils and mustard oil glycosides"
  In: Journal of Entomology series A, vol. 50, no. 2, 31 July 1975: pp. 73-78
  With R.T. Aplin, R. d'Arcy Ward
• "Lack of response to background colour in Pieris brassicae pupae reared on carotenoid-free diet"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 254, no. 5501, 17 April 1975: pp. 592-594
• "Pupae of the large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae L.) reared on an artificial diet"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 39, no. 9, February 1975. p. 39
  With B. Gardiner, G. Valadon and Rosemary Mummery
  Note of an exhibit
• "Recent advances in our knowledge of the order Siphonaptera"
  In: Annual Review of Entomology no. 20, 1975: pp. 241-259
• "Remarks on carotenoids in the evolution of signals"
  In: L.E. Gilbert & P.H. Raven (eds) Co-evolution of animals and plants Austin TX: University of Texas Press, 1975: pp. 20-51
• "Siphonaptera"
  In: Encyclopaedia Britannica ed. XV, Macropaedia 16, 1975: pp. 807-809
  With R. Traub
• "The jumping mechanism of Xenopsylla cheopis. I. Exoskeletal structure and musculature"
  In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B: Biological Sciences vol. 271, no. 914, 30 October 1975: pp. 457-490
  With J. Schlein
• "The jumping mechanism of Xenopsylla cheopis. III. Execution of the jump and activity"
  In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B: Biological Sciences vol. 271, no. 914, 30 October 1975: pp. 499-515
  With J. Schlein, K. Parker, C. Neville and S. Sternberg
• "The large white butterfly: oviposition cues, carotenoids and changes of colour"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, vol. 40, no. 4, July 1975. p. 13
  With B. Gardiner, G. Valadon and Rosemary Mummery
  Abstract of paper read to the Society
• "The swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon britannicus Seitz in Northamptonshire"
  In: The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation vol. 87, no. 6, June 1975: pp. 177-179
• "Twenty-two species of insects recovered from two Phantom jets from Thailand"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, 39, no. 8, January 1975. p. 35
  With J. Alvarez
  Note of an exhibit
• "Acraea andromacha reared on an acyanogenic strain of Passiflora coerulea"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C ,vol. 40, no. 9, February 1976. p.35
  Note of an exhibit
• "Carotenoids in blue mutant and normal green pupae of Hyalophora cecropia (L.)"
  In: Journal of Entomology series A, vol. 50, no. 3, 6 January 1976: pp. 169-173
  With G. Valadon and Rosemary Mummery
• "Carotenoids in the larvae and food plant of Manduca sexta and in the green and blue larval forms of Hyalophora cecropia"
  In: Physiological Entomology no. 1, March 1976: pp. 51-54
  With Rosemary Mummery and L.R.G. Valadon
• "Notes of fleas (part II): the internal organs: can they throw any light on relationships within the order?"
  In: Proceedings of the British Entomological and Natural History Society vol. 9 nos. 3-4, November 1976: pp.97-110
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• "Resilin in the thorax of a syrphid and phorid fly"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society (London) series C, 40, no. 9, January 1976. p. 30
• "Some problems associated with the storage of cardiac glycosides by insects"
  In: Nova Acta Leopoldina supplement 7, 1976: pp. 507-550
  With Tadeus Reichstein
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• "The carotenoids of a black variety of the larva of the moth Manduca sexta"
  In: Journal of Insect Physiology vol. 22, no. 9, September 1976: pp. 1219-1221
  With Rosemary Mummery and G. Valadon
• "Assessment of egg load by by Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 266, no. 5600, 1977. pp 352-355
  With L.M. Schoonhoven
• "Carotenoids in the solitaria and gregaria phases of the locust Schistocerca gregaria fed on artificial and natural diets"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 181, no. 4, April 1977: pp. 475-494
  With B. Gardiner, Rosemary Mummery and G. Valadon
• "Carotenoids of the pupae of the large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) and the small white butterfly (Pieris rapae)"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 181, no. 3, March 1977: pp. 323-339
• Introduction to ecological biochemistry
  London: Academic Press, 1977
  J. B. Harborne (ed.), with a foreword by Miriam Rothschild (pp.vii-ix)
• "Hypolimnas bolina (L.), a mimic of danaid butterflies, and its model Euploea core (Cram.) store cardioactive substances"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 268, no. 5622, 25 August 1977: pp. 726-728
  With N.A. Marsh, C.A. Clarke, D.N. Kellett
• "Need we be such unmitigated bores?"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 1, no. 1, July 1977: pp. 3-5
• "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids sequestered and stored by the aposematic grasshopper, Zonocerus variegatus"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 182, no. 1, May 1977: pp. 85-87
  With E. Bernays and J.A. Edgar
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• "Storage of cannabinoids by Arctia caja and Zonocerus elegans fed on chemically distinct strains of Cannabis sativa"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 266, no. 5603, 14 April 1977: pp. 650-651
  With M.J. Rowan and J.W. Fairbairn
• "The cat-like caterpillar"
  In: News of the Lepidopterists' Society no. 6, November-December 1977: p. 9
• "Cardioactive substances in the monarch butterfly and Euploea core reared on leaf-free artificial diet"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 275, no. 5681, 1978: pp. 649-650
  With N. Marsh and B. Gardiner
• "Carotenoids in the evolution of signals: experiments with insects (1974-1976)"
  In: J.B. Harborne (ed) Biochemical aspects of plant and animal co-evolution London: Academic Press, 1978: pp. 259-276
• "Hell's angels"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 2, no. 2, April 1978: pp. 38-39

  Description of brutal sexual behaviour in the Monarch butterfly

• "How swallowtail butterflies pass the night"
  In: Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society vol. 11, 1978: pp. 102-107
  With K. Garton

  Includes a note on the Archbold Biological Station, pp.106-107

• "Howard Hinton - the pharate adult"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 2, no. 2, April 1978: pp. 34-36
  Obituary
• "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Senecio vulgaris sequestered and stored by Danaus plexippus"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 186, no. 3, November 1978: pp. 347-349
  With J.A. Edgar
• "Some adaptations between Danaus plexippus and its food plant, with notes on Danaus chrysippus and Euploea core (Insecta: Lepidoptera)"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 185, no. 4, August 1978: pp. 437-467
  With C.A. Dixon, J.M. Erickson and D.N. Kellett
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• "Some peculiar aspects of Danaid/plant relationships"
  In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata vol. 24, 1978 : pp. 437-450
  With N. Marsh
• "The role of carotenoids in the 'golden glance' of danaid pupae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)"
  In: Journal of Zoology (London) vol. 186, no. 3, November 1978 : pp. 351-358
  With B. Gardiner and Rosemary Mummery
• "Vladimir Nabokov and the small gilded fly"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 2, no. 1, January 1978: pp. 6-7

  A tribute to Nabokov's skills as lepidopterist and writer, with a brief survey of the appearances made by butterflies in art and literature.

• "A study on the mode of action and composition of a toxin from the female abdomen and eggs of Arctia caja (L.) (Lep. Arctiidae): an electrophysiological, ultrastructural and biochemical analysis"
  In: Toxicon vol. 17, no. 3, 1979: pp.285-306
  With H. Keutmann, N.J. Lane, J. Parsons, W. Prince and L.S. Swales
• "Factors influencing size and sex ratios in Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)"
  In: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society vol. 52, no. 2, 1979: pp. 392-401
• List of papers published 1932-1979
  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [printer], 1979. 31pp.
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• Nathaniel Charles Rothschild 1877-1923
  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [printer], 1979. 12pp.
  Also published in R. Traub and H. Starcke (eds.) Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Fleas, Ashton Wold, Peterborough, UK, 21-25 June 1977 Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1980, pp.1-9.

  Short biographical portrait, assessing Nathaniel Charles Rothschild's contribution chiefly as a naturalist and conservationist.
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• "Plant parasites as taxonomists (international symposium, Uppsala, Sweden, 25-27 August 1978)"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 3, no. 1, January 1979. p. 38
  Conference report.

  Includes the comment that 'there should be an unwritten law at all conferences that 60% of the speakers should be under 40'.

• "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in arctiid moths (Lep.) with a discussion on host plant relationships and the role of these secondary plant substances in the Arctiidae"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London vol. 12, no. 4, 1979: pp.305-326
  M. Rothschild, R.T. Aplin, P.A. Cockrum J.A. Edgar P. Fairweather and R. Lees
• "The calculating cormorants"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London vol. 12, no. 2, 1979: pp.181-186
  With P. Egremont
• "Toxicity induced in the tobacco horn-worm (Manduca sexta L.) (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera)"
  In: Nature (London) no. 280, 1979: pp.487-488
  With N. Marsh, R. Aplin, J. Baker and B. Gardiner
• "A new mutant of Danaus plexippus ssp. erippus (Cramer)"
  In: Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society vol. 34, no. 2, 1980: pp. 224-229
  With C.A. Clarke
• "Callimorphine: identification and synthesis of the Cinnabar moth 'metabolite'"
  In: Tetrahedron Letters vol. 21, 1980: pp. 1383-1384
  With J.A. Edgar, C.C.J. Culvenor, P.A. Cockrum and L.W. Smith
• "Characterization of a protein toxin from dried specimens of the garden tiger moth (Arctia caja L.)"
  In: Toxicon vol. 18, 1980: pp.291-299
  With T.H. Hsiao and Catherine Hsiao
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• "Mimicry, butterflies and plants"
  In: Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses vol. 22, no. 4, 1980: pp. 82-99
  Proceedings of the Symposium on Parasites as Plant Taxonomists, held at Uppsala in 1978
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• "Ovipositing butterfly (Pieris brassicae L.) distinguishes between aqueous extracts of two strains of Cannabis sativa L. and THC and CBD"
  In: Nature (London) vol. 266, 1980: pp. 56-59
  With J.W. Fairbairn
• "Have the blue bile pigments in the wing membranes of butterflies a special function?"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 5, 1981: pp.29-31
  With A.C. Allyn, Barbier and M. Bois-Choussy
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• "The mimicrats must move with the times"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 16, no. 1,1981: pp.21-23
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• "Microstructure of blue/green and yellow pigmented wing membranes in Lepidoptera with remarks concerning the function of pterobilin. I. Genus Graphium"
  In: Bulletin of the Allyn Museum vol. 75, 1982: pp.1-20
  With A.C. Allyn and D.S. Smith
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• "Roosting behaviour of the orange-tip butterfly in a flowering meadow in Normandy: yet another instance of male chauvinism"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 6, no. 3, 1982. p. 252
• "A danaid Müllerian mimic, Euploea core amymone (Cramer) lacking cardenolides in the pupal and adult stages"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 19, 1983: pp.27-33
  With S. Malcolm
• Dear Lord Rothschild: birds, butterflies and history
  London: Hutchinson, 1983. xx, 398pp.
  Illustrated

  Biography of Lionel Walter Rothschild, the second Lord Rothschild and uncle of the author. Walter was a remarkable natural historian and collector, building a museum of natural history at Tring, which now forms part of the Natural History Museum.
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• The butterfly gardener
  London: Michael Joseph, 1983. 128pp.
  With Clive Farrell, illustrated by Elisabeth Luard
  4 colour plates, and black and white illustrations
  Translated to Italian as Il giardino delle farfalle Padova: Franco Muzzio, 1989. xii, 203pp.

  Miriam Rothschild's contribution is the section entitled 'The outdoor butterfly gardener', which sets out in a popular and practical presentation suggestions and guidelines for the gardener wishing to attract butterfly visitors.
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• The Rothschild collection of fleas: the Ceratophyllidae: key to the genera and host relationships, with notes on their evolution, zoogeography and medical importance.
  [Cambridge]: Miriam Rothschild and Robert Traub, 1983. xv, 288pp.
  With Robert Traub and John F. HaddowFigures, 90 plates, maps including 151 distribution maps
  Dedicated to Harry Hopkins

  Supplementary volume to continue the work begun in the five volume British Museum catalogue of fleas. This volume does not contain detailed descriptions of species because of the dramatic rise in the number of known species of Ceratophyllidae since the collection was formed.
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• "Aide mémoire mimicry"
  In: Ecological Entomology vol. 9, no. 3, 1984: pp.311-319
  Paper read to the Mimicry Colloquium, Paris, 1981.
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• "Dedication: Henry Ford and butterflies"
  In: Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London no. 11, 1984: pp.xxii-xxiii
  Special issue Biology of butterflies edited by R.I. Vane-Wright and P.R. Ackery.
• "A new look at Lepidoptera toxins"
  In: Symposia of the Royal Entomological Society of London no. 11, 1984: pp.135-139
  With N. Marsh and F. Evans
  Special issue Biology of butterflies edited by R.I. Vane-Wright and P.R. Ackery.
• "Pyrazines as warning odour components in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus and in moths of the genera Zygaena and Amata (Lepidoptera)"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 23, no. 4, 1984: pp. 375-380
  With Barry P. Moore and W.Vance Brown
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• "British aposematic Lepidoptera"
  In: J. Heath and A.M. Emmett (eds) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland volume 2. Colchester: Harley Books, 1984. pp 9-62
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• "Carotenoids and bile pigments in danaid and swallowtail butterflies"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 24, no. 1, 1985: pp.1-14
  With Rosemary Mummery
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• "Charles-Francis Swynnerton et les danaides (Lepidoptera Danaidae). Une retrospective"
  In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France vol. 90, nos.3-4, 1985: pp.1161-1167
• "Inherited beak-wiping behaviour"
  In: Ibis vol. 127, no. 4, 1985: pp. 563-564
• "A man of vision"
  In: Natural World (Lincoln) no. 15, 1985: pp.54-56 On Charles Rothschild and the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, founded by him.
• "Sowing the flowers back into fields"
  In: The Field 25th January 1986: pp.32-34
• "Flowers for pleasure and profit"
  In: The Field 2nd February 1986: pp.30-31
• A colour atlas of insect tissues via the flea
  London: Wolfe Publishing, 1986. 184 pp.
  With Yosef Schlein and Susumo Ito
  Illustrated

  An atlas of photographs of tissue sections of the flea, intended as a guide to insect morphology, histology and ultrastructure. It functions as a starting point for the study of most disease-carrying insects, and the majority of specific research problems connected with them, from the action of juvenile hormones, to protein synthesis, to feeding and digestion.
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• Animals and man
  Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. 98pp.
  The Romanes lecture for 1984-5 delivered in Oxford on 5 February 1985
  Illustrated.

  On the treatment of animals by man, covering farming methods, the use of animals in laboratories, hunting, and domestic pets.
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• "Carotenoids of butterfly models and their mimics (Lep: Papilionidae and Nymphalidea)"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnaen Society vol. 28, 1986: pp. 359-372
  With Rosemary Mummery and C. Farrell
• "Cycasin in the endangered butterfly Eumaeus atala florida"
  In: Phytochemistry vol. 25, no. 8, July 1986: pp. 1853-1854
  With R.J. Nash and E.A. Bell
• John Foster
  sl: [the author], [1986]. 10pp.
  The text of an address given on the occasion of the first John Foster Memorial Lecture at University College, London on 4 November 1986.

  This pamphlet describes the character and interests of John Foster, the barrister and humanitarian.

• "Secret life of the brimstone"
  In: Country Living July 1986: pp.56-57
• "The red smell of danger"
  In: New Scientist vol. 111, no. 1524, 1986: pp. 34-36
• "A liberating aerial bombardment"
  In: The Scientist 27 July 1987: p.17
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• "Butterflies which have increased in numbers at Ashton"
  In: Antenna: Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society (London) vol. 11, no. 2, 1987: p.49
• "Changing conditions and conservation at Ashton Wold, the birthplace of the SPNR"
  In: R.J. Berry & F.H. Perring (eds) Changing attitudes to nature conservation London: Academic Press, 1987: pp.161-170

  The Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves (SPNR) was established by Charles Rothschild in 1912.

• Extinct birds
  London: Viking, 1987. 256pp.
  Errol Fuller with a foreword by Miriam Rothschild
• "Pyrazines as alerting signals in toxic plants and insects"
  In: Series Entomologica (Dordrecht) vol. 41, 1987: pp.97-101
  With B. Moore
• "Speculations concerning the large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae L.): do the females assess the number of suitable host plants present?"
  In: R.F. Chapman, E.A. Bernays, J.G. Stoffolano Jr. (eds) Perspectives in chemoreception and behaviour New York: Springer Verlag, 1987: pp.175-192
• "The biological roles of pyrazines: evidence for a warning odour function"
  In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol. 31, 1987: pp. 113-128
  With D.A. Jones and J. Parsons
• "A strophanthidin glycoside in Siberian wallflower: a contact deterrent for the large white butterfly"
  In: Phytochemistry vol. 27, no. 1, 1988. pp 101-108
  With H. Alborn, G. Stenhagen, L.M. Schoonhoven
• "Giant polyploid cells in Tunga monositus (Siphonaptera: Tungidae)"
  In: Systematics Association (special volume) no. 37, 1988: pp.313-323
• "Odour of pyrazine potentiates an association between environmental cues and unpalatable taste"
  With Helen Kaye, N.J.Mackintosh, and Barry P. Moore
  In: Animal Behaviour [1988]: [7pp.]
• "Ashton Wold"
  In: A. Colston & F.H. Perring (eds.) Nature of Northamptonshire Buckingham: Barracuda Books, 1989: pp. 28-39
• "Moths and memory"
  In: Endeavour new series, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989: pp.15-19
• "What do butterflies see?"
  In: Wings vol. 4, no. 1, 1989: pp.9-11
• "Disturbingly slender waists"
  In: London Review of Books 25th October 1990

  Review of The ants by Bert Hölldobler and Edward Wilson (Springer, 1990)

• "Gardening with butterflies"
  In: Xerces Society and The Smithsonian Institution Butterfly gardening: creating summer magic in your garden San Francisco: Sierra Club; Washington DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1990: pp. 7-15
  Revised edition published in 2003
• "Methylalkypyrazines in aposematic insects, their host plants and mimics"
  In: Chemoecology vol. 1, 1990: pp.43-51
  With Barry P. Moore and W. Vance Brown
• "Speculating about pyrazines"
  In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences vol. 242, 1990: pp.113-119
  With A. Woolfson
• "What do butterflies see?"
  In: Xerces Society and The Smithsonian Institution Butterfly gardening: creating summer magic in your garden San Francisco: Sierra Club; Washington DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1990: pp. 17-21
• "The life cycle of the large white butterfly"
  In: Xerces Society and The Smithsonian Institution Butterfly gardening: creating summer magic in your garden San Francisco: Sierra Club; Washington DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1990: pp. 42-51