Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle «Grigore Antipa» Vol. 59 (2) pp. 179–194 DOI: 10.1515/travmu-2016-0025 Research paper The Catalogue of Donaciinae and Criocerinae Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the New Leaf Beetle Collection from “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest) (Part I) Sanda MAICAN1, *, Rodica SERAFIM2 1Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independenţei, 060031 Bucharest, P.O. Box 56–53, Romania. 2“Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff 1, 011341 Bucharest, Romania. *corresponding author, e-mail:
[email protected] Received: August 23, 2016; Accepted: November 22, 2016; Available online: December 23, 2016; Printed: December 30, 2016 Abstract. The paper presents data on 33 palaearctic species of the Donaciinae (Donaciini, Haemoniini and Plateumarini tribes) and Criocerinae preserved in the new Chrysomelidae collection of “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History (Bucharest). Among the valuable species preserved in this collection, Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer) and M. mutica (Fabricius) – two very rare European Donaciinae beetles, should be mentioned. Key words: Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae, Criocerinae, collections, “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest. INTRODUCTION The entomological collections stored in the patrimony of “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History of Bucharest have a historical and documentary scientific value, both at national and international level. In “Grigore Antipa” Museum, the Chrysomelidae material is included in the old Collection of Palaearctic Coleopterans (partial data published) and in the Collection of Chrysomelidae, recently formed. The new collection, which we refer in this paper, gathers: – material preserved in the old coleopteran collection from the Palaearctic area, including specimens from Richard Canisius, Deszö Kenderessy, Fridrich Deubel, Arnold Lucien Montandon and Emil Várady collections, acquired between 1883–1923.