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AITUTAKI 2008, November 18 (WWF). 539 80c Hypolimnas bolina L., BLUE MOON larva & chrysalis NYM Nymphalinae 540 90c Same, female 541 $1.15 Same, male underside 542 $1.95 Same, male ASCENSION 2008, February 5 ( & Eggs) (New data). 924 15p Lampides boeticus L., LONG-TAILED BLUE female LYC Polyommatinae 925 20p Cheilomenes lunata Fabr., LUNATE LADYBIRD COC Coccinellinae 927 30p Schistocerca gregaria Forskål, DESERT LOCUST ACR Cyrtacanthacridinae BOTSWANA 2008, December 1. 1.10p Gymnopleurus humanus Macleay, SMALL GREEN DUNG SCA Scarabaeinae 2.60p Cheilomenes lunata Fabr., LUNATE LADYBIRD COC Coccinellinae 4.10p Pachnoda sinuata Fabr., GARDEN FRUIT CHAFER SCA Cetoniinae 4.90p Eleodes sp., TEN Tenebrioninae BRAZIL 2008, May 16 (National Patrimony of Sao Paulo – new data). b 2 r Consul fabius drurii Butler, NYM Charaxinae Bottom margin: Papilio thoas L., THOAS or KING SWALLOWTAIL PAP Papilioninae CROATIA 2008, September 14 (TB Postal Tax). 1.15k Child & FRANCE 2008, November 8 (Red Cross/Children’s Designs). (20g ltr) Earth, polar bear, BUTTERFLY, dolphin, tropical bird, camel Lepidoptera FRENCH POLYNESIA 2009, January 16. 70fr Hypolimnas bolina L., BLUE MOON, GREAT EGGFLY NYM Nymphalinae GREECE 2008, September 18 (Traditional Products). €4 Apis mellifera L., WESTERN HONEYBEE & API Apinae ICELAND 2009, January 29 ( & Spiders, Part V). 80kr a Psychodidae 120kr Gnaphosa lapponum L. Koch, RAVEN FIELD SPIDER Gnaphosidae Gnaphosinae KAZAKHSTAN 2008, December 22. 25t Calosoma elegans semenovi Motschulsky, CAR Carabinae 100t Dorcadion acharlense CER Lamiinae The above 2 are s/t & tete beche in a sheet of 8 with both insects also in the margins MARSHALL ISLANDS 2008, July 20 (Fishing s/t as on US #2545-49 in 1991). 926c 42c “Royal Wulff”, imitates Isonychia sp., WHITE-LEGGED Siphlonuridae Isonychiinae 926d 42c “Muddler Minnow”, imitates motion of , STONEFLY, CADDISFLY, , MOTH, , mouse, fish, crayfish Vol 58 #1 31

MOLDOVA 2008 (S/T of 3 + 3 labels). 1L Apatura iris L., PURPLE EMPEROR & flower NYM Apaturinae 3L LADYBUG & flower 5L & flower Odonata MOZAMBIQUE 2007, December 10 (With Map of Africa). 1762a 8m Polybia sp., Label: Polubia VES Polistinae 1762b 8m Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier, AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE API Apinae 1762c 8m Pompilus sp., a SPIDER POM Pompilinae 1762d 33m Tiphia femorata Fabr., Tiphiidae Tiphiinae 1762e 33m Vespula vulgaris L., COMMON WASP VES Vespinae 1762f 33m Scolia sp., a MAMMOTH WASP SCO Scoliinae 1763a 8m Vanessa cardui L., PAINTED LADY NYM Nymphalinae Label: Danaus chrysippus 1763b 8m Libytheana carinenta Cramer, SOUTHERN SNOUT NYM Libytheinae Label: carineta 1763c 8m Papilio morondavana Grose-Smith, PAP Papilioninae 1763d 33m Danaus plexippus L., MONARCH, Label: Danaus gilippus NYM Danainae 1763e 33m hercules tyrannus C&R Felder, LYC Theclinae 1763f 33m Lycaena cupreus Edwards, LUSTROUS COPPER LYC Lycaeninae 1774a 20m Nymphalis io L., PEACOCK, Label: Lycaena cupreus NYM Nymphalinae 1774b 20m Saturnia pavonia L., EMPEROR MOTH SAT Saturniinae 1774c 20m Papilio xuthus L., ASIAN SWALLOWTAIL PAP Papilioninae 1774d 20m Prepona praeneste Hewitson, NYM Charaxinae 1774e 20m Speyeria cybele Fabr., GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY NYM Heliconiinae 1774f 20m BUTTERFLY Nymphalidae 1792 132m Polybia sp., Label: Polubia VES Polistinae 1793 132m Eucharia festiva Hufnagel, HEBE TIGER MOTH Label: Arctia hebe ARC Arctiinae 1794 132m Papilio homerus Fabr., JAMAICAN SWALLOWTAIL PAP Papilioninae NAMIBIA 2008 (Like 1104/1124, New watermark). 2008, October 1 (Biodiversity) (registered mail) , false ink cap mushroom, desert landscape NETHERLANDS 2008, April 22 (Amersfoort Tourism). 1306 & 1307a 44c Top margin: Stylized SWALLOWTAIL PAP Papilioninae Lower margin: Stylized BUTTERFLY NYM Nymphalinae POLAND 2008, December 12 (450th Anniversary of the Post in Poland). 20zl No insect shown. Printed on from L., SILKWORM Bombycidae ROMANIA 2008, January 18 (Mushrooms) (New data). 5012 1.20L Mylabris sp., MEL Meloinae 5013 1.40L Pyrochroa coccinea L., CARDINAL BEETLE PYRO Pyrochroinae 5014 2L Coccinella septempunctata L., SEVEN-SPOTTED LADYBIRD COC Coccinellinae

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ROMANIA (contd.) 5015 2.40L Cicindela sp., CAR Cicindelinae 5016 3L Pyrochroa coccinea L., CARDINAL BEETLE PYRO Pyrochroinae 5017 4.50L BEETLE 5017a s/t of 5012-17 TAJIKISTAN 2008, November 1 (Insects & Plants). a 1.50s Plantain & GRASSHOPPER Orthoptera b 1.50s Colt’s foot & LADYBUG Coccinellidae c 2s Dandelion & INSECT d 2s Flower & Apis mellifera L., WESTERN HONEYBEE API Apinae

If you wish a 55-page update to ATA Handbook #150, Insects on Stamps of the World, Vol. 3, covering 2003-2008, e-mail me at [email protected]. This is about 55 pages and 620kb in size and is only a list by country of issue formatted as above and not by taxonomic categories. Don Wright.

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