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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001328b.htm person Lea Arthur Mills AACR2 10 August 1868 29 February 1932 Place of Birth Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Entomologist Arthur Lea was an entomologist whose main interest was in beetles, particularly weevils. His early career was largely concerned with economic entomology although his principle interest was in taxonomy. His published output included many revisionary papers in which he described more than 5400 new species of Coleoptera. Many Australian entomologists sent specimens to him for identification and naming. Lea was Government Entomologist for the Western Australian and Tasmanian Governments before joining the South Australian Museum. He enjoyed a world-wide reputation as an economic entomologist from his work in Tasmania on the control of Codlin Moth and other pests, and for the South Australian Weevil Commission for which he developed a method of protecting from insect pests the wheat that had accumulated during WWI. In 1924 he was engaged by the Government of Fiji to investigate ways of controlling coconut moth. A collection of his Coleoptera specimens was donated in 1929 to the CSIRO Division of Economic Entomology. To the South Australian Institute Lea bequeathed a large and diverse collection of beetles from all over Australia and off-shore islands. 1891 1895 Career position - Assistant Entomologist, New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture 1895 1899 Career position - Government Entomologist, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1897 1932 Career position - Fellow, Royal Society of South Australia 1899 1911 Career position - Government Entomologist, Tasmanian Department of Agriculture (and Stock) 1911 1923 Career position - Consulting Entomologist, South Australian Department of Agriculture 1911 1932 Career position - Entomologist, South Australian Institute 1912 1924 Career position - Lecturer in Forest Entomology, University of Adelaide 1923 1932 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of South Australia CSIR/O Division of Economic Entomology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1928 - 1949)

Coleoptera collections donated 1929 (now in Australian National Insect Collection)

 Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Western Australia (1898 - 2006)

Government Entomologist 1895 - 1899

 South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

Entomologist 1911 -1932; Lea bequeathed a large collection of beetles to the Institute

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

Member of Council 1923 - 1932

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Lecturer in Forest Entomology 1912 - 1924

 South Australian Department of Agriculture [III], State of South Australia (1908 - 1975)

Consulting Entomologist 1911 - 1932

 Tasmanian Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Tasmania (1903 - 1909)

Government Entomologist 1903 - 1911

 Tasmanian Department of Agriculture [I], Colony and State of Tasmania (1898 - 1903)

Government Entomologist 1899 - 1903

 Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Coleoptera specimens donated 1929 to CSIR Division of Economic Entomology now in the Collection

 New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture, Colony and State of New South Wales (1891 - 1908)

Assistant Entomologist 1891 - 1895

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 Lea, Arthur M (1868-1932)

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 'Lea, Arthur Mills', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lea, Arthur Mills Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Book Section: Lea, Arthur Mills (1868-1932), entomologist Matthews, E. G. Lea, Arthur Mills (1868-1932), entomologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 31-32 Journal Article: Obituary and Bibliography of A. M. Lea. Hale, H. M. Obituary and Bibliography of A. M. Lea. 1932 Records of the South Australian Museum 4 411-432 Journal Article: The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B.A. and his entomological work Lea, A. M. The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B.A. and his entomological work 1912 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 36 v-xl Journal Article: Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks, September and October 1916 Waite, Edgar R. [and others] Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks, September and October 1916 1917 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41 405-665 Journal Article: Obituary notice: Arthur Mills Lea Hale, Herbert M. Obituary notice: Arthur Mills Lea 1932 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 56 1-2 Journal Article: Arthur Mills Lea, F.E.S. Walker, J. J. Arthur Mills Lea, F.E.S. 1932 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 73 165-6 Journal Article: A bibliography of Arthur Mills Lea (1868 - 1932) Mathews, E. G. A bibliography of Arthur Mills Lea (1868 - 1932) 1985 Australian Entomological Society News Bulletin 21 7-21 Journal Article: Arthur Mills Lea Wilson, F. Erasmus Arthur Mills Lea 1932 The Victorian naturalist 49 15-8 Journal Article: Arthur Mills Lea Musgrave, A. Arthur Mills Lea 1932 Australian Museum Magazine 4 342 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Arthur Mills Lea - Records Private hands (Gellie, C.L.) Arthur Mills Lea - Records 1868 - 1932 Family papers c1868-1932.