Chromo-Lithographs printed by
West, Newman & Co.
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


West, Newman & Co. was a prominent late 19th and early 20th-century printing, engraving, lithographic, and publishing firm based in Hatton Garden, London. They produced and printed the multi-plate chromo-lithographs required to generate detailed multi-coloured illustrations in scientific transactions for museums, government departments, and learned societies in Britain, India, and South Africa.

They were the primary publishers of many entomological publications, including

  • Zoologist: a Monthly Journal of Natural History,
  • Buckler's multi-volume work The larvæ of the British butterflies and moths, and
  • Horace Knight's drawings for George F. Hampson's major multi-volume work Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum, Noctuidæ

    Copies of some illustrations printed by West, Newman & Co. in this website -

    ACENTROPINAE

    Paracataclysta fuscalis


    ACONTIINAE

    Autoba sphragidota

    Carmara subcervina

    Enispa daphoena

    Enispa niviceps

    Eulocastra phaeozona

    Hyposada hydrocampata

    Maliattha ritsemae

    Micrapatetis leucozona

    Ozarba chrysaspis

    Sarrothripa baeopis

    Xanthograpta purpurascens


    ACRONICTINAE

    Calophasidia dentifera

    Data aroa

    Data pratti

    Diplonephra ditata

    Dipterygina babooni

    Eremochroa macropa

    Eremochroa thermidora

    Euplexia polycmeta

    Neumichtis callisina

    Proteuxoa callimera

    Proteuxoa chrysospila

    Proteuxoa cornuta

    Proteuxoa euchroa

    Proteuxoa hydraecioides

    Proteuxoa hypochalchis

    Proteuxoa petrodora

    Proteuxoa sarcomorpha

    Thalatha bryochlora

    Thalatha melaleuca


    BOLETOBIINAE

    Acontia detrita

    Corgatha minuta

    Eublemma lozostropha

    Eublemma marmaropa

    Eublemma rufipuncta

    Eublemma vestalis


    CHLOEPHORINAE

    Aiteta iridias

    Carea unipunctata

    Vizaga mirabilis


    EREBINAE

    Avatha novoguineana

    Bastilla copidiphora


    SARROTHRIPINI

    Thriponea nigrostrigata


    SPHINGIDAE

     Agrius convolvuli

    Agrius convolvuli




    WESTERMANNIINAE

    Westermannia argentata

    Westermannia concha

    Westermannia gloriosa




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    (written 10 August 2026, updated 14 August 2026)