William Jacob Holland

William Jacob Holland (1848–1932), American zoologist.

Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901), Director of Carnegie Museum (1901–1922), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Taxon names authored

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• 151 taxon names authored by William Jacob Holland

Publications

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1887

• Holland 1887. Notes upon a small collection of Rhopalocera made by Rev. B.C. Henry in the island of Hainan, together with descriptions of some apparently new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 14: 111–124. BHL. Reference page. 

1889

• Holland, W. J. 1889. Contributions to a knowledge of the Lepidoptera of West Africa. Paper II. List of African Sphingidae received during the years 1887 and 1888. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 16: 55–70. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1890

• Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 5: 423–431. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J., 1890. Asiatic Lepidoptera. List of the diurnal Lepidoptera taken by Mr. William Doherty of Cincinnati in Celebes, June and July 1887, with descriptions of some apparently new forms. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 25: 52–82, pls 3-5. BHL text, Plates. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1891. Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae; Paper II. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology. Cambridge, Mass. 6: 50-53. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J., 1890. Descriptions of three new species of African Hesperidae. Entomological News 1(10): 155-156. Reference page. 

1891

• Holland, W.J., 1891. Descriptions of new species of African Hesperidae. Entomological News 2(1): 3-6. Reference page. 

1892

• Holland, W.J. 1892. Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(10): 284–295. Reference page. 

1893

• Holland, W. J. 1893. New species of West African Drepanulidae. Entomological News 4: 171–181. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1893a. Some new and little known African butterflies. Entomological News 4: 22–28, Pl.1. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893b. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 373–376. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893c. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 393–400. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893d. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 411–418. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893e. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 431–434. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893f. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 451–454. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893g. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 469–476. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893h. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 549–552. Reference page. 
• Holland 1893i. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 565–568. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1893j. New exotic Lepidoptera. Entomological News 4(10): 337–334. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1893k. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. Psyche 6: 513-520. Reference page. 
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1894

• Holland 1894. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 7–10. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894a. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 27–34. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894b. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 36. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894c. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 47–50. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894d. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 67–70. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894e. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 83–90. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894f. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 109–128. Reference page. 
• Holland 1894g. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. Psyche 7: 141–144. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1894. African Hesperiidae. Entomological News 5ː 26-31, Pl.I. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J. 1894. Some New and Little-Known African Hesperiidae. Entomological News 5: 89–95, Pl.3. Reference page. 

1895

• Holland, W.J., 1895. Two New African Lycaenids. Entomological News 6(5): 166–168. BHL. Reference page. 
• Holland, 1895. Descriptions of Some New Species of African Lepidoptera. The Entomologist 24-28 (Supplement): 89-95. Reference page. 

1896

• Holland, W.J. 1896. A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 2–107, Pls I–V. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. A List of the Lepidoptera Collected in eastern Africa by Dr. W.L. Abbott, with the descriptions of some apparently new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 229-258. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. A List of the Lepidoptera Collected in Somali-Land, East Africa by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant von Hoehnel. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 259-264. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and Other East African islands, collected by by Mr. W.L. Abbott. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 265-273. Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J. 1896. List of the Lepidoptera Collected in East Africa, 1894, by by Mr. W.A. Chanler and Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 741-767. Reference page. 

1898

• Holland, W., 1898. The Butterfly Book. New York, Doubleday & McClure. 382pp, 48 pls. BHL Reference page. 

1900

• Holland, W. J., 1900. The Lepidoptera of Buru. Part 1: Rhopalocera. Novitates zoologicae 7: 54-86. Text, Plates. Reference page. 

1902

• Holland, W.J., 1902. Two New Species of Bahamian Lepidoptera. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 1: 486-489. Reference page. 

1913

• Holland, W. J., 1913. A new Lycaenid from Kamerun, West Africa (Lep.) Entomological News 24(7): 301–303, 1 fig. BHL. Reference page. 

1920

• Holland, W.J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo; Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together With Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43(6): 109-369, Pls.VI-XIV. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1921. A new species belonging to the genus Goodia (Lep.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 23(4): 99–100. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Holland, W.J.., 1929. New Species and Varieties of North American Butterflies. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 19: 155-160. Reference page. 

1930

• Holland, W.J., 1930. Notes on Some American Butterflies Mainly Relating to their Classification and Nomenclature. Annals of the Carnegie Museum XIX: 185-204, XX: 39-55, 255-265. Reference page. 
• Holland, W. J., 1931. The Butterfly Book, 2nd edition. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co. :vii-xii, 3-424 pp, 198 f, 77 pls. Reference page.