Arthur Sidney Olliff

19th Century Australian naturalist

Entomology

Arthur Sidney Olliff (21 October 1865 – 29 December 1895), was an Australian taxonomist who was active as Government entomologist in New South Wales.^[1] He came to Australia in December 1844 to work at the Australian Museum.^[2]

Discoveries

Rhinotia acrobeles (1889)

Publications

A chapter on collecting and preserving insects - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1889)
Australian butterflies : a brief account of the native families : with a chapter on collecting & preserving insects - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1889)
The Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of New South Wales - Robert Etheridge, Junior, Arthur Sidney Olliff (1890)
Insect pests. The maize moth (Heliothris armigera, Hub.) - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1890)
Insect pests. The codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella, Linn.) - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1890)
Insect friends and foes : [lady-birds, or, Coccinellidae - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1891)
The codling moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, Linn. : its life-history and habits - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1892)
Australian Entomophytes Or Entomogenous Fungi, and Some Account of Their Insect Hosts - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1895)
A.S. Olliff (31 December 1889). "The insect fauna of Lord Howe Island". The Australian Museum Memoir. 2: 77–98. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1967.2.1889.482. ISSN 0067-1967. Wikidata Q103898587.