This work was published in 1915 by the Bureau of Printing in Manila as Publication No. 7 of the Government of the Philippine Islands' Bureau of Science. Authored by W. Schultze, it is a foundational taxonomic catalogue of the beetle species (Coleoptera) known to inhabit the Philippine Archipelago. The author aimed to improve upon earlier, less specific catalogues by consolidating specimens from the Bureau of Science, Professor C.F. Baker, and various European institutions. Crucially, the catalogue provides exact locality data for species to overcome the past misleading use of vague geographic terms like "Manila" or "Philippines". Its publication during the American colonial period reflects the intense scientific effort by the Bureau of Science to document and manage the country's biodiversity, with a stated goal to assist in the study of injurious beetles.
A catalogue of Philippine Coleoptera