The first edition of A Glossary of Entomology by JR de la Torre-Bueno was published in 1937, being itself an expanded and modified version of John B Smith's An Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology published in 1906. In 1962 Supplement A by George S Tulloch was published, but no comprehensive revision has taken place until this 1989 edition. For long the most important reference for entomological terms in the English language, this up-to-date revision is indispensable.