A selection of out of print handbooks are now available here as downloads.

See the list of all RES handbooks ever published up to July 2021 here.

• Vol 1 Part 2. Thysanura and Diplura. M. J. Delaney
• Vol 1 Part 5. Dermaptera and Orthoptera. W. D. Hincks
• Vol 1 Part 6. Plecoptera. D. E. Kimmins
• Vol 1 Part 7. Psocoptera. T. R. New
• Vol 1 Part 9. Ephemeroptera. D. E. Kimmins
• Vol 1 Part 10. Odonata. Lt-Col. F. C. Fraser, I M S
• Vol 1 Part 11. Thysanoptera. L. A. Mound, G. D. Morison, B. R. Pitkin & J. M. Palmer
• Vol 1 Parts 12 & 13. Mecoptera Megaloptera Neuroptera. Lt-Col. F. C. Fraser, I M S
• Vol 1 Part 14a. Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae. J. E. Marshall
• Vol 1 Part 16. Siphonaptera. F. G. A. M. Smit

   

• Vol 2 Part 2a. Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha (excluding Deltocephalinae and Typhlocybinae). Walter J. Le Quesne
• Vol 2 Part 2b. Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha - Deltocephalinae. Walter J. Le Quesne
• Vol 2 Part 2c. Cicadellidae (Typhlocybinae) with a checklist of the British Auchenorhyncha (Hemiptera, Homoptera) W. J. Le Quesne and K. R. Payne
• Vol 2 Part 3. Hemiptera - Fulgoromorpha. Walter J. Le Quesne
• Vol 2 Part 4a. Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part) - Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae. H. L. G. Stroyan
• Vol 2 Part 5a. Homoptera - Psylloidea. I. D. Hodkinson & I. M. White

   

• Vol 4 Part 1. Coleoptera, Introduction and keys to families. R. A. Crowson
• Vol 4 Part 2. Coleoptera. Carabidae. Carl H. Lindroth
• Vol 4 Part 3. Coleoptera. Hydradephaga. F. Balfour-Browne
• Vol 4 Part 8a. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae. Section (a) Piestinae to Euaesthetinae. C. E. Tottenham
• Vol 4 Part 9. Coleoptera (Pselaphidae). E. J. Pearce
• Vol 4 Part 10. Coleoptera. Histeroidea. D. G. H. Halstead

   

• Vol 5 Part 1b. Coleoptera. Buprestidae. Brian Levey
• Vol 5 Part 2c. Coleoptera - Heteroceridae. R. O. S. Clarke
• Vol 5 Part 3. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their relatives (Coloptera: Dermestidiae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Main text. E. R. Peacock
• Vol 5 Part 3. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidiae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Figures index. E. R. Peacock
• Vol 5 Part 5a. Coleoptera. Rhizophagidae. Enid R. Peacock
• Vol 5 Part 5b. Coleoptera. Phalacridae. R. T. Thompson
• Vol 5 Part 7. Coleoptera - Coccinellidae & Sphindidae. R. D. Pope
• Vol 5 Part 9. Coleoptera. F. D. Buck
• Vol 5 Part 10. Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae. M. J. D. Brendell
• Vol 5 Part 11 ed1. Coleoptera. Scarabaeoidea (lucanidae, Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) E. B. Britton
• Vol 5 Part 11. Dung Beetles & chafers - Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. L. Jessop
• Vol 5 Part 12. Coleoptera. Cerambycidae. E. A. J. Duffy
• Vol 5 Part 15. Coleoptera. Scolytidae and Platypodidae. E. A. J. Duffy

   

• Vol 6 Part 1. Hymenoptera - Introduction and key to families (2nd edition). Owain Westmacott Richards
• Vol 6 Part 2a. Hymenoptera - Symphyta. R. B. Benson
• Vol 6 Part 2b. Hymenoptera - Symphyta. R. B. Benson
• Vol 6 Part 2c. Hymenoptera - Symphyta. R. B. Benson
• Vol 6 Part 3a. Hymenoptera - Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae). J. F. Perkins
• Vol 6 Part 3b. Hymenoptera - Aculeata (Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea). O.W.Richards
• Vol 6 Part 3c. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Barry Bolton & Cedric A. Collingwood
• Vol 6 Part 4. Hymenoptera - Pompilidae. Michael C. Day
• Vol 6 Part 5. Cuckoo-Wasps. Hymenoptera, Chrysididae. D. Morgan

   

• Vol 7 Part 1. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea (Pimplinae). M. G. Fitton, M. R. Shaw and I. D. Gauld
• Vol 7 Part 2a i. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea. J. F. Perkins
• Vol 7 Part 2a ii. Hymenoptera - Ichneumonoidea. J. F. Perkins
• Vol 7 Part 2b. Ichneumonidae - Orthopelmatinae & Anomaloninae. I. D. Gauld & P. A. Mitchell
• Vol 7 Part 11. Classification & biology of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). M.R. Shaw & T. Huddleston

   

• Vol 8 Part 1a. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls). R. D. Eady and J. Quinlan
• Vol 8 Part 1b. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Eucoilidae. John Quinlan
• Vol 8 Part 2a. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (a). Ch. Ferrière and G. J. Kerrich
• Vol 8 Part 2b. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (b). R. R. Askew
• Vol 8 Part 3d i. Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Diapriinae. G. E. J. Nixon
• Vol 8 Part 3d ii. Hymenoptera. Proctotrupoidea. Diapriidae subfamily Belytinae. G. E. J. Nixon

   

• Vol 9 Part 1. Diptera - 1. Introduction and key to families. H. Oldroyd.
• Vol 9 Part 2 i. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae). R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly
• Vol 9 Part 2 ii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Trichoceridae - Culicidae). R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly
• Vol 9 Part 2 iii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Chironomidae). R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly
• Vol 9 Part 3. Diptera - Nematocera. Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae). A. M. Hutson, D. M. Ackland and L. N. Kidd
• Vol 9 Part 4a. Diptera - Brachycera. Tabanoidea and Asiloidea. Harold Oldroyd
• Vol 9 Part 5. Diptera - Orthorrhapha Brachycera. Dolichopodidae. E. C. M. d'Assis Fonseca

   

• Vol 10 Part 1. Diptera. Syrphidae. R. L. Coe
• Vol 10 Part 2c. Diptera. Pipunculidae. R. L. Coe
• Vol 10 Part 3a. Diptera - Conopidae. Kenneth G. V. Smith
• Vol 10 Part 4a i. Diptera - Cyclorrhapha. Calyptrata (1) Section (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae (Tachinidae). F. I. van Emden
• Vol 10 Part 4a ii. Diptera - Cyclorrhapha. Calyptrata (1) Section (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae (Calliphoridae). F. I. van Emden
• Vol 10 Part 4b. Diptera - Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata, Section (b) Muscidae. E. C. M. d'Assis Fonseca
• Vol 10 Part 5a. Diptera - Tephritidae. I.M White
• Vol 10 Part 5g. Diptera - Agromyzidae. Kenneth A. Spencer
• Vol 10 Part 7. Diptera - Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae (Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies). A.M.Hutson
• Vol 10 Part 8. Diptera - Phoridae Genus Megaselia (Scuttle Flies). R.H.L. Disney
• Vol 10 Part 14. An introduction to the immature stages of British Flies. Diptera Larvae, with notes on eggs, puparia and pupae. Main text. K. G. V. Smith
• Vol 10 Part 14. An introduction to the immature stages of British Flies. Diptera Larvae, with notes on eggs, puparia and pupae. Figures index. K. G. V. Smith