Herbert Willoughby Ellis

Herbert Willoughby Ellis (28 June 1869-15 October 1943) was a British entomologist.

Biography Ellis was born in Woodville, Burton-upon-Trent. He attended Nuneaton School and Coppers Hill College before training as an electrician. He also corresponded and exchanged specimens with William Gabriel Blatch, acquiring some of Blatch's collection after his death.

After his death, Reginald Wagstaffe and Walter Douglas Hincks (both naturalists) were instrumental in purchasing part of his collection for the Yorkshire Museum.

Select publications 1901. "Bagous cylindricus, Payk., in Bedfordshire", Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 8, 140. 1903. "Coleoptera in the Isle of Wight", Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 15, 130-131. 1903. Criocephalus polonicus (Molsch.): A Genus and species of Longhorn Coleopteran new to Britain, Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 15, 259-260. 1904. "Coleoptera", in The Victoria History of the Counties of England - A History of Warwickshire" I, 77-124. 1913. "Insects", in British Association for the Advancement of Science: A Handbook for Birmingham and the Neighbourhood, 502-528.