[1] It is based at Dinton Pastures Country Park in Reading, England.
[1] BENHS was founded in 1872 as the South London Entomological and Natural History Society.
[1][2] BENHS publishes a quarterly journal, the British Journal of Entomology and Natural History (ISSN 0952-7583),[3] formerly Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society, and Proceedings and Transactions of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society.
Among the most well-known are two illustrated identification guides to British flies: Another title published by BENHS was New British Beetles - species not in Joy's practical handbook by Peter J. Hodge and Richard A. Jones, a companion volume to Norman H. Joy's A Practical Handbook of British Beetles.
Agassiz, Stella D. Beavan & Robert J. Heckford The following groups are affiliated to BENHS:[1][7]