The first issues consisted mainly of capture notes and announcements for the sale or exchange of insects.

He had a great deal of difficulty finding enough subscribers to pay the costs of production and expedition- but 30 years later the publication was one of the most important in Europe.

The publication committee was composed of eminent entomologists: Georges Bernardi, Philippe Darge, Jean Darnaud, Claude Herbulot and Léon Schaefer.

Barthe published under his own name one of the best books on European Coleoptera under the title "Faune Franco-Rhénane", which covers several families.

Le Moult published the big book by Léon Schaefer on the Buprestidae of France[9] and his work on Apatura.