Henri CLIQUET-PLEYEL (1864-1963). Autograph musical manuscript signed, Coléoptères et autres insectes, 1957; title and 48 pages in a notebook 35 x 27,5 cm. Suite of nine melodies with small orchestra, on entomological texts. It appears to be unpublished. The orchestra includes: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, piano, drums, violins 1 and 2, alti, celli, basses. 1 Vase Sialis: "Wingspan twenty-five to thirty millimeters"..., At ease; 2 Rhabdiopterix neglecta: "Wingspan twenty-two to twenty-five millimeters"..., Unhurried; 3 Maiden Agrion: "Length of upper wings"..., Very moderate, delicately; 4 Depressed Dragonfly: "Length of upper wings"..., Sluggishly; 5 Germanic Cockroach: "Eleven to thirteen millimeters"..., Somewhat slow; 6 Squirrelly bug: "Fifteen millimeters"..., Peacefully (like a romance); 7 Caped bug: "Thirteen to eighteen millimeters"..., Loosely; 8 Chagrined Procrustean: "Thirty-four to forty millimeters"..., Unhurried, rhythmic; 9 Shoreline pedunculate: "Seven millimeters five"..., Moderate, broadly declaimed. The manuscript is neatly written in black ink on 18-line paper; it was used as a conductor and has some annotations in red and blue pencil. It bears the dedication "to Paul Gilson" at the head, and is dated 1957.