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upon an extended view of nature, although we are inclined to look at 

 the subject in a still more general manner, and not to limit the ques- 

 tion, as Mr. Hope appeal's inclined to do, to the advantages they im- 

 part to man. 



It is time, however, that we should give the reader some account of 

 these works. Instead of adopting the course pursued by so many of 

 our modern entomologists, of describing the new species contained in 

 his magnificent collection, Mr. Hope has thought that it would confer 

 more service upon science, were he to review the species of beetles de- 

 scribed by Linnaeus and Fabricius, many of which, either from having 

 been too concisely described, or from having some erroneous habitat 

 given to them, have been either entirely overlooked, or greatly confused, 

 by more recent writers. The attempt to rescue these species from obli- 

 vion, and to place them in their true genera and subgenera, is worthy of 

 great praise. The possession by the Linnean Society of the Linnean cabi- 

 net, as well as of Sir Joseph Banks's collections, described and labelled by 

 Fabricius, an extensive correspondence with the chief continental wri- 

 ters, and the possession of a very large collection, containing many 

 authentic specimens, described by Fabricius, from the collections of 

 Lee, Drury, Francellon and others, have certainly placed the author iu 

 a very favourable situation for such an undertaking, which has been 

 attempted in the following manner. 



The first part commences with a table, containing a list of the Lin- 

 nean Scarabcei and Lucani, the true locality of each species, and its 

 modern genus or subgenus, each occupying a single line, as in the ta- 

 ble of the lamellicorns of Olivier given by Mr. Hope in this Magazine 

 for January last. This is succeeded by a series of observations on ma- 

 ny of the species, where a change of habitat, genus, &c. is required. — 

 Then follows a similar table of the lamellicorn beetles described by Fa- 

 bricius, with similar observations upon the doubtful species. After this 

 follow the descriptions of various new genera, the majority of which had 

 been indicated and dissected by Mr. Kirby, whose collection and ma- 

 nuscripts, now in the possession of the Entomological Society, have 

 been resorted to. An appendix is given, containing additional notes 

 and a revision of the family Goliathidce. 



The second part commences with a table and similar observations 

 upon the Linnean CicindeJce and the Fabrician Cicindelida? ; then fol- 

 low similar tables and observations on the Linnean and Fabrician Ca- 

 rabi ( Carabida Leach) , and the Linnean and Fabiician aquatic beetles ; 

 the part terminating with descriptions of some new genera and species. 



As the various notes and observations are made in the order in which 

 the species occur in the works of Linnaeus and Fabricius, it necessarily 

 happens that much irregularity exists in the arrangement of the great 

 mass of information conveyed in these pages ; for instance, amongst 

 the "remarks and annotations on the Linnean Cicindelidce" we find a 

 tabular sketch, and a long dissertation upon the Carabideous family 

 Elaphridce, some of the species of which were considered by Linnaeus 

 as Cicindelce. Again, in the remarks upon the Fabrician " Cicinde- 

 loidea," we have a tabular list of all the modern genera of that group, 

 with observations upon each genus ; then follow the remarks upon the 



