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engraver, J. A. Graff, from whom she early separated. In her 

 work of illustrating insects she was assisted by her two daugh 

 ters, who continued the work after the death of their mother, 

 and the younger published Madam Merian's final great work 

 some time after her mother's death. Three very important works 

 were produced, one on larval transformations, with 100 colored 

 plates,* and a second on the insects of Surinam, with 60 colored 

 plates,! which was the result of a trip made to Surinam, S. A., 

 for the special purpose of studying the insect fauna of that re 

 gion. Her last great work, entitled " History of the Insects of 

 Europe," 184 plates, J was published posthumously by her sec 

 ond daughter, who inherited much of her mother's talent. These 

 works are little more than a series of plates or illustrations with 

 explanations, but are finely engraved and colored from nature. 

 The life-long industry of this woman, when considered in con 

 nection with the vast amount of work which she accomplished, 

 and her zeal which led her to cross the Atlantic and study the in 

 sects of what is now Dutch Guiana, indicate an enthusiasm 

 which is rarely seen in any age, and have given her a unique and 

 honorable place in the history of entomology. 



Johann Leonhard Frisch (16661743), rector of the Gymna 

 sium of Berlin, published a valuable work, in 13 parts, entitled 

 " Beschreibung von Allerley Insecten in Tiitschland, etc.," 

 1720-1738, illustrated with many copperplates. It contains 

 much important matter relating to common and injurious species. 



Mark Catesby (1679-1749) was a noted naturalist traveler 

 who journeyed in North America, and in his natural history of 

 Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 2 volumes, folio, 

 London, 17341743, illustrated with 220 colored plates, figured 

 to some little extent the insects of the region mentioned. 



Eleazar Albin, an English painter, residing in London, pub 

 lished a "Natural History of English Insects" (London, 1720), 

 " illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously engraven 

 from the life, and (for those who desire it) exactly coloured by 



* Der Rauf>en ivunderbare Verivandlung, und sonderbare Blumen- 

 nahrung, etc., 2 vols., Nurnberg, 1674-1683. 



t Metamorphosis insectorum Stirinamensium, etc., Amsterdam, i75- 

 \De Buropiscke Insecten, etc , Amsterdam, 1730. 



