524 Westwood's Progress and State of Entomology. 



that what little information I had gleaned in the course of 

 fifteen years' attention and observation, from the studies which 

 had formed the charm of my life, might be rendered avail- 

 able to pursuits so generally advantageous to mankind." We 

 think that an agreeable sentimentality is transfused through 

 the preface and through the description of the cock, wood- 

 pigeon, and raven: that of the whinchat is technical. We 

 think that severe criticism would perceive some faults in the 

 portraits of some of the birds. The cock, raven, and whinchat 

 are displayed in landscapes ; the wood-pigeon and blue tit 

 upon branches not in landscapes. 



Westwood, J. O., F.L.S., Secretary of the Entomological 

 Society of London, &c. : Addresses on the Recent Pro- 

 gress and Present State of Entomology. Read at the 

 Anniversary Meeting of the Entomological Society, on Jan. 

 21. 1835. 8vo, 22 pages. London, Is. 



Mr. Jenyns in his report on Zoology, which we have 

 noticed in p. 519., has commenced his notice of the class 

 Ins6cta with these remarks : — " It is impossible to do more 

 than to treat of this class in the most general manner. Indeed, 

 from its great extent, the immense additions which have been 

 made to it of late years, and the large number of individuals 

 who have contributed to its progress, it may well deserve to 

 be made the subject of a separate report." Mr. Westwood*s- 

 address comprehends a report on it ; and one which will, we 

 cannot doubt, satisfy, gratify, and avail the pursuers of 

 entomology. 



DeaJcin, R., F.R.C.S.E. ; and Marnock R. 9 Curator of the 

 Sheffield Botanical and Horticultural Gardens : Florigra- 

 phia Britannica ; or Engravings and Descriptions of the 

 Flowering Plants and Ferns of Britain. In Monthly 

 Numbers, demy 8vo; each to contain figures and de- 

 scriptions of twelve species of plants, the 12 figures upon 

 two plates, 6 on each. Price per Number, with the figures 

 not coloured, 6d. ; with the figures coloured, Is. Sheffield, 

 London, Edinburgh, Dublin, 1835. 



No. I. was published early in August. The species are 

 treated of in the order of the Linnaean system, and with very 

 creditable skill. The figures are not of exquisite quality. 

 The work is very cheap. 



Ste>tskirt 9 R. B. : Outlines of Botany ; a Sketch of the Lin- 

 naean Arrangement of Plants, with Tables to illustrate the 

 distinctions of Genera and Species ; to which are added, 



