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until after the publication of three parts, dated 

 1807, 1809, and 1812, of " Transactions," form- 

 ing one volume in octavo. The opening article, 

 in the first part, written by Mr. Haworth, is en- 

 titled " a Review of the Rise and Progress of 

 " the Science of Entomology in Great Britain, 

 " chronologically arranged." In addition to this 

 able and interesting paper, which gives an ac- 

 count of all the English Writers on Entomology, 

 there are the following other papers, in the 

 Transactions, by Mr. Haworth, viz. " A brief 

 " account of some rare and interesting Insects, 

 " not hitherto announced as inhabitants of Great 

 " Britain ;" " Observations on three species of 

 " Lepidoptera, figured in the British Insects of 

 " E. Donovan ;" " An account of the Genus Coc- 

 " cinella ;" and, " A brief account of some rare 

 " Insects, announced at various times to the 

 " Society, as new to Britain." On the 7th 

 February, 1809, a paper, by Mr. Haworth, 

 " On the Cultivation of Crocuses, with a short 

 " account of the different species known at pre- 

 " sent," was read before the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety.* While the " Lepidoptera Britannica" was 

 in progress, Mr. Haworth published his " Synop- 

 " sisPlantarum Succulentarum/' which appeared 

 in 1812. It contains an enumeration ofsuccu- 



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