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ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



DATES OF GUERIN'S ICONOGRAPHIE REGNE ANIMALI The third volume 

 of this work treating of the insects bears the dates 1829-1838 on tin- 

 title page. Since in the text there are many references to later dates, 

 even to 1844, most writers have given 1844 as the date of the work. 



Recently in looking up the name of a flea I find that the plates and 

 text were issued separately, and that 1838 probably represents the com- 

 pletion of the plates. Percheron, 1837, states that the plates were then 

 nearly all published. These plates were issued in fascicles of 10 each ; 

 each fascicle was probably mixed groups as Guerin says in a footnote 

 (page 13) that plate II was printed in December, 1836. The composition 

 and date of each fascicle will be of much interest. The text of the work 

 was not issued till 1845. The manuscript was submitted to the institute 

 and approved in November, 1842. The first review of the completed 

 work that I know of is in the "Moniteur Universel," 11 June, 1845, by 

 Bory de Saint Vincent. This is republished in the French Annals for 

 1845, and also an advertisement of the book. Erichson, in the 

 "Berichte" for 1846 says (p. 66) : "The volume is scarcely before 1845 

 published, and first received in 1846 at Berlin. (Transl.) 



The particular case is the genus Dennatoplnlits Ouerin, page 14. This 



