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This labour of love, as it may well be called, was followed by a " Cours d'Ento- 

 mologie reduit en tableaux synoptiques : a l'usage des ecoles." Lyons. 8vo. 1833. 

 And five years subsequently appeared the first of a long series of Memoirs, chiefly 

 on various families of Coleoptera, published from time to time in the " Annales de 

 la Societe d'Agriculture " of Lyons : in the " Annales de la Societe' Linneenne " of 

 Lyons ; and in the " Memoires de l'Acad^mie des Sciences " of Lyons. 



Of these various Memoirs and his other works, the list given by Dr. Hagen 

 in his "Bibliotheca Entomologica," up to the year 1861, is not fewer than 

 148 ; since which period the number has been greatly increased ; the Annual 

 Summaries of Entomological publications in the Grerman " Bericht," and in our own 

 " Zoological Record," rarely failing to announce fresh works by him, associated with 

 M. Key, and other French Coleopterists. The most important of these detached 

 Memoirs are descriptive of the Coleoptera of France, occupying thirty-one volumes 

 large 8vo, commencing with the Longicorn beetles in 1839, occupying 304 pages, 

 with 3 plates, and terminating with the 9th volume of the Brevipennes or Brachelytra, 

 published in 1879. His " Histoire Naturelle des Punaises de France " occupies 

 3 volumes 8vo. Many of his shorter Memoirs were collected together and published 

 separately under the title of " Opuscules Entomologiques," in 14 volumes 8vo ; whilst 

 a more extended and general Monograph of the Coccinelliclce, in 2 large volumes 

 8vo, was published in 1852 and 1853, under the title "Species des Coleopteres 

 trimeres securipalpes." To this work large numbers of exotic species were contributed 

 by Mr. Hope, and the type specimens, bearing the MS. names of the author, now 

 enrich the Collection under my charge at Oxford. 



In addition to his Entomological works, M. Mulsant also published an elementary 

 series of works on Natural History, in which he described " les applications de cette 

 science aux diverses connaissances utiles ct offrant la reponse aux questions du pro- 

 gramme universitaire," devoting one volume to each of the sciences Zoology, 

 Physiology, Greology and Botany. He also published a companion volume of 

 " Lettres a Julie sur l'Ornithologie," in one large volume, with figures ; also a 

 beautiful work on Humming-Birds, in which many new species of these lovely 

 creatures were represented with great skill : he likewise found time to publish a 

 charming work, entitled "Souvenirs du mont Pilat et de ses environs," in 2 volumes 

 8vo, and a number of bibliographical notices of deceased Naturalists in the Annales 

 of the Lyons Acade'mie. 



M. Mulsant was the President of the Linnean Society of Lyons, Bibliothecaire- 

 adjoint of the fine Library belonging to the University of Lyons ; he was also 

 Professor of Natural History, and " Correspondant du Ministere de lTnstruction 

 Publique." — J. O. Westwood. 



The Belgian Entomological Society. — The celebration of the 25th 

 Anniversary of this Society took place at Brussels, on the 16th October, when an 

 address was delivered by M. Weinmann, the President, and an instructive sketch of 

 the history and prospects of the Society was read by the Secretary, M. Preudhomme 

 de Borrc. Baron de Selys-Longchamps, the first President, to whom the Society 

 owes so much of its success, was unanimously elected Honorary President. 



