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(23.) It deserves notice, that, notwithstanding the 
numerous works upon entomology that appeared be- 
tween 1734 and 1773, they were all, excepting Sco- 
poli’s, more or less illustrative; that is, intended to 
delineate insects, rather than to describe them. The 
letterpress, in fact, was subordinate to the plates; so 
that all that the science gained was an immense ac- 
cession of new species, requiring the institution of 
new genera, and new divisions for their reception in 
scientific arrangement. This task was undertaken, 
in 1775, by a distinguished disciple of Linnzeus, the 
celebrated Fabricius, who in that year commenced 
the publication of his voluminous works*, which 
subsequently extended to nearly twenty octavo 
volumes. Fabricius, although in one sense the 
founder of an entomological system, was never- 
theless a disciple of that purely systematic school, 
of which we are now tracing the progress. Had 
he been content to have increased the genera of his 
original instructor, to suit the vast additions that 
had now been made to the knowledge of species 
and groups, his fame would have been equally 
brilliant and more lasting: but, like very many of 
those who went before, and who came after him. 
* Jo. Christ. Fabricius. Systema Entomologie. Lipsiz, 
1775. 1 vol. — Species Insectorum. Hamb. 1781.— Sup- 
plementum Entomologiz Systematice. Hafniz, 1798. — Ge- 
nera Insectorum. Chilonii. — Mantissa Insectorum. Hafnia, 
1787. — Philosophia Entomologie. Hamb. 1778. — Enio- 
mologia Systematica, emendata et aucta. Hafnie, 1792—1796. 
5 vols. — Supplementum Entomologize Systematice. Hafniz, 
1798. — Systema Eleutheratorum. Kiliz, 1801. 2 vols. — Sys- 
tema Piezatorum. 1804. — Systema Antiliatorum. Bruns.1805. 
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