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the three volumes of Sepp, his library contains 
the two best illustrative publications upon Insects 
that have ever been given to the world. The com- 
pilation of Berkenhout*, in 1789, was no doubt useful 
in its day; and the plates of Lewin+, father and son, 
are of permanent value, particularly those of the 
latter.{ The volume of Otho Fabricius § must not 
be omitted; for, independent of the value of its 
descriptions, it is the only work we possess on the 
zoology of Greenland. Olivi||, two years after, wrote 
in like manner on the marine productions of the Gulf 
of Venice, with considerable ability, and gave excel- 
lent figures of several new Crustacea and shells. 
(29.) The number of Entomological works, many 
of them costly and elaborate, which were published 
on the Continent during the latter part of the last 
century, were very numerous. Most of them have 
been noticed in the preceding pages; but several 
have been omitted in their chronological order ; 
since they would have interrupted the course of our 

* J. Berkenhout. ‘Synopsis of the Natural History of 
Great Britain and Ireland. By John Berkenhout, M.D. 
London, 1795. 2 vols. 8vo. 
+t W. Lewin. The Insects of Great Britain. By William 
Lewin, F.L.S. Eoudon,; 1795. 1 vol. 4to. (containing the 
Papilios only.) 
¢ W. J. Lewin. (1.) Natural History of Lepidopterous In- 
sects of New South Wales. London, 1805. 1 vol. 4to. — 
(2.) The Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales. 
London, 1822. ‘Thin folio. 
§ Otho Fabricius. Fauna Greenlandica. Leip. 1790. 
|| G. Olivi. Zoologia Adriatica, ossia Catalogo ragionato 
degli Animali del Golfo e delle Lagune de Venezia. Bassano, 
1792. 1 vol. 4to. 
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