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Lot 112 Cetonia hamata. iiitens, grandis, Scarabseus 



festivus, and 12 others 16 J17 MacLeay. 



123 A variety of small Insects of the Mordella, 



Forficula, and other Genera, among which are 



Diopsis ichneumonea (and also a species of 



Paussus) 31 7 Ditto. 



201 Mutilla bimaculata, thoracica, Scolia signata, 



and 24 others 27 3 5 Kirby. 



269 Sphex tropica, frontalis, Africana, &c 128 6 6 Ditto. 



The total amount obtained for the Insects was £614. 8s. 6d.; and about £300. more for the 

 Cabinets, Books, &c. with the Copper-plates of the Illustrations. 



Of the estimation in which the works and collections of Drury were held by Linnaeus, 

 Fabricius, &c. the constant references (especially hy the latter) made to them, will sufficiently 

 prove. The former dedicated a fine species of Cimex to Drury, figured in the first volume 

 of these Illustrations, pi. 4<Q. f. 1. 5. ; whilst the latter described an American species of 

 Stenocorus from Drury's collection, under the name of St. Drurii (Ent. Syst. 1. 2. p. 302.) 

 and also a Danish Tinea under the name of T. Drurella. The Rev. W. Kirby also in his 

 Monograph upon the English Bees, has named a rare species belonging to the modern 

 genus Eucera, Apis Drurella, with the remark — "In honorem D. Drury, operis entomologici 

 splendidissimi auctoris, cujus museum insectorum rarissimorum undique conquisitorum 

 gazophylacium ditissimum, hanc apem ah illo acceptam nominavi." (Mon. Ap. Angl. 2. 

 p. 286.) 



That Drury was in correspondence with these " Heroes Scientise" will therefore be 

 unquestioned ; and the following letter from the younger Linnseus, communicated to me by 

 the relatives of the former is interesting not only on this account, but for the curious 

 statement relative to the Oestrus humanus then recently discovered in South America. 



Celeberrimo Viro 



D. Drury. S. pi. d. 



Carolus a Linne. 



Dum post mortem dilectissimi parentis occupatus fui in redigendo naturalia ab illo in Syst. Nat. 



nondum determinata, et ut his nomenclaturam pro scientia naturali maxime necessarian! continuarem, 



maxime sollicitus fui ilia, quantum mihi possibile foret, synonymis ex praestantioribus auctoribus scientia 



illustrare, imprimis illorum (jui pulcherrimis individuorum figuris sint ornati. Tu, Mr Celeberrime, es ex 



illis, qui in Insectis pulcherrima prsestitisti ; ex Tuo opere volumina habeo duo, quae in hereditario cum 



reliqua Bibliotheca * Parentis habeo ; sed an tertius termes s. plures post secundum prodiere est quod 



ignoro, et de qua re rogarem tuam informationem ? et si prodiere ubi inveniuntur .'' et quo prsetio .'' 



Amicitiam quam erga Parentem habuisti, spero hanc filiolo permittere licentiam. Optandum esset a Te 



in his majorem videre augmentum, requirunt insecta figuras; nam vix differentiis detenninanda sunt. 



Insecta australioris plaga mundi a Banksio et Forsteriis indagata, pulcherrime et utilissime pro scientia 



methodo Tua illustrari possent. Utinam facere vellis, immortalitatem Tuam conservaret scientia hsec ! 



* Subsequently purchased by the Linntean Society. 



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