In tlieso respects, indeed, a material difierenoe exists between the 

 proceedings of the Societies of London and France, the latter being 

 especially marked by a greater degree of attention paid to the tech- 

 nical and descriptive details of various groups of insects, as in the 

 memoirs of Latreille upon the Stcrnoxi, of Serville upon the Longi- 

 cornes, of Solier upon the Heteromera, &c. 



The nature of the various publications which have recently ap- 

 peared in England is calculated to obtain a high degree of respect 

 both at home and abroad for the entomologists of this country. The 

 national work of Mr. Ste})hens ' is proceeding onwards, notwithstand- 

 ing the numerous and almost insurmountable obstacles with which 

 its talented author has had to contend, whilst his Systematic Cata- 

 logue - is a work exhibiting the most astonishing exertion ; the highly 

 beautiful and invaluable work of Mr. Curtis ^ ; the completion of 

 Mr. Haworth's ' Lepidoptera Britannica' * ; the ' Australian Ento- 

 mology' ^ of Mr. George Gray, with its beautiful illustrations from 

 the pencil of Mr. Charles Curtis ; the English Translation of the 

 Regne Animal, by Mr. Griffith and others ^' ; and the work upon the 

 Lepidoptera of Java, by Dr. Horstield " ; together with numerous va- 

 luable memoirs published in the Magazine of Natural History, the 

 Philosophical Magazine, Dr. Jameson's Edinburgh Joiirnal, the Lin- 

 naean and Zoological Societies' Transactions, in the Entomological 

 Magazine, and last, but not least, in the Transactions of our own So- 

 ciety ; all proving that the spirit of Entomology is rising strongly 

 amongst us, needing only to be directed into its proper and legitimate 

 channels. 



Of continental works of a general nature, one of the most valuable 

 is unquestionably the ' Iconographie du Kegne Animal' of M. Guerin ; 



' Illustrations of British Entomology, or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects, &c. 

 By J. F. Stephens, F.L.S., &c. Large 8vo. 1828—1835. In monthly parts, with 

 coloured figures, containing generic and specific descriptions of all the indigenous 

 insects. 



•■ A Systematic Catalogue of British Insects, being an attempt to arrange all the 

 hitherto discovered Indigenous Insects in accordance with their natural affinities. 

 By J. F. Stephens, F.L. & Z.SS., &c. 8vo. 1829. 804 pp. Containing the syno- 

 nyms and references to about 10,000 species. 



3 British Entomology, or Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects 

 found in Great Britain and Ireland. By John Curtis, F.L.S., &c. Large 8vo. 

 1824 — 182.'5. With coloured figures of the insects, and in many instances of the 

 plants upon which they are found. 



'' Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens Digestionem novam Insectorum Lepidoptero- 

 rum qUcE in Magna Britannia reperiuntur. Auct. A. H. Ilaworth, F.L.S. Lond. 

 1803—1828. 8vo. 



* The Entomology of Australia, in a Series of Monographs. By G. R. Gray. 

 Parti. Containing a monograph of the genus Phasma. Lond. 1833. 4to. With 

 coloured plates. 



' The Animal Kingdom described and arranged in conformity with its Organi- 

 zation, by the Baron Cuvier : with additional descriptions and other original mat- 

 ter, by Edward Griffith, F.L.S. , and others. Lond. 8vo. Parts 28 — 36. Containing 

 the Insecta, Crustacea, Arachuida, and Annelida, with very tmmerous plates. 



7 A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum 

 of the Honourable East India Company. By Thomas Horsficld, M.D. F.R.S., &c. 

 Lond, 4to. Parts I. and II. 1828—1829. With plates. 



