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than that of Ellis. Ichthyology had received no 

 additions since the time of the illustrious Willugh- 

 by, but in 1754, Gronovius, a wealthy collector of 

 Leyden, published an account of the fish con- 

 tained in his museum.* This work, now become 

 very rare, we do not possess. It is evident, however 

 from a subsequent publication f, that Gronovius 

 received the Linnaean system with a strong and 

 even an absurd prejudice. He quotes the works of 

 its author, it is true, but he neither adopts his 

 specific characters, or his nomenclature, preferring 

 to designate his subjects after the old method, rather 

 than by a positive name. So strongly, indeed, does 

 he seem prejudiced on this point, that he carefully 

 excludes the specific names of Linnaeus from his 

 entire work ! Gronovius, however, gives the cha 

 racters of several genera, not to be found in the 

 Systema Naturce, and so far his opposition to 

 Linnaeus was perfectly justifiable ; while his de- 

 scriptions and characters are copious and excellent. 

 (18.) But it is time for us to notice a new school 

 of naturalists, which arose in France even before the 

 publication of the first edition of Linnaeus's system, 

 and which was brought about by the celebrated 

 Reaumur's Memoirs towards a History of Insects \ ; 

 the first volume of which was published at Paris, in 



* Laur. Theod. Gronovius. Museum Ichthyologicum. 



vol. in fol. Leyden, 1754. — (Cuvier.) 



f Zoophylasii Gronoviani, exhibens Animalia quadrupeda, 

 Amphibia, atque Pisces, &c. Lugd. Batav. 1763. 1 vol. 

 fol. 



\ Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire des Insectes, par M. de 

 Reaumur Paris, 1734 — 1742. Six vols. 4to. 



