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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 Linneeus, 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 Entomologiee. Lipsia?, 

 1775. 1 vol. — Species Insectorum. Hamb. 1781. — Sup- 

 plementum Entomologia? Systematica?. Hafnia?, 1798. — Ge- 

 nera Insectorum. Chilonii. — Mantissa Insectorum. Hafniaj, 

 1787. — Philosophia Entomologiae. Hamb. 1778. — Ento- 

 mologia Systematica, emendata et aucta. Hafniae, 1792 — 1796. 

 5 vols. — Supplementum Entomologies Systematica?. Hafnia?, 

 1798. — Systema Eleutheratorum. Kilise, 1801. 2 vols. — Sys- 

 tema Piezatorum. 1 804. — Systema A ntiliatorum. Bruns. 1 805. 

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