RISE AND PROGRESS OF ZOOLOGY. 67 



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 -J- , father and son, 

 are of permanent value, particularly those of the 

 latter. J 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. 



f W. Lewin. The Insects of Great Britain. By William 

 Lewin, F.L.S. London, 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. 



F 2 



