In (he Press. 



THESAURUS ENTOMOLOGICUS OXONIENSIS; 



OR, 



ILLUSTRATIONS OP NEW, EAEE, AND INTERESTING INSECTS, 



For the most part contained in the Collection presented to the University of Oxford 

 by the Eev. Feedkrick "William Hope, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c. 



By J. O. WESTWOOD, M. A., R L. S., &c. 



Hope Professor of Zoology in the University of Oxford. 



One volume small folio, with forty plates (mostly coloured), and 

 descriptive letterpress. 



The donation made to the University of Oxford by tlie late Rev. 

 F. W. Hope, of his entire collections and library of Natural History, and 

 the subsequent acquisition of the Burchell, Wells, and other collections, 

 including also my own, have enriched the University Museum with a 

 large number of new and rare species of Insects, from which it has been 

 considered advisable that a selection should be made for illustration in a 

 manner worthy both of the donor and the University. 



In making this selection I have considered that it would be most 

 beneficial to illustrate certain gi-oups or families rather than isolated 

 species. 



With this view the Groups of Goliathidse and Cremastocheilidfe 

 have been selected ; a complete monograph of the latter being given, with 

 figures of upwards of one hundred species. Of the singular family 

 Paussidse upwards of fifty species will be figured for the first time, 

 together with many other curious Coleoptera. Many remarkable groups 

 and species belonging to the Orders Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, 

 Neuroptera, Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera, as well as several singular 

 apterous groups, will also be given. 



The Plates will be engraved and coloured in the best style of Art, from 

 drawings and dissections prepared by myself. 



Oxford, January i, 1873. J. 0. WESTWOOD. 



It is proposed to publish the work, in the first instance, by subscription 

 in four Parts, each containing ten Plates and corresponding letterpress ; 

 the price of each Part to subscribers being il. 5s. The first part will, 

 it is expected, be ready for delivery on July i, 1873, and the others at 

 intervals of three months. 



Subscribers' names will be received by Messrs. Macmillan and Co., 

 Publishers to the University of Oxford, 29 and 30 Bedford Street, 

 Govent Garden, London, to whom also all subscriptions are to be paid. 



The work when complete will be published at 'jl. los. 



