History. 
Heanius. 
Heben- 
streit. 
Ludolphus. 
Albino. 
Petiveri. 
Goeilart. 
Petiver. 
Ray. 
Rumphius. 
Wedelia. 
Petiver. 
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sur Vorigine d'un espece de Papillon, (alichtnee ae 
turnia pavonia major.) 
In 1693, an calidad edition of Swarasedidatn’s 
Historia Generalis Insectorum Latinam Secit He CG Hen- 
— was printed at Utrecht. 
n this year, the igious ravages occasioned fy its 
mense = hay of ra me which, im ak in the month of August, 
over-ran Germany, and extended: partially, through’ the 
rest of Europe, even to the northern borders, could not) 
p= ec the observations of many writers, among 
nd the following naturalists, De Locustis im- 
oa donite aérem nostrum et porten~ 
= 'c tiple quid TP To. 
custis, anno praeterito pee ea in corgi d visis, 
cum dialriba, qua sententia autoris de myy>w defenditur, 
by Exidolphusr The former of these works is comprised 
with ene from which: we — 
the species treated of to be Gryllus migratorius. 2 
work. of Ludolphus is in folio, and cmctatbo eighty-eight 
pages, embellished with The following authors 
also published: tracts. on this: subject, namely Crellius, 
Bnkinjer, Woollenhaupt, and raat but we are 
ignorant of the titles of these little dissertations. s 
In 1694, Albino published a‘small tract on the Spa- 
nish flies, (Cantharides.) 
In 1695, the Arcana Nature Detecte, by Leeuwen- 
hoek, appeared. 
‘And i in the same year, a small octavo, Jacobi Petiveri 
Museum. 
In 1699, Hombergh published a in the Memoirs 
of the French: exten Agrioh virgo 
In 1700, was published, in three —. umes duodecimo, 
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes selon leurs différentes 
nae observées par Jean Goedart. Amster- 
"In.1702; James Petiver produced the first decade of 
his Gazophylacium nature et artis,” which was carried on 
Sttigitledwehy till about ten years afterwards. It consists 
of ten decades, which treat of insects, as: well as larger 
animals, fossils, and plants. 
In 1705, our celebrated countryman Ray Da re eon his 
work entitled, Methodus Insectorum, seu in methodum ali« 
digesta. 
In this year also, the entemological part of. the work of 
Rumphius appeared. 
In 1707, appeared in London, A Voyage to the Islands 
of Madeira, Barbadoes, Jamaica, with the Natural. His- 
tory, &e. by Hans Sloane. Folio: 
n 1710, Russel published his Theatrum universale 
omnium animalium, which:treats of insects. 
‘And theillustrious Ray’s' Historia Insectorum, under 
the care of Dr Derham, after the author's death, appear- 
ed. In this work, he divides insects into two ‘principal 
classes, such as transformation, and those that 
do not ; and these he subdivides into several orders. He 
includes amongst these some vermes, which have again 
been removed by Linnzus, as we shall have occasion to 
mention hereafter. 
In 1717, Wedelio published a tract on the utility of 
in the materia medica, in Jena. 
‘And in the same year, - Petiver, an entomological 
writer, published a work, Pi Brittane Icones, 
nomina, &c. in folio, London, which in its time was 
certainly a valuable publication to the student of ento- 
mology, and-even now, as a work of reference, is in’ 
high repute. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
- In 1720, Crises hid Renting we Sao. Stacy) 
- zards, 
la Floride, &e. par Mave 
ten 
parts, each being illustrated by three. plates. 
In this year, Eleazare Albin’ published in'London, A: Albin. 
Natural History of English Insects, with: mead or 
copperplates; injone volume quartoy» | 
In 1721, B published im London, APhilosophi: Bladley. 
cal Account:of bs of Nature, which contains some n 
cntuncogel matter, and alsova few) ee 
sects, in octavo, Otinias = the is of 
Tw 17225: ra wer 
lenwaeae oe 1 
In 1725, Sir Hans Sloane p 
second volume of his Natural History ‘of Jamaica; the: 
second ‘book ef which: ‘treats of ‘the insects ofithat island, 
accompanied ‘by several-uncoloured ‘platesy: o/s!) 
In1726, M vat th Merian. 
ee vet Metaeatph e Hague in ize folio 
ensium ; the materials of serene ve 
or under her directions, in Surinam, where she spent two 
years; , for the sole purpose of forming a collection, yand in 
taking drawings for this work; which is not, however; 
entirely devoted to entomology; for besides» insects, we 
find depicted. Leno celgantberte ye'eon ga ve) wien 
Ss, serpents, &c. 
In 1730, Valisnieri, in haa 
intorno agli insetti, distributes al zthrioapolay ore en 
from their habitats. ‘The first comprehends those which 
live on plants; the:second; such aslive in’ water ;‘the 
third, those’ that live: on earth, or amongst» stones ; and: 
the fourth, those which subsist on other animals. ty 
In 1731, was published in’one volume’ quarto in'Lon« 
don, Insectorum Anglia Naturalis Historia illustrataToo« 
nibus in centum tabulis aneis eleganter ad vivum expres 
sis, &c. by Eleazave Albin, and was esteemed an elegant 
work ; but, we must confess, itis more remarkable: for 
gaudiness than fidelity. 
In 1731 at London, Histoire Naturelle dela Caroline, Catesby. 
Catesby, folio, 
In 1734, the first volume of Reaumur’s Memoires 
servir a l' Histoire des Insectes, was published in 
The'five succeeding’ volumes appeared between’ thar ine 
and 1742. 
In 17345 Alberti: Seabee): 
lium Thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosis~ 
simis\ expressio Latiné et: Gallicd, toms iv. folio: The 
first volume appeared i in above > aoe the other: three: 
beforel 765. cw 
In 1735, the illustrious Swedish naturalist Linmeens; Lines 
published \the*first edition of ‘his. § Natira, sive 
Rega tria Nature S§ "/proposita per classes, ors 
dines, genera et. species, in which work: he distributes ine 
sects into four orders, aecording’to the*number and form 
of their wings ;pander Clwaningsy 1. Coleoptera’; 2. Ans 
3 3. Hemaptera; 4. Aptera: In the first, are’ 
contained those: whose wings are covered; the second’ 
those with naked or uncovered wings, as butterflies; dra- 
gon flies, ephemera; &e, ; the third, locusts, bugs, &e. 3) 
ae fourth, those without wings, as lobsters, spiders, lice): 
&c. _ Besides these, several animals; which; in later'edi-: 
tions of the work, Linnaeus considered? as’ vermes, were 
included. These were the earth-worm (Lumbricus,)' 
the leech (Hirudo, ) all land and sea shells, and: star- 
fish (Asterias,) sea-egg (Echinus;) &e.; and in this’ 
arrangement, he by no means deviated from the received 
opinions of his time. In the subsequent editions of his 
" Reaumuy. 
et Observazioni: V alisnieri. 
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