History. 
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lished at Helmstad, by Dr Joh, Christ. Lud Hell. 
wig. a 
Francillon. fir Francillon published a small tract’ on a new co- 
Dryander. 
Hennert. 
Reich. 
Fabricius. 
s insect, accompanied with a coloured 
Tee cotitled i Be eho rane eee ny 
Potosi in South America; with engraved representa- 
tions of the same, coloured from nature. Scar ma- 
is the name applied to the si insect. 
n 1795, wes, totacael eee , or a De- 
monstration of the Being and Perfections |, from a 
consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects. 
This is a ion of Lesser’s work, mentioned before 
under the year 1742, with Lyonnet’s notes, and a few 
Diy he translator. 8vo. 
n 1796, appeared Samméung naturhistorischer und 
Physikali. aufsatze von Frans von Paula Schrank. 
Nurnberg. In octavo. 
H produced his Entomologisches Taschenbuch. 
Regensburg. In octavo. ee . 
an interesting work in folio, Museum Regium 
descriptum ab Oligerio Jacobeo. Hafn. 
Jacob Hiibner published his Der Samlung Europais- 
cher Schmetterlinge, A in . But few co- 
pies of this beautiful work have reached this country, 
and, as we have not examined it with care, must re- 
frain from giving our opinion on it, From what we 
have seen, it appears to be a valuable publication. 
The second volume of Cata ibliothecee Histo- 
rica naluralis, Josephi Banks, eti, by T. Dryan- 
der, comprehending the entomological works of that 
immense collection of books, was published in 1796. 
We cannot speak too highly of its contents, which are 
admirably , in such a manner as to be in itself 
a valuable bibliotheeal system of entomological writers. 
In 1797, C. W, Hennert published at Berlin a work 
in quarto, entitled Ueber den Raupenfras und Winbriich 
in den Jahren. 
And Dr J. E. Smith published a magnificent work in 
folio, in London, entitled The Natural History of the 
rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, collected from 
the Observations of Mr John Abbott. It is comprised 
in two volumes, with about an hundred plates; and 
the insects are represented in their different states, on 
one of the plants on which they feed. Mr Abbot, the 
gentleman whose notes and drawings the work 
was formed, was an assiduous collector of insects resi- 
ding in North America, from whom many of the Lon- 
don cabinets have received the most valuable specimens 
of the insects of those regions, in the highest state of 
In the same year, Mantissa Insectorum Iconibus il- 
lustrata, Species novas aut nondum depictas exhibens, 
Jas. 1, auctore, Godofredo Christiano Reich, &c. No- 
rimberge. _ In octavo. 
The third volume of the Transactions of the Linnean 
Society of London, containing some interesting ento- 
mological papers, appeared, as follow : Observations re- 
ing some rare British insects, by W. Lewin ;—a 
age? of three Species of Cassida, by the Rev. Wil- 
liam irby ;—Observations on the Economy ‘of Ichneu- 
mon Manifestator, by Thomas Marsham, Esq.—Obser- 
vations on the Insects that infested the Corn in the 
year 1795, by Thomas Marsham, Esq.— , a most 
and spgeatons paper on the , or 
Gad-fly, by Bracy Clark, Esq. 
In 1798, Fabricius published the supplement to his 
Entomologia Systematica; which presents an outline of 
his system in its latest state; and being the result of 
ENTOMOLOGY, 
History, 
such extensive knowledge as he possessed, demands a 
: Hi a el 
considerable share of our attention. He, in this work, 
divides insects into thirteen classes, as follow: 
Class 1. Ereutuerata. Jaws naked, free, bearing 
i. ; . 
Pe ess 2. Utonata. Jaws covered with an obtuse ga- 
lea or mouth-pieee, av 
Class 38. Synistata. Jaws elbowed near the base, 
and connected to the lower lip. ty 
Class 4. Piezata. Jaws y, compressed, and 
usually el ane: 
Class 5. Oponata. Jaws horny and toothed; two 
palpi or feelers, me : i 
lass 6, Mrrosata, Jaws horny, arched ; no palpi, 
Class 7. Unocatsa. Jaws horny, unguiculatec 
Class 8. Potyenata. Jaws many, (generally two) , 
within the 7 Aas 
Class 9. KieistaGNaTua. Jaws several, without the 
Class 10. Exocunarua. Jaws several, outside the 
lip, but covered by the palpi. — 
Class 11, Grossara, Mouth composed of a spiral sill 
tongue, situated between the two palpi. ay 
ss 12, RuyNcota. “Mouth composed of a beak, 
or articulated sheath. 
Class 13. AnTiiaTA, Mouth composed of a sucker, . 
not jointed. eee cael : 
In the same year, viz. 1798, Clairville published, an cjsiryitle. 
octavo work on the insects of Switzerland, in which 
he to divide insects into eight orders, nearly 
after the system of Linné; but he distinguishes thew 
tiple, De 
plera, Elem 
ie Helvétique, ou 
logue des In- 
. avec Perttprst Figures. Zurich. 
E 
sectes de la Suisse, 
y Professor A ksvegr aba rcp cate cate 
or An i in ; 
pi Sire and Figure of a minute Ichneumon ; by G. 
Shaw, mapa ey a new genus of _Hymenopte- 
eno 
tici, and. 
upon the Insects that attend Wheat; in a letter to 
Thomas Marsham, Esq. by the Rev. William Kirby ; 
—Obseryations on the genus Pausus, and Description 
of a new Species ; by A Afzelius, M. D. 
_ E, Donovan this year “Pig in London, Natural 
History of the Insects of C ‘hina, which is the first work Donovan. 
on the entomological producnets of that vast empire 
that has . The materials composing this vo- 
lume, (which is in 4to.), and from which it was ina _ 
great manner formed, were obtained from the first and 
most authentic sources, including many of the speci 
collected at the time of the embassy of Lord Macart- 
ney, with many others obtained from the. ets of 
Lag, San gr ity, oe Say Cotnienslts ; 
The work is illustrated by er-plates, beauti- 
fully coloured. It has been translated tato the French 
. and German languages on the continent, 
Faune iy Se Prodromus, exhibens methodicam De- 
La coed nsectorum agri Petr , &c. auctore 
J. Cederhielm, Leipsia, tiny 
