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organ exhibits in tin- whole of tin- animals of which tin- 

 class is composed. Cuvicr led the way in this branch of the 

 science, and has been followed by Marcel tic Si-rrcs. Hcrold, 

 Trcviranns, Leon Dufour, Gaede, &c. ; whilst the the minute 

 researches of Strauss-Dnrckheim upon the Melolontha rul- 

 garis, and of Mr. Newport upon the Privet Hawk-moth, 

 published in recent volumes of the " Philosophical Transac- 

 tions," maybe cited as models of patience. Resides the last- 

 named author, the English entomologist may boast of the 

 works of several other labourers, whose researches are not 

 inferior to those of any of the continental authors.* The 

 "Illustrations of the Genera of British Insects," published 

 by Mr. Curtis, is a work of the highest service to the science, 

 displaying not only the most minute care in the dissection 

 and delineation of the typical species of the genera illustrated, 

 but also the highest style of elegance in its pictorial repre- 

 sentations ; whilst the work of Mr. Stephens, which may be 

 regarded as a a companion to the former, presents to us a tar 

 more complete series and description of the species of insects 

 found in our own island, than any other country can boast 

 of. The " Systematic Catalogue" of the lattv r author, is a 

 work exhibiting the most astonishing exertion; uhilst the 

 completion of Mr. Haworth's Lepidoptera Britannica. tin- 

 Australian Monograph of Mr. George Gray, with beautiful 

 illustrations from the pencil of Mr. Charles Curtis, the English 

 translation of the " Regne Animal," by Mr. (iriHith and 

 others, the work upon the Lepidoptera of .lava, by Dr. 

 Horsfield, together with numerous valuable memoirs pub- 

 lished in the "Magazine of Natural History," the " Ann::K 

 of Philosophy," Dr. Jameson's Edinburgh Journal, the Lin- 

 n;ean and Zoological Society's Transactions, the Eutomolo- 



* Tilt- " Introduction to Kntomoloiry " of Kirliy anil SIH-UCI- li:t- ZIM-M 

 gpreat impulse to the science, and completely answers its title. 



