124 Natural History, 



in assigning to Reaumur and Fabricius the first 

 rank/ The insects tvithoiU zvings have been very 

 ably described by J. Herlet, of Germany. To 

 these names may be added that of Dr. Smith, the 

 Linnaeus of Great-Britain, whose account of the 

 rarer Lepidopteroiis Insects of Georgia, is entitled 

 to a place among the most splendid, accurate, and 

 valuable zoological w^orks of the age/ 



In the investigation of the Vermes, the sixth and 

 last class of Linnjeus, the advances made in 

 modern times have been no less distinguished. 

 The first v^riter to be mentioned under this head is 

 DoNATi, v^hose work on the vermes of the Adriatic 

 is considered highly instructive and important. 

 After him Professor Bohadsch, of Prague, laboured 

 much to improve the history of this class of animals, 

 and with brilliant success. Bohadsch was followed 

 "by M. Cuvier, of France, who proposed a new 

 arrangement, and rendered considerable service to 

 this branch of zoology. The human vermes have 

 been very ably treated by Bloch, before mentioned. 

 The vermes infesting the intestines of animals, 

 generally, have been examined and described 

 in a very satisfactory manner, by Goeze, and 

 Schranck, of Germany. The discoveries of Pey- 

 SONNELLE, of France, with respect to corats and 

 corallines, form one of the most interesting parts in 

 the modern annals of natural history. Corals, at 

 the beginning of the eighteenth century, were 

 reckoned among the number of marine plants. In 

 this rank they continued to stand until M. Peyson- 

 NELLE, by a series of observations and experiments, 

 from about the year 1720 to 1750, ascertained 

 their animal nature. His doctrine was confirmed 



/ of Olivier's work it is not easy to speak decidedly, as it is yet in an 

 unfinished state. 



g The Natural History of the jRarer Lepldopteroui Insects of Ceorgia, &c. 

 SVoJs. folio, J 798. 



