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of objects to engage my time, and everything which 

 could possibly be of service to me. My situation was 

 not only very delightful, but it afforded the means of 

 gaining much instruction. In 1775, at Easter, during 

 the great fair at Leipsic, my ( Systema Entomologise ' 

 appeared. Entomology was at that period in its infancy. 

 We had then only the l Systema ' of Linnaeus, whose 

 classification, derived from the wings of insects, was not 

 the most natural, and his species were very imperfectly 

 defined. ... In my System I made use of the organs of 

 manducafion as marks of distinction for my classes and 

 species ; and in spite of all its faults, which arise from the 

 smallness of those parts, my classes were far more 

 natural, my species were more numerous and more ably 

 defined, and the number of described genera considerably 

 greater. I at the same time extended the Orismology, 

 fixed its significations with greater accuracy, and intro- 

 duced the concise language of the Linnsean school in 

 this department of natural history." In 1775 Fabricius 

 accepted the Professorship of Natural History, Economy, 

 and Finance, in the University of Kiel. " Although I 

 found myself pleasantly situated, I soon perceived that 

 all means for the furtherance of my favourite science 

 were wanting. ... I should soon have retrograded in 

 Entomology if I had not recommenced travelling. In 

 1776 I published the ' Genera Insectorum/ which con- 

 tained the natural definitions of the species ; and in 

 1778 the ' Philosophia Entomologica/ in which I endea- 

 voured to determine the theoretical principles of Ento- 

 mology with greater accuracy. In the summer of 1778 

 I joined company with Prof. Weber in a tour to Norway : 

 that gave rise to the publication of the ' Reise nach 

 Norwegen/ which made its appearance in 1779. ... In 

 1780 I again went to England, where the different col- 

 lections had been considerably enriched since my last 

 sojourn there. On this journey I wrote, during my 

 leisure hours, the little volume entitled 'Ueber die 

 Volksvermehrung, insonderheit in Danemarck/ which 



appeared in 1781 In 1782 the ' Species Insectorum ' 



appeared, in two vols., as a continuation of the f Systema/ 



In 1784 I travelled with my wife and daughter 



through most of the provinces of Germany to Vienna. 

 The principal object of this tour was to form an acquaint- 

 ance with the authors of the ' Verzeichniss der Schmet- 

 terlinge der Wiener Gegend/ and inspect the collec- 

 tions ; they were to me highly important In 1 786 



