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to all entomologists to know the present condition of them, 

 especially as to the species types, before time or accident shall 

 destroy them entirely. 



The collection of Linnaeus, after his death, was sold to a Mr. 

 Smith, who carried them to London and his heirs sold it to the 

 Linnsean Society. Smith had put into it many species entirely 

 unknow to Linnaeus, but had the goodness to preserve, scrupu- 

 lously, the tickets in the hand- writing of Linnaeus. And these 

 enabled me to recognize almost every type. The order of 

 arrangement is just as Linnaeus, himself, left it. That is to say, 

 according to his tenth edition of his " Sysfema naturce,''^ a copy 

 of which, in the society, contains corrections and additions for a 

 twelfth edition, all in the hand-writing of Linnaeus himself. 



The Eanks' collection, as well as his library, and his own 

 house, were, after his death, annexed to the Linnaean Society. 

 And that collection is, to day, in the same condition that Banks 

 left it 3 and is much richer than that of Linnaeus. Their preser- 

 vation is still good enough to enable us to see the species. 



The collection of Fabricius, was, after his death, incorporated 

 in the museum of the University of Kiel, where it is completely 

 preserved as it was in the time of that famous entomologist of 

 Holstein. All the tickets consist of nothing more than strips of 

 paper torn by the ' fingers, having the specific names written on 

 them in large letters by the hand of Fabricius himself. As to 

 the generic names, they are everywhere wanting. 



The preservation of the insects is still such, that we can recog- 

 nize the greater part of the species. Thanks to the cases of 

 (acajou) mahogany, made in the West Indies, with the greatest 

 care, to contain this prtcious collection. 



The collection of Lund, who was inspector of the custom-houses 

 of Denmark, and whose name is so often cited in the extensive 

 works of Fabricius, was afterwards purchased by Sehestedt, another 

 name which figures not less frequently in the " Systema Eleuther- 

 atorum.^^ Sehestedt was rich and powerful, and was able to make 

 and did make one of the most excellent collections; which, after 

 his death, passed into the Royal Museum of Copenhagen, where it 

 now is. It appears that Fabricius studied this collection for his 



