his appreciation of form and colour, and so complete his skill in 

 reproducing what he saw by his mastery of colour. His first volume 

 appeared in 17S5. The letterpress attached was either nil ox extre- 

 mely meagre ; but his systematic lists, issued in the early years of the 

 19th century, showed a most perfect knowledge, and we can only 

 regret that he has not left a similar monument commensurate to 

 the wonderful knowledge he must have had, as well as to his remark- 

 able skill in delineation. 



Descending from the sublime in Hiibner, we may mention two 

 authors of our own country who each brought out a popular book of 

 illustrations of insects. Moses Harris, in the " Aurelian," issued in 

 1766 a series of artistic coloured plates mainly of Lepidoptera, with 

 short descriptions, but apparently nothing was new; while in 1795 

 Lewin issued a work on the " Papilios of Great Britain," with good 

 figures and descriptions, also apparently compiled from other works. 



I fear that my notes are getting too long, and that I can scarcely 

 even mention those dozens of workers of repute who lived and wrote 

 in the earlier half of the nineteenth century. In our own country 

 we get Haworth, Curtis, Stephens, as describers and systematists ; as 

 illustrators we get Donovan and Hewitson ; Kirby and Spence as 

 popular writers of the highest importance, we must by no means 

 omit. In this period, too, we have the commencement of issue of 

 numerous magazines, and the founding of important societies, both 

 in this country and on the Continent ; particularly was this the case 

 in all countries where the German tongue was spoken. In this lan- 

 guage Hiibner continued his work ; Ochsenheimer, the Viennese 

 actor, commenced his standard work ; Charpentier revised the 

 Vienna Catalogue, W. V. ; Treitschke continued the work of 

 Ochsenheimer on the latter's death till seventeen volumes had been 

 issued ; Herrich-Schaeffer wrote his great work, and embellished it 

 with plates which almost vie with those of Hiibner in the apprecia- 

 tion of entomologists ; Zeller produced his invaluable monographs 

 of select groups of micro-lepidoptera ; Ratzeburg produced two huge 

 volumes of observations on forest insects from an economic point of 

 view, etc., etc. In Lapland we have Zetterstedt, and in Sweden we 

 get Tengstrbm. Duponchel and Guenee were natives of France. 

 On all these and many others we have no time to dwell. Nor can 

 we wander on into the age of Stainton and Doubleday ; Frey, the 

 Swiss entomologist ; Milliere, perhaps the best all-round entomolo- 

 gist the French have had either as close observer or as delineator ; 

 nor have we time to consider the age of that almost insurmountable 

 difficulty which the generaliser of to-day has to contend with — the 

 " monthly magazine." 



If, by these few notes, I have induced someone to take an interest 

 in the works of our forefathers, I shall be satisfied, for I know that 

 many an enjoyable hour can be spent in the study of the work of 

 those whom we look upon as " our authorities." 



