Lite7'a7y Notices, 565 



Art. III. Literary Notices, 



French Works on Entomology. — Sir, Having recently returned from 

 an entomological visit to Paris, I have considered that you may think the 

 following list of works upon insects preparing for or in the course of pub- 

 lication, which have come to my knowledge, worthy of insertion in your 

 Magazine. What a contrast do the zeal and activity for the advance- 

 ment of science, thus exhibited by our neighbours, afford, when compared 

 with the indifference and kikewarmness of the majority of British entomo- 

 logists ! 



Latreillcy the prince of entomologists, is occupied upon a Popular Intro- 

 duction to Entomology y to form three thick 8vo volumes, the first of which 

 is now printing. He is preparing a work upon the Natural Classijication of 

 the Weevils (Curculionidae). 



De Jean's fifth volume of the Species general of Coleoptera is printing, 

 and will be published in about two months : it contains the family Bem- 

 bidiidae, and the supplemental Cicindelidae and Carabidae. His Iconography 

 of the European Coleoptera is proceeding. His artist was drawing the 

 Nebriae. 



Audouiny one of the most philosophical of modern naturalists, is occupied 

 upon a General Introduction to the Anatomicaly Physiologicaly Sfc.y Systeins of 

 the Linnean Insects, to form five thick 8vo volumes. He is also engaged 

 upon various interesting memoii's upon the natural history of insects, which 

 will appear in the Annals of Natural ScienceSy of which he is one of the 

 editors. 



Boisduval continues his work upon the North American Lepidoptera, of 

 which objects he has reared at Paris many splendid specimens. He is pre- 

 paring a General Species of Lepidoptera, to be illustrated with figures of 

 the larvae and details of the genera. The first part, containing the butter- 

 flies and hawk-moths, will be immediately published. He is also engaged 

 in describing the insects collected during one of the late national French 

 voyages : some of the plates, in 4to, are already engraved. 



Guerin, the first entomological French artist, continues the beautiful 

 iconography of the Animal Kingdom of Cuvier. Some of the forthcoming 

 plates, especially that on the lamellicorn beetles, are very interesting, and 

 filled with generic details. He continues his very useful Magazine of 

 Entomology, and is also occupied upon the entomological portion of Captain 

 Duperry's national voyage. The plates of this work will be of the highest 

 value to the student, from the immense number of details. 



Gory is preparing (in conjunction with Percheron) a monograph upon 

 the Cetoniadas. All the species and the generic characters are to be figured. 

 The drawings by Guerin, already executed, are very beautiful. To appear 

 in parts. 



Percheron is engaged on the preceding work ; also on a work upon the 

 Hemiptera, Homoptera, Orthoptera, and Neur6ptera. His drawings are 

 very accurate and interesting, since he has been occupied upon the natural 

 history of his objects. 



Lefebvre is occupied upon a work on the Cimicidae, the drawings by 

 Guerin. 



Dupont is preparing a work, with figures, upon the new species of beetles 

 contained in his splendid collection. 



Saint-Fargeau is writing a general history of the Hymen6ptera. 



Serville is proceeding with the Faune Frangaise. 



Robineau des Voidy is continuing his work upon the i^fuscidae. 



Duponchel continues his beautiful description of the French moths. 



Carcel is at present making a natural history tour through Turkey, 

 Arabia, Egypt, &c. He is preparing a work upon the minute Hymenoptera.- 



Brebisson is also engaged upon a similar work. — J. 0. Westwood, Chelsea, 

 Sept. 30. 1830. 



