92 On the Genus Amathid of Lamouroux, 



under the title of Natural History of many Curious and, 

 Uncommon Zoophytes. The first six plates of this work 

 were lost after the death of Ellis; the only proofs of them, 

 taken before lettering, are to be found in the Library of the 

 British Museum. 



In 1766 was published the Elenchus Zoophytorum, by 

 Peter Simon Pallas, in which he united all that had been 

 done before his time, enriched with many valuable observa- 

 tions of his own. He described a large number of new 

 species.* In spite of his belief that Zoophytes were to be 

 considered rather as vegetables than animals, Lamouroux 

 justly calls this the breviary of zoologists who study Polypi. 

 Muller, in 1776, in his Prodromus,f gave a description of 

 many Polyzoa, which he subsequently figured, and was 

 followed in this department by Otho Fabricius in his Fauna 

 Gradnlandica. I pass over many names — such as those of 

 Parsons, Baxter, Forskseal, Marratti, Diccjuemare, Esper, 

 Spallanzani — to come at once to that of Cavolini,| whose 

 work, entitled Memorie per Servire alia Storia dei Polipi 

 Marini, Naples, 1875, was a valuable contribution to the 

 literature of the subject. 



Gmelin, the editor of the thirteenth edition, of the 

 Systema Natural of Linnaeus, has made a valuable compila- 

 tion of all the previous authors, so that the volumes form a 

 very useful epitome at least of the bibliography of the sub- 

 ject. It is a work very commonly met with, as well as the 

 English translation of it in seven volumes by Dr. Turton.§ 



To Brugiere, a physician who was botanist and naturalist 

 to Louis XVI. of France, was entrusted the article Vers of 

 the Encyclopedie Methodique. This work is justly con- 



* He was born in Berlin, in 1741, and commenced his zoological labours 

 at Leyden, where he published his remarkable work. It is an 8vo volume, 

 without figures, but these were added to a Dutch translation by Boddaert, 

 published at Utrecht, in 1768. 



t His work is entitled Zoologios Banicce Prodromus, but a much more 

 important edition appeared subsequently. This was the Zoologia Danica, 

 only the first two volumes of which appeared during his life time. The 

 third was published by Abilgaart, in 1789, and the fourth by Kathke, in 

 1806. The work is one of the very finest in the department of natural 

 history which appeared in those days. It is illustrated by 160 coloured 

 plates. Otho Fred. Muller was born at Copenhagen in 1730, and died at 

 the early age of fifty-four. 



X Philippe Cavolini, Professor of Natural History at the University of 

 Naples. Born, 1756 ; died, 1810. 



§ Twice since I have been in the colonies I have seen both these works 

 offered at bookstalls for a few shillings. The work of Gmelin, being in 

 Latin, was offered for 5s., and found no purchaser. 



