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ENTOMOLOGY. 



till Heliga Landet aren 1749—1752, Utglsver of Car. 

 Linne, appeared at Stockholm. 



In 1758, in quarto, an interesting work in its day, en* 

 titled, Eujsdem Disscrtatio. Centuria Insectorum rario- 

 rum, tfc. Upsaliae. 



In this year, an English translation of one of the works 

 of Swammerdam was published in London by Thomas 

 Fleoyd. 



And in 1759, J. C. D. Schreberi Nova Sjiecies Insec- 

 lorum, appeared at Halle. 



In 1759, Caroli Linnsei Anxmalium Sfiecierum, &c. in 

 formam enchiridii, Lugd. Bat. Octavo. 



In 1760, Caroli a Linne Amenitates Academics, torn, 

 v. Holmise, octavo. 



In 1761, Linne published his Fundamenta Entomolo- 

 gi<e, being an introduction to the study of the science. 



In this year likewise, an interesting little work, enti- 

 tled, Insecta Musci Graccnsis, was given to the world 

 by Nicolaus Poda, giving an account of the insects of 

 Greece, arranged after the Linnean manner. 



J. H Sulzer, in the same year, produced an introduc- 

 tory work to the study of insects, in quarto, illustrated by 

 several plates, under the title, Die Kennzeichen dcr In- 

 sekten nach Anleitung dcr Hitters, Karl Linnaeus, durch 

 24 ku/ifrtafcln crlautert, und mil derstlben natiirlichen 

 gcscliichte beglcitet. Printed at Zurich. 



And a new edition of Linne's Fauna Suecica editio al- 

 tera auctior, Stockholmiae, considerably enlarged and 

 improved, appeared. 



In the same year with the above, an octavo, Det 

 Trondjemske og JVorske Videnskabers Selskabs Skivter. 



Also Bruniche Martinus Thrane. Prodromus Insecto- 

 fogite Siellandicx. Hafnise, octavo. 



In 1762, Histoire abrege" deo Insectes aux Environs de 

 Paris, octavo. 



In the same year, Sepp began his work, Bcschouaring 

 ficr wondern gods inde minstgeachte schefizclcn of neder- 

 landsche Insecten, which is entirely dedicated to the 

 more rare butterflies and moths of Holland. The text 

 is in the Dutch language ; and the plates, which are very 

 numerous, are admired for their peculiar neatness, being 

 engraven in the dot or stipple style with considerable de- 

 licacy and elegance. 



In this year, a most valuable systematic work by 

 Gcoffroy, was published in Paris, and demands the at- 

 tention of the modern entomologist. It is entitled, His- 

 toire abregec dee Insectes, and divides insects into six 

 tlasses : 1. Coleo/itercs ; 2. Hemifiteres ; 3. Tetrafiteres 

 a ailes nues ; 4. Tetrafiteres a ailes farineuses ; 5. Di/i- 

 u-rcs ; and 6. Afiteres. The first is the same with the 

 Linnean order Coleo/itera ; the second is regulated by 

 the form of the proboscis ; the third agrees with the 

 .Le/iidofttera ; the fourth comprehends the Neurofitera 

 und Hymenofitera ; the fifth and sixth are the same with 

 the Linnean orders Di/itera and A/ilera. The charac- 

 *ers of these orders are taken from the number of joints 

 in the feet ; and the generic characters are taken from 

 various parts of the body. Many of the genera are per- 

 fectly natural, and are still in use. 



Brunniche,in this or the following year, published two 

 entomological tracts, Prodromus Insectologia Siellan- 

 dictt, and Fntomo/ogia sistens Insectorum tabulas st/x- 

 tcmaticas cum introductione et iconibtis. The latter is an 

 elementary work in the Latin and Dutch languages. 



In 1763, L. T. Gronovius published in folio, Gronovii 

 Zoofihylacii. Three fasciculi only appeared. 



Also Johannis Antonii Scopoli Entomologia Carniolica, 

 Sj*c. Vindcbonje, in octavo. 



In this year, Den Dnnske Atlas ued Eric Pontoppidan, 

 Kiobenhavn, appeared in quarto. Other parts appeared 

 in the years 1764 and 1767, forming altogether three vo- 

 lumes in quarto. 



In 1764, Dr M. GcofFroy published in two volumes 

 quarto, Histoire abrege'e des Insec(es, dans laquelle ces 

 Animaux sont ranges suivant tin ordre methodic/ue. Paris. 



Lini.6 in this year, again appeared before the public, 

 and produced his excellent Ejusdem Museum Lodoviccc 

 Ulrica: Regime. Holmije, in octavo. 



AisoOtho Fr; Miiilcr Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsda- 

 lina, sive methodica descri/ilio Insectorum agri Fridrichs- 

 da/ensis, iJfc. Hafnise et Leip^iac, octavo. 



Also J. C. Schazffer's Abhund/ungen von Insecten. 3 

 Bande. Regcnsburg, quarto. 



Also the second part of Zoofihylacium Gronovianum, 

 by Laudentius Theodorus Gronovius, containing descrip- 

 tions of about six hundred insects, with synonyms after 

 the Linnean system, accompanied by four illustrative 

 plates, was printed ai L yilen in folio. 



In 1765, S< ba's Thesaurus JVaturx was published at 

 Amsterdam, in which a vast number of the extra Euro- 

 pean insects are figured in a very coarse style. 



In this year J G. Gleditsch published at Halle, in 

 8vo. the fust volume of Vermisthte Physicalisch Bota- 

 nish Oeconomische Abhandlungen ; two other volumes 

 appeared in tin two succeeding years. 



Also at Copenhagen and Hamburgh, Eric Pontoppi • 

 dan's Kurygef'axste A r achrichten, die JVulurhistoire in 

 D'dnnaemark A. tnffend 



Also Det Kiohenhavnske Selskabs Skrioter, at Kio- 

 benb. 



In 1766, Schseffcr published at Regcnsburg Eletnen- 

 ta Entomologite, containing 132 plates, illustrating the 

 principles of his system, and an additional section with 

 two plates, describing the manner of catching insects, 

 and the manner of feeding them, with microscopes', Sec, 

 for examining them. He was author of another work 

 on this subiect, in the German language, entitled, Znvei- 

 fel und Schwiirigkeiten, witches in der Insectenlthcre an- 

 noch voriualten, published at Regensbuig in 4to, but we 

 are ignorant ol the date. 



In this year, also, a second edition of Frisch's work 

 appeared. 



In 1767, Pallas published at Berlin, in 4to, the first 

 fasciculus of his S/iicilegia Zoologica t/uibus nova infor- 

 mis et obscure animalium s/iecies Iconibus, descri/itionibus 

 atque commentariis illusirantur, a very valuable work. 

 Several other numbers or fasciculi were published be- 

 fore the year 1780, when the last made its appearance. 



And in the same year, the twelfth edition of the Sys- 

 tema Nature of Linne was produced. As this was the 

 last work of that illustrious naturalist, we shall lay be- 

 fore our readers his entomological arrangement. He 

 divided insects into seven orders, deducing his charac- 

 ters from their wings, as follow" : 



Order I. Coleoptera, (from xaAeos, a sheath, and 

 ■m}t£ni, a wing), including those insects having crustace- 

 ous shells or elytra, which shut together and form a lon- 

 gitudinal suture down the back of the insect. In many 

 the whole body (abdomen) is covered by these elytra, in 

 others pirtially. The coleopterous insects comprehend 

 those commonly termed beetles. 



Order II. Hemii'Tkh a, (from tifiitrv, half, and 5r7tfo», a 

 wing.) These animals have their upper wings half crus- 

 taceous, and half membranaceous, or of a matter inter- 

 mediate between leather and membrane. Examples, the 

 bug, the locust, &c. 



