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ENTOMOLOGY. 



x/teciea Inscctorum ccnturia, 1 ; the avowed purpose of 

 which, as the reader is informed in the preface, was to 

 give descriptions of one hundred insects, not mentioned 

 in the latest work of the illustrious Linne. The insects 

 included are partly indigenous; some are from China, 

 and others from South America. The greater number 

 of these are coleopterous insects, and are arranged after 

 the manner of Lini.e, except the genera anthribus and 

 <tetela, which are taken from Geoffroy. We may ob- 

 serve many of the insects seem to have been unknown 

 to Linn6, and some few were previously made known to 

 the world, by the works of Schaeffer and Drury. This 

 the author was aware of; but as they had escaped the 

 observation of Linne, whose work he was solicitous to 

 improve, it was considered right to introduce them. He 

 was one of those eminent naturalists who accompanied 

 the celebrated Captain Cook in his voyage round the 

 •world, and his labours as an entomologist in those times 

 entitled him to respect. 



The Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis vi. 

 et Sfiecierum editionis ii. Holmiae, of Linne, in which 

 several insects, not noticed in other parts of his works, 

 are described, octavo, appeared in this year. 



In 1772, Curtis published in London a translation of 

 the Fundamenta Entomologie of Linne, which consider- 

 ably advanced the study in this country. 



And in the same year, Dr John Coakley Lettsome, 

 published in octavo, The Naturalists and Travellers Com- 

 panion, giving directions how to collect and preserve all 

 sorts of natural productions. It has since undergone 

 several editions, and may be considered as a very use- 

 ful book to students of entomology. 



Also M. Th. Brunnichii Zcb'logia Fundamenta firelec- 

 tionibus academicis acco?nmodata,Ha.{n\x etLipsiae, octavo. 



In 1773, Kahn published a tract relative to the mode 

 of preserving and catching insects, entitled Kurze anlei- 

 tung Inseclen zu sammten. 



Thomas Pattinson Yeats published Institutions of Ento- 

 mology ; an useful work, being a translation of the Lin- 

 nean orders and genera, collated with three other sys- 

 tems, namely, those of Geoffroy, Scopoli, and Schaeffer, 

 together with many ingenious observations, by its trans- 

 lator. It is particularly defective, however, in the com- 

 parison drawn between the systems of Linne and Scopoli, 

 • from an event which could not be anticipated. When 

 Scopoli published his Entomologia Carniolica, he coinci- 

 ded very nearly with Linne, in his arrangement ; but in 

 a work of his, (soon to be noticed,) he abandoned that 

 method, and adopted another. For an account of the 

 system alluded to, see the year 1777. 



In this year, the account of a tour made by the cele- 

 brated Russian naturalist Pallas, appeared, entitled, P. S. 

 Pallas Reise darch Verschiedene Provinzen des Russi- 

 c/ien Reichs, St Petersburgh, which has been rendered 

 into Latin and English. 



In this year also, Dr John Hill published a Decade of 

 curious Insects, some of them not described before, 

 shown in their natural size, and as they appeared bejore 

 the Lucernal Microsco/ie, in which the Apparatus was 

 artificially illuminated ; with their History, &c. : illus- 

 trated with ten quarto plates, in which the figures are 

 sometimes immensely magnified, and far from correct. 

 The scientific accounts are given in English, accom- 

 panied with various interesting observations as to their 

 natural history and economy. 



In the Transactions of the Entomological Society of 

 Lcndon, vol. i. part 1. the work of Benjamin Wilks is 



stated to have been published in this year, hut is noticed 

 by us as having been published in the year 1749, or ear- 

 lier : but, from the comments made on that work by 

 Rfisel, it must have been published, as we have stated, in 

 or before 1749. 



In 1774 was published at Amsterdam, in folio, by Jacob 

 L'Admiral, V eranderingen van Veele ftiseclen. 



Also, at Halle, in 8vo. Der Miturforscher, but the au- 

 thor's name not known to us. 



And, in this year, I wan Lepechius Tagebuch der 

 Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen der Russischen 

 Reichs ; Altenburg. One volume appeared first, and 

 two others before 1783. 



In 1775, an interesting little work, describing the in- 

 sects of Switzerland, under the title Verzeichniss rf.-r 

 ihm Bekanten Schweitzerischen Insecten, was printed at 

 Zurich, in quarto, by Joh. Gaspar Faeslins. 



In this year, J. C. Fabricius, a pupil of Linne, pub- 

 lished a new system of Entomology, under the title Sys- 

 tema Entomologie, in which the principles of a new 

 mode of classification is for the first time developed. 

 He has taken the essential characters of the classes, {or- 

 ders, Linn6 would have termed them) from the parts of 

 the mouth (Instrumenta cibaria), which has given this 

 the title of Cibarian System. He, in this wotk, divides 

 insects into eight classes, viz. Eleutherata, Ulonata, 

 Synistata, Agonata, Unogata, Glossata, Rhyngota, and 

 Autliata. In this part of his system he has been followed 

 by very few ; but his mode of distinguishing the genera 

 is still retained, and opens the way to the knowledge of 

 natural genera, which, by his method, are generally to be 

 distinguished without examination of any other parts. 

 As he has since that time written several other works, 

 and added considerably to this system, wc shall defer 

 noticing it further for the present. We may, however, 

 observe, that he gained such reputation from this work, 

 that he was induced to prosecute his entomological stu- 

 dies with increased ardour, and during his lifetime al- 

 ways held the highest rank as an entomologist. 



Also, Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, 

 Piscium, Inscclorum, Vermium ; quae in Itinere Orientali 

 observavit, Petrus Forskal, Prof. Harn, Post mortem 

 Auctoris, edidit Carsten Nicbuhr; Havniae, quarto. 



Moses Harris also published a little pamphlet, enti- 

 tled, The English Le/iidofitera, or Aure/inn's Pocket Com- 

 panion, Sec. London ; an alphabetical catalogue of the 

 larger lepidoptera, collected by its author in England. 

 This little tract, although apparently insignificant, has 

 materially contributed to the practical study of entomo- 

 logy. The Linnean names, as far as they were known to 

 him, with the time and place of the appearance of the 

 insects, in both states, are concisely given in columns. 

 A frontispiece is added, explaining the terms used in 

 the description of animals of this order. 



In 1776. Peti-r Brown figured a number of insects in 

 his JVew Illustrations of Zoology. 



In this year. Sulzer published, in quarto, Abgckiirzte 

 Gcschichte der Insecten, Wintertliur. 



The Genera Insectorum of Fabricius appeared in this 

 year. 



In this year, also, J. H. Sulzer's Abgekurtze Gcschich- 

 te der Insecten, 2 Theile, quarto. 



Also? Beytrage zur Naturgcschichte von Franz, voji 

 Paula Schrank, Leipzig, in octavo. 



In this year, O. F. Muller Zoologix Daniccc Prodro- 

 mus, kc. Hafniae, appeared in octavo, and must ever be 

 considered a mogt valuable and useful work. 



