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a work entitled Niitzliches AlltvUy axis der Natur und 

 dem gemcinen Lebenfur allcrley Lescr von Joh. Aug. E. 

 Goczc. 



And Mr'Marsham wrote the article Entomology for 

 Hall's Encyclopaedia, which is illustrated by three plates. 

 In this article he briefly explains the entomological sys- 

 tem of Linne, and mentions the names of other authors 

 of eminence ; and likewise explains the mode of collect- 

 ing and preserving insects. 



Also Beobachtungen und Entdeckungen aus der Na- 

 turkunde von der Gescllschaft Naturforschender Freunde 

 zu Berlin, in octavo. # 



Likewise J. T. Zs-chach, Museum N. G, Leskeanum 

 pars Entomologica, octavo, Lipsiae. 



In 1789, a second edition of Berkenhout's outlines, 

 under the title of Sxjnofisis of the Natural History of 

 Great Britain, &c. appeared. 



And Johannes Jacobus Roemer published his Genera 

 Insectorum Linnai et Fabricii, Iconibus illustrata, iJfc. 

 Vitaduri Helvetorum, in quarto, with thirty-seven ex- 

 planatory plates, nearly all of which had previously con- 

 stituted the work of Sulzcr. 



In this year, also, the first part of a most voluminous 

 work, on entomology, was undertaken, at Paris, by the 

 celebrated Olivier, entitled Entomologie, ou Histoire 

 Naturelle des Insectes, avec des charactires genfriques et 

 sfieafques, &c. par M. Olivier, M. D. a Paris, in quarto. 

 From its title, we might infer, that the author intended 

 to have treated on every class and order, and, in con- 

 formity with the first part, to have illustrated the whole 

 with figures. He, however, has confined the work, 

 which is very extensive, entirely to the order coleoptera, 

 which was rendered as complete as possible ; it is, how- 

 ever, as must be expected, a very defective, yet a va- 

 luable and useful work. 



Paykull published in this year, at Upsal, F.jusdem 

 Monografihia Stafihylinorum Svecia, in octavo. 



And C. de Villers published, at Lyons, a small work, 

 under the title of Linnai Entomologia, isfc. curante ct 

 augente Carolo de Villers, Lugduni, in octavo, in which 

 he professes to avail himself of the works of Scopoli, 

 Geoffroy, De Geer, and Fabricius. 



In this year, Natursytem alter bekannten in und auslan- 

 dischen Insecten, 13V. von Carl. Gustav. Jablonsky, und 

 fortgesetzt von Johann. Friedrich. Wilhelm. Herbst, 

 Berlin, appeared in octavo. 



And at Leipsic, in octavo, Anfangs-grtinde der Natur- 

 geschichte von, Nath. Gotfr. Leske. 



In 1790, some remarks on the genus Melolontha occur 

 in the Journal fur die Entomologie, by Mayer, who., in 

 the following year, published a work, in octavo, at 

 Dresden, entitled Sa?nmlung Physikalischer aufsdtze, be- 

 sonders die Bbhmische Naturgcschichte betreffend, von 

 einer Gesellschaft Bbhemischer Naturforscher ; heraus- 

 gegeben von, Dr Johann. Mayer. 



In the same year, 1790, appeared Johann. Daniel 

 Preysler Verzeichniss B'o'hmischer Insecten, Prag. in 

 quarto, which is a catalogue of the insects of Bohemia. 



And Fauna Etrusca, listens Insecta, qua in firovinciis 

 Florentina et Pisana firasertim collcgit, Petrus Rossius, 

 Sec. Liburni, in quarto. 



Also, Dissertatio Historico-Naturalis, ignotas Insecto- 

 rum s/iecies Continens, Conrad Quesnel, Lundx, in 

 quarto. Quesnel is author also of two tracts, but we are 

 ignorant of their dates ; they are entitled Beskrifningar 

 bfer 8 nya Suenska, Dagfjarillar, on Pafiilio ; the other 

 on noctua firuni, Beskrifning bfver eny Nattfjdril. 



Paykull published, in the same year, his Monografihia 

 Caraborum Suecia. 



Two works, by Scriba, were also published in this fer- 

 tile year, Beytrage zu der Insectem Geschichle, heraua- 

 gegeben von Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba, Frankfurt, in 

 quarto, part the first; and Journal fur die Ucbhaber der 

 Entomologie, herausgegeben von L. G. Scriba, Frank- 

 furt, in octavo. 



And Insecten Kalender, von Nic. Jos. Brahm. Mainz, 

 in octavo. 



Lastly, a work which we scarcely consider as worthy 

 of notice ; it is entitled the Naturalist's Miscellany, or, 

 as it is also termed, Vivarum Nature, by G. Shaw ; the 

 figures by P. Nodder. It contains a variety of daubed, 

 (or, as they are termed, coloured) figures, of the more 

 beautiful and larger exotic insects, as well as other ani- 

 mals, with descriptions extremely suitable to the gene- 

 ral class of readers, (children,) for whose purpose, we 

 conjecture, it was designed by its author, who, with 

 greater advantages than any other naturalist in this coun- 

 try, has produced this publication, which, we are sorry 

 to state, reflects the greatest disgrace on the class of 

 readers who could give encouragement to so contemp- 

 tible a performance. We notice it, as we perceive it 

 quoted by children, who, (with such a work as the 

 author might have given to the world,) would very pro- 

 bably be induced to bestow some attention to the study 

 of natural history, so much neglected in this country. 



In 1791, a year which produced several valuable en- 

 tomological works, Meyer published a work which we 

 have noticed under the year 1790, whilst speaking of 

 another of his works. 



The first volume of the Transactions of the Linnean 

 Society of London was published in London, contain- 

 ing a paper on Phalxna Bombyx Eubricefieda of Linne, 

 and some other species allied to it, by T. Marsham, 

 Esq. some observations on the natural history of Cur- 

 culio Lafiathi, and Sil/iha Grisea of Linne, by W. Curtis, 

 Esq. ; account of a singular conformation in the wings 

 of some species of moths, by Esprit Giorna of Turin ; 

 and descriptions of two new species of Phaltena, by 

 Louis Bosc of Paris : lastly, under the head of extracts 

 from the minute book, we find mention of a new Bufi- 

 rcstis, communicated by Mr Dryander. 



In the same year, Neuestes Magazinfiir die Leibhaber 

 der Entomologie, herausgegeben von D. H. Schneider > 

 hefte. Stralsund, in octavo. 



Also an interesting work on some of the Hymenoptera, 

 entitled, Naturgeschichte, /Classification, und Nomenclatur 

 der Insecten von Bienen, Wesgen, und Ameisengeschlet. 

 Frankfurt am Main, quarto, by Christius Johannes Lud- 

 wig. 



In the year 1792, several valuable works were pro- 

 duced, and amongst others, the first part of a very con- 

 siderable work, the Natural History of British Insects, 

 by Edward Do novan, which has since been continued in 

 monthly numBers until the present time. The design 

 of this immense undertaking is, to afford general and 

 scientific descriptions of all the insects of Great Britain, 

 accompanied with a coloured figure of each, as far as 

 possible, in their various states of transformation. The 

 work at this time consists of eighteen volumes, and in- 

 cludes an extensive variety of the species, being the 

 most extensive work hitherto undertaken as an elucida- 

 tion of the Entomology of Britain. It is in octavo, and 

 still continues to appear in monthly numbers. 



Thomas Martyn published in this year, in imperial 

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