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ENTOMOLOGY. 



quarto, at London, The English Entomologist, exhibit- 

 ing all the coleopterous Insects found in England, in- 

 cluding upwards of five hundred different Species, the 

 ■Figures of which have never been given to the Public ; the 

 •whole accurately drawn and painted after nature, arran- 

 ged and named according to the Linnean system. The 

 figures given in this work are useless, and its letter 

 press is but indifferent. 



Fabrkius in this year published his Entomologia 

 Systematica: a supplement appeared in 1798, under 

 which head we shall notice his system. 



Paykull also, whose name we have often noticed, 

 produced his Monographia Curculionum Suecict ; a spe- 

 cies of writing which has tended more than any other to 

 the promotion of natural history. 



In 1793, the Ejusdem JBuytrdge zur Geschichte dor In- 

 jeeten, Erlangae of Panzer, appeared, who in the same 

 year began his most interesting work in monthly num- 

 bers, entitled Fauna Insectorum Gcrmanica Initio., osier 

 Deutchland Insectcn, auctore W. F. Panzer, which still 

 ontinues to be published. 

 Dr Smith's Tour on the continent in 1786 and 1787, 

 appeared in this year. It contains some interesting re- 

 marks on the insects which occurred in his journey. 



And Nicolaus Joseph Brahm. Verzuch einer Fauna 

 F.ntomologica der Gegend urn Mainz. Rheinisches Ma- 

 gazin zur Erweilerung der naturkunde, herausgege- 

 ben xion Moriz Balthazar Borkhauzen. Giessen, 8vo. 



Also an interesting work in 4to, entitled, A'omenclator 

 Tiber die in den Rb'selschen Insectcn belustigungen und 

 Kleemanschen Deytragen zur Insect engeschichte abge- 

 bildeten unci beschriebenen Insecten unci Wiirmer mit 

 moglichst vollslandigcr Synonymic. Erste Abtheilung. 

 Nurnberg. 



In 1794, a second volume of Linnean Transactions 

 was published, in which are the following papers: the 

 history and descriptions of four new species of PhaUna, 

 by Mr J. Bcckwith; a new arrangement of the genus 

 Papilio of Linne, by \V. Jones, which is so interesting, 

 as coming from such excellent authority, that we can- 

 not refrain from laying before our readers an account 

 of his innovations. The object of his paper was, to 

 point out that the shape of the wings, (which forms a 

 principal character with Linre in his distribution of the 

 families of that genus,) though various at first view, 

 approach each other so gradually, that it is impossible 

 to draw from them the distinguishing line between 

 each family. Linne, he observes, was acquainted with 

 about 274 species, whereas the writer of this memoir 

 states, that he had seen above 1000 in different cabi- 

 nets, and about 400 more in various publications ; and 

 from an attentive examination of these, is induced to 

 offer the following amendments to the characters of 

 each of the Linnean families. Linne describes the 

 Eauites as having " the upper wings longer from the 

 posterior angle to the point than to the base; antennae 

 often filiform." He corrects the character thus: " Up- 

 per wings longer from the posterior angle to the point 

 than to the base, occasioned by having four instead of 

 three nerves, visible in every other family. The palpi 

 often only a brush ; under wings, with a connecting 

 nerve in the centre, and without an abdominal groove." 

 — Ihticonii: "Wings narrow, entire, often naked, or 

 deprived of scales; upper wings long; under ones 

 short." Linne. To this character is added, that the 

 upper wings have "a connecting nerve in the centre, 

 very slightly grooved to admit the abdomen, which, 

 with the a^nnaej are generally long."— Danii ; « Wings 



entire." Linni. To which Jones adds, "the under wings, 

 with a connecting nerve in the centre, and a deep abdo- 

 minal groove; palpi projecting." — Nymphalcs : "Wings 

 denticulated." Linne. Jones adds, " the under wings 

 without a connecting nerve in the centre, with a deep 

 abdominal groove; palpi projecting." — Plebei: "Small 

 rurales ; spots on wings obscure." Linne". Jones adds, 

 " Thorax and abdomen slender ; under wings with 

 no connecting nerve ; antennae clubbed ; and these he 

 divides into two sections, those with long, weak, flexi- 

 ble tails; and those without tails, and having the wings 

 entire — Plebcii urbicula : "Spots on the wings gene- 

 rally transparent." Linne. Mr Jones divides these 

 into three sections, thus: 1. Thorax and abdomen short, 

 thick or broad ; under wings without a connecting nerve ; 

 antennae hooked at their points. 2. Upper wings' pointed 

 at their extremities, and long in proportion to their width. 

 3. Upper wings less extended, and, together with their 



under wings, more round ; their margins entire To 



the Linnean families, Mr Jones adds another, which he 

 terms Romani, which are generally of a large size, with- 

 out the abdominal groove; no connecting nerve; anten- 

 nae generally sharpened ; and the nerves in both wings 

 extending from their base to their extremities nearly in 

 straight lines. We cannot conclude our account of this 

 ingenious arrangement, without observing, that Mr 

 Jones has made a scries of drawings for the gratification 

 ot himself and friends, of every species which he could 



obtain access to, in a very elegant and correct style In 



this volume Mr Marwich has given an account of 

 Gmclin's Musca Pumilionis, to which some ingenious 

 remarks are added by Mr Marsham. 



In this year, Archives de I'hisloire des Inscctes publiees 

 en allemand, par Jean Caspar Fuesly, traduilcs en Fran- 

 cois. Winterlhur, in 4to. 



Panzer also published Fauna Insectorum America 

 Borealis prodromus. Norimburgae, in 4to. who also 

 edited the following work : 



J. E. Voet Icones Insectorum Coleoptralorum, ifc. il- 

 lustravit D. G. Wolfgang, F. Panzer, &c. Erlingae, in 

 quarto. 



JVeuestes Magazin fiir die Liebhaber der Entomologie, 



hcrausgegeben von D. II. Schneider. Stralsund, in 8vo. 



In 1-793 was published at Halle, in octavo, Entomolo- 



gisches Bilderbuchfiir junge Inscktcnsamler, von Johann. 



Heinr. August. Dunkcr. 



And David Henrici Hoppe, M. D. Enumeratio Insec- 

 torum F.lytratorum circa Erlangam Indigcnarum. Er- 

 langae, 8vo. 



William Lewin published in this year, The Papilios 

 of Great Dritain, in quarto; in which he describes in 

 English, with very elegant figures, all the species of 

 butterfly at that time known to inhabit these islands, 

 which amounted to about sixty. We understand that 

 the author intended to have figured all the Lepidoptera 

 of Britain; but his untimely death prevented his pro- 

 ceeding farther than the Papiliones. 



Latreille'in this year produced his Precis du Charac- 

 terc des Genres, in which he divides insects into two 

 sections, viz. those with and those without wings, and 

 these he divides into the following orders: Coleopteres, 

 Orihoptcres, Hemi/iteres, Neuroptire3, Le/iidoptercs, Su- 

 ceurs, Thysanours, Parasites, Accpheles, Entomoaracia, 

 Crustaces, and Myriapodes ; as he has completely alter- 

 ed this arrangement in his latter works, we shall omit 

 noticing this method farther, as it will be sufficiently ob- 

 vious to the reader what these alterations are from the 

 terms employed, &c. 



