ENTOMOLOGY. 



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A new edition of Rossi's Fauna Etrusca, Sec. was pub- 

 lished at Hclmstad, by Ur Joli. Cnrist. Lud Hellwig. 



Mi Francillon published a small tract on a new co- 

 leopterous insect, accompanied with a coloured figure. 

 It is entitled, Description of a rare scarabaus, from 

 Potosi in South America ; -with engraved re/iresentations 

 of the same, coloured from nature. Scarabxus macrofius 

 is the name applied to the singular insect. 



In 1795, was published Insect o-Theology, or a De- 

 monstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a 

 consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects. 

 This is a translation ol Leaser's work, mentioned before 

 under the year 1742, with Lyonnet's notes, and a few 

 others by the translator. Loud. 8vo. 



In 1796, appeared Sammlung naturhistorischer uud 

 Physikalischcr aufsatze von Frans von Paula Schrank. 

 Niirnberg. In octavo. 



Hoppe produced hrs Entomologisches Taschenbuch. 

 Regensburg. In octavo. 



And an interesting work in folio, Museum Regium 

 dcscri/itum ab Oligetio Jacobseo. Hafn. 



Jacob Hubner published his Der Samlung Eurofiais- 

 cher Schmelterlinge, Ausburg, in quarto. But few co- 

 pies of this beautiful work have reached this country, 

 and, as we have not examined it with care, must refrain 

 from giving our opinion on it. From what wc have 

 seen, it appears to be a valuable publication. 



The second volume of Catalogus Bibliotheca Histo- 

 rica naturatis, Jose/ihi Banks, Baroncli, by T. Dryan- 

 der, comprci ending the entomological works of that 

 immense collection of books, was published in 1796. 

 We cannot speak too highly of its contents, which arc 

 admirably arranged, in such a manner as to be in itself 

 a valuable bibliothecal system of entomological writers. 



In 1797, C. W. Ilcnncrt published at Berlin a work 

 in quarto, entitled Uebcr den Raufienfras und IVmbriich 

 in dm Jahrcn. 



And Dr J. E. Smith published a magnificent work in 

 folio, in London, entitled The natural History of the 

 rarer Lefiidofitcrous Insects of Georgia, collected from 

 the Observations of Mr John Abbott. It is comprised 

 in two volumes, with about an hundred plates; and 

 the insects are represented in their different states, on 

 one of the plants on which they feed. Mr Abbott, the 

 gentleman from whose notes and drawings the work 

 was formed, was an assiduous collector of insects resi- 

 ding in North America, from whom nrany of the Lon- 

 don cabinets have received the most valuable specimens 

 of the insects of those regions, in the highest state of 

 preservation. 



In the same year, Mantissa Insectorum Iconibus il- 

 lustrata, S/iecies novas aut nondum de/tictas exhibens, 

 fas. I. auclore, Godofredo Christiano Reich, Sec. No- 

 rimbergae. In octavo. 



The third volume of the Transactions of the Linncan 

 Society of London, containing some interesting ento- 

 mological papers, appeared, as follow : Observations re- 

 specting some rare British insects, by W. Lcwin ; — a 

 History of three Species of Cassida, by the Rev. Wil- 

 liam Kirby ; — Observations on the Economy of Ichneu- 

 mon Manifestalor, by Thomas Marsham, Esq.— -Obser- 

 vations on the Insects that infested the Corn in the 

 year 1795, by Thomas Marsham, Esq. — lastly, a most 

 interesting and ingenious paper on the Oestrus, or Gad- 

 fly, by Bracy Clark, Esq. 



In 1798, Fabricius published the supplement to his 

 Entomologia Systematica ; which presents an outline of 

 his system in its latest state ; and being the result of 



such extensive knowledge as he possessed, demands a 

 considerable share of our attention. He, in this work, 

 divides insects into thirteen classes, as follow : 



Class 1. Elf.utherata. Jaws naked, free, bearing 

 palpi. 



Class 2. Ulonata. Jaws covered with an obtuse ga- 

 lea or mouth- piece. 



Class 3. Svnistata. Jaws elbowed near the base, 

 and connected to the lower lip. 



Class 4. Piezata. Jaws horny, compressed, and 

 usually elongated. 



Class 5. Odonata. Jaws horny and toothed; two 

 palpi or feelers. 



Class 6. Mitosata. Jaws horny, arched ; no palpi. 



Class 7. Unogata. Jaws horny, unguiculated. 



Class 8. Polygnata. Jaws many, (generally two) 

 within the lip. 



Class 9. Kleistagnatha. Jaws several, without the 

 lip. 



Class 10. Exochnatha. Jaws several, outside the 

 lip, but covered by the palpi. 



Class II. Glossata. Mouth composed of a spiral 

 tongue, situated between the two palpi. 



Class 12. Rhyngota. Mouth composed of a beak, 

 or articulated sheath. 



Class 13. Antliata. Mouth composed of a sucker, 

 not jointed. 



In the same year, viz. 1798, Clairville published an 

 octavo work on the insects of Switzerland, in which 

 he proposes to divide insects into eight orders, nearly 

 after the system of Linn6 ; but he distinguishes them 

 by different names, and denominates them sections in- 

 stead of orders. The names are, Elythrofitcra, Dicty- 

 ofitera, P/itebo/ite'ra, Halterifitera, Lefiidofitera, Hemimc- 

 ro/itera Ro/iho/iteira, and Pododunera. The work is en- 

 titled, Entomologie Helvetique. ou catalogue des Inscc- 

 tcs de la Suisse, is"c. avec Descri/i. et Figures. Zurich. 



In the fourth volume of the Linncan Transactions, we 

 find, an Essay on the Eye-like spot in the Wings of 

 the Locusts of Fabricius, as indicating the male sex; 

 by Professor Anthony Augustus Henry Lichtenstcin; 

 — Account and Figure of a minute Ichneumon ; by G. 

 Shaw, M. D. — Amo/ihila, a new genus of Hymenopte- 

 rous insects, including the S/ihex sabulosa of Linne ; 

 by Rev. William Kirby ; — Further Observations on the 

 Wheat Insect, in a Letter to the Rev. Samuel Good- 

 enough, by T. Marsham, Esq. — History of Ti/:ula Tri- 

 tici, and Ichneumon Ti/iula, with some observations 

 upon the Insects that attend Wheat; in a letter to 

 Thomas Marsham, Esq. by the Rev. William Kirby ; 

 — Observations on the genus Pausus, and Description 

 of a new Species; by Adam, Afzelius, M. D. 



E. Donovan this year published in London, JVuturai 

 History of the Insects of China, which is the first work 

 on the entomological productions of that vast empire 

 that has appeared. The materials composing this vo- 

 lume, (which is in 4to.), and from which it was in a 

 great manner formed, were obtained from the first and 

 most authentic sources, including many of t*ie species 

 collected at the time of the embassy of Lord Macart- 

 ney, with many others obtained from the cabinets of 

 the highest celebrity, and the communications of friends. 

 The work is illustrated by fifty copper-plates, beauti- 

 fully coloured. It has been translated into the French 

 and German languages on the continent. 



Fauna: Ingrica Prodromus, exhibens methodicam De- 

 scri/ilionem Insestorum agri Petrofiolcnsis, ifc. auctorc 

 J. Cederhiclm, Leipsiae. 



