ENTOMOLOGY. 



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Thomas Marsham, esq. the oldest of the British en- 

 tomologists, this year published the first volume of his 

 long intended work on entomology. This volume treats 

 of the coleoptera, and is entitled, Entomologia Britannica. 

 To the genera of Limit, he adds, Cistela, Corticaria, Niti- 

 dula, Boletaria, O/iatrum, Cryfitocefihalus, Auchenia, Cri- 

 oceris, Tillus, Sca/i/iidium, Clerus, Pyrochroa, Parnus, 

 Heterocerus, Btafis, Lytta, Ifis, and Hydrofihilus ; the 

 two last, however, are to be found in the MSS. of Linne. 

 We cannot approve of this author having changed the 

 names of some of the genera, and using them in a dif- 

 ferent sense from other authors, and in sometimes un- 

 necessarily giving up one name, and imposing a new 

 one ; 'thus we have Boletaria for Mycetofihagus, and 

 Corticaria for Lyctus, I/is, and CoUidium. In his descrip- 

 tions he is very accurate; and although he has not 

 adopted all the Fabrician genera, yet in many instances 

 his families are composed of the same materials. We 

 anticipate the completion of his work with great plea- 

 sure, as the abilities of the author are universally ac- 

 knowledged, and his collection and manuscripts ex- 

 tremely valuable. 



The sixth volume of the Transactions of the Linnean 

 Society of London, which appeared this year, contains 

 several valuable entomological tracts, viz. " A Disserta- 

 tion on two natural genera, hitherto confounded under 

 the name of Mantis; by Anthony Augustus Henry Lich- 

 tenstein, M. D. Sec." — " Observations on Aphides, chiefly 

 intended to shew that they are the principal causes of 

 the blight in plants, and the sole cause of the honey-dew; 

 by W. Curtis." — " Observations on the Curculio Trifo- 

 lii, or clover-weevil, a small insect which infests the 

 heads of the cultivated clover, and destroys the seed, in 

 a letter to T. Marsham, Esq. by William Mai wick, 

 Esq.; with additional remarks by Mr Marsham." — "Far- 

 ther remarks on the Curculio Trifolii, in a letter to 

 William Marwick, Esq.; by Martin Christian Gottleib 

 Lehmann." — " Descriptions of some singular coleopte- 

 rous insects ; by Charles Schreibers." — " Observations 

 on several species of the genus Apis, known by the 

 name of humble bees, and called Bombinitrices by Linne ; 

 by P. Huber." This last paper is extremely valuable ; 

 and, with the others, will be mentioned when we arc 

 treating of the genera and species. 



This year, an anonymous work, in 2 vols. 8vo. appear- 

 ed at Edinburgh, under the title of Elements of Natural 

 History. It is a very useful elementary book, and does 

 credit to the author, who, it is well understood, is Mr 

 Charles Stewart of that place. The first volume treats 

 of mammalia, birds, amphibia, and fishes ; the second 

 volume is entirely dedicated to insects and vermes. It 

 'Wu»-'' J is n ? w out °^ P" nt » and we mav suggest, that if a new 

 edition were altered to suit the present systems, it would 

 prove still more valuable and interesting to the student 

 of natural history: we may be excused for adding, that 

 several species of insects are marked as natives of Bri- 

 tain, which have not been admitted as such into the best 

 British collections, — a slight mistake, but one which is 

 calculated to embarrass the beginner, and may easily be 

 avoided in future. 



In the same year, Faune Parisienne (Insectes) ou His- 

 toire abrtgte des Insectes des environs de Paris, classes 

 d'a/ires le Systemc de Pabricius, isfc. Par C. A. Walc- 

 kenaer, tome premiere. 



Likewise Observations Entomologies, &c. Carl. Fred. 

 Fallen. Lundae. 



And Entomologische Beytragc. Von J. R. Schellen- 

 berg. Winterthur, 4to. 



In 1803, A. II. Ilaworth presented us with the first 

 part of an elaborate work, entitled, Lefiidofitera Britan- 

 nica, the object of which is, as we are informed in the 

 preface, to give descriptions of the various spe"cies of 

 that beautiful order of insects which are natives of this 

 country. The task is a very difficult one, this being per- 

 haps the most difficult of all the orders ; at least in de- 

 scribing the species, the entomologist will find himself 

 more perplexed than in his examinations of any other. 

 The author has acquitted himself, in our opinion, with 

 considerable credit. Two other parts have since ap- 

 peared, but the work is incomplete, one part being still 

 unpublished. 



In this year also appeared, Versuche iiber die Insecten. 

 Ein Beytrag zur Verbreitung des Nutzlichen und Wis- 

 senwiirdigen aus des Insektenkunde ; von Carl. August. 

 Schmid. Gotha. In octavo. 



Likewise Voyage en Hongrie ; firecide d'une Descrif, 

 tion de la Ville de Vienne et des Jardins imjiiriaux dr. 

 Schoenbrun, par Robert Townson ; publi6e a Londres an 

 1797. Traduit del'Anglois par Cantwell. Tom 3. Paris. 

 Octavo. 



Also Entomologische Hefte, enthaltcnd Beitrage zur 

 iveilern kenntniss und Ausklarung dcr Insectengcschic'hte, 

 Kfc. Ausgearbeitet von einigen Freunden dcr Naturgc- 

 schichte, mit Kufifertafeln, von H. Sturm. Frankfort am 

 Main. Octavo. 



Lastly, D. Joh. Fried Blumenbach's Handbucli der 

 Naturgeschichte. Edit. 7ma. Gottingen. Octavo. 



In 1804, James Sowerby published the first number 

 of an octavo work, entitled, The British Miscellany, or 

 coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal sub- 

 jects, not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the Bri- 

 tish Isles, &c. The few insects figured are highly in- 

 teresting ; but the work, from want of liberal support, 

 has never been continued beyond 12 or IS numbers. 



The seventh volume of the Transactions of the Lin- 

 nean Society of London appeared this year, in which is 

 the following paper, " Account of the Tussech and Ai- 

 rindy Silkworms of Bengal, by Wm. Roxburgh, M. D." 



In the same yea.v,Diclionnaire des Sciences Nature/Us. 

 Par filusieurs Profc-sseurs du Museum National d' Hia- 

 toire Naturelle et des autres /irinciflates Ecolcs de Paris, 

 (I'Histoire des Insectes, par le Professeur C. Dumet'il.) 

 Paris. Octavo. 



And JVaturhistorische Reisc durch einer Theil Schwe- 

 dens, von Dr Fr. Weber, und D. M. H. Mohr. Gotten 

 gen. Octavo. 



The Annates du Museum National d'histoire naturellc 

 a Paris, appeared this year in quarto, volume first. 



In 1805, Panzer published Critische Revision der In- 

 secten-fauna Deutschlands, nach dem Systeme bearbeitet. 

 1-96 hejt. 1. Bandchen. Niimberg. Octavo. 



E. Donovan this year gave to the world another work 

 on exotic insects, in quarto, entitled, An Eftitome of the 

 Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, Niw Zea- 

 land, and New Guinea, Otaheite. and other Islands in the 

 Great Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans, including the 

 fgures and descri/itions of one hundred and fftii three 

 species, &c. This publication is extremely valuable, not 

 only from the beauty and accuracy of the engravings and 

 descriptions, but also from its rarity, lew copies having 

 been published. 



Also, Georgii Augusti Goldfuss Enumeratio Ituecto- 

 rum Eleutheratorum capitis bonie Sfiei totiusque Africa. 

 Descri/itione Ico7iibusque nonnullarum sjiecicrum novarum 

 itlusirata. Erlangae. Octavo. 



Likewise, Journal de la Societe des Naturalistes de 



