AN EPITOME 
OF THE 
NATURAL HISTORY 
OF THE 
INSECTS 
OF 
NEW HOLLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 
NEW GUINEA, OTAHEITE, 
AND OTHER ISLANDS IN THE 
3fttliian, anlr pacific (l^ttans: 
INCLUDING THE 
FIGUKES ANB BESCMIFTIONS 
OF 
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE SPECIES 
OF 
THE MORE SPLENDID, BEAUTIFUL, AND INTERESTING INSECTS, HITHERTO DISCOVERED IN 
THOSE COUNTRIES, AND WHICH FOR THE MOST PART HAVE NOT APPEARED 
IN THE WORKS OF ANY PRECEDING AUTHOR. 
THE FIGURES 
ARE CORRECTLY DELINEATED FROM SPECIMENS OF THE INSECTS; AND WITH 
THE DESCRIPTIONS 
ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE LINN^AN SYSTEM, WITH REFERENCE TO THE 
WRITINGS OF FABRICIOS AND OTHER ENTOMOLOGISTS. 
% E. DONOVAN F.L.S. 
AUTHOR OF THE NATURAL HISTORIES OF THE INSECTS OF CHINA, INDIA, &C. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUl’s CHURCH YARD: 
SOLD ALSO BY WHITE, FLEET STREET; FAULDER, BOND STREET; HATCHARD, PICCADILLY; 
AND SYMONDS, PATERNOSTER ROW. 
1805 
