BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY 
BEING 
ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS 
OF 
THE GENERA OF INSECTS 
FOUND IN 
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: 
CONTAINING 
COLOURED FIGURES FROM NATURE 
OF THE MOST RARE AND BEAUTIFUL SPECIES, 
AND IN MANY INSTANCES 
OF THE PLANTS UPON WHICH THEY ARE FOUND. 
BY JOHN CURTIS, F.L.S. 
O' 
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY OF OXFORD, 
OF THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ACADEMY OF FLORENCE, 
OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, ETC. 
VOL. I. 
COLEOPTERA, Part I. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, 
AND SOLD BY 
E. ELLIS AND CO., 92 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, BLOOMSBURY; 
SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONERS’ COURT; AND 
J. B. BAILLIERE, 219 REGENT STREET, 
1823 — 1840. 
