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ENTOMOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
toire des Insectes (6 vols. Paris, 1742), by Reaumur, contains much that is 
interesting, and will richly repay perusal. Sepp on the Insects of the Nether¬ 
lands (3 vols. 4to., Amsterdam, 1762), Scopoli’s Entomologica Carniolica (Vin- 
doboniae : 1763), Drury’s Illustrations of Natural History (3 vols. 4to., Lon¬ 
don: 1772), and De Geer’s Histoire des Insectes (7 vols. 4to., Stockholm, 
1752), although not absolutely necessary, are valuable for reference. 
During the year 1775 the celebrated Fabricius published the first edition of 
his Systerna Entomologioe (1 vol. 8vo. Fleusburgi, et Lipsiae), which was followed 
by his Species Insectorum (2 vols. 8vo. Hamburgh, 1781), his Genera Insect- 
orum (Kilonii, 1776), Mantissa Insectorum (2 vols. Hafniae, 1781), Philoso- 
phice Entomologice (1778), Sy sterna Eleutheratorum (2 vols. 1801), Syst. Pieza- 
torum (1804), and his Syst. Antliatorum : all may be consulted with advantage. 
Shortly after the publication of Sy sterna Entomologice , Olivier’s Histoire Natu- 
relle des Insectes appeared in Paris, which, from the beauty of the plates, and 
the accuracy of the descriptions it contains, will always be considered a valuable 
addition to the library of an entomologist. 
In 1778 Moses Harris published a beautiful work entitled “ The Aurelian ; 
or, Natural Plistory of British Moths and Butterfliesand about the same time 
appeared Cramer’s Figures of Exotic Lepidoptera , and Rcemer’s 66 Genera Lin- 
ncei et Eabricii llustrata ,” which are still considered of value. Of the works 
published at this period, Smith and Abbott’s Insects of Georgia (London : 1797), 
Ernst’s Papillons cl’Europe (8 vols. Paris: 1793), Hubner’s European Le¬ 
pidoptera (2 vols. A.ugsburg : 1796, &c.), and Esper’s work on the same sub¬ 
ject (5 vols. Erlangen : 1777, &c.), are truly excellent, but too expensive for the 
majority of students. The same may be said respecting Donovan’s Natural His¬ 
tory of British Insects , in 16 vols. (London: 1798, &c.), but his General Illus¬ 
trations of Entomology (3 vols. London : 1805), may easily be dispensed with. 
It will now be necessary to take a brief glance at some of the works which 
have been published during the present century. Kirby and Spence’s invalu¬ 
able Introduction to Entomology (4 vols. 8vo. London: 1826, &c.), it is scarcely 
necessary to remark, ought to be attentively perused—and that more than once 
—by all who desire a good elementary knowledge of the science. Dr. Burmeis- 
ter’s Manual of Entomology (a translation of which appeared in 1836), also forms 
an interesting and useful introduction to the science, although it is necessary to 
caution the student against using the loose, defective system of nomenclature 
which sullies its pages. Samouelle’s Entomologist's Useful Compendium de¬ 
serves its title, as it contains much that cannot fail to be useful to the reader. 
Curtis’s British Entomology, aud Stephens’s Illustrations, are invaluable, 
and if possessed will render the purchase of Rennie’s Conspectus of British 
Moths and Butterflies unnecessary. The other works by this author, although 
