one wlio possesses a copy, or part of a copy, of Panzer’s 
Pauna Insectorum Germanise must, I think, feel the want 
of an Index to it. I possess a copy myself, and in order to 
make it useful, I found it absolutely necessary to prepare this 
Index, and, in hopes that what has been necessary to me may 
be useful to others, I offer it for publication. 
Tliat it is far from perfect I have little doubt, as the book 
is a very difficult one to index satisfactorily. It is in 110 
Hefts, and has two Editions. Each Heft consists of 24 small 
loose, coloured plates, and 24 corresponding small sheets of 
letter-press, each figuring or describing one species respectively ; 
these are contained in a wrapper of coloured paper, on which 
is printed a list of the species in the Heft, and the whole is 
slipped into a cardboard case or pocket open at one end. 
The 1st Edition was commenced in 1793, and appeared at 
intervals up to 1813, each 12 Hefts being followed by an Index 
arranged systematically, and bearing a date ; these dates are 
given at page 2. 
The 2nd Edition began in 1796, to which date the Index 
ascribes the first 12 Hefts, and the Index to the second 12 Hefts 
bears the date of 1799; after that I can give no further dates, 
as I can find no further Indices to the 2nd Edition, and it is on 
these Indices that I have relied for the dates. Still, there is 
certain proof that the 2nd Edition was carried further; in fact, 
I think there is evidence to show that the 2nd Edition, or a 
reprint of the 1st, was continued almost to the end. 
It is only, however, up to the end of Heft 37 that the 2nd 
