: • published in 1768, " Dictionnaire scone Universel d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris." 4to, In 1769, in three volumes ate, " Icons Insecto. rum Circa Ratisbonam Indigenorum, &c. Regent:. burg," by Schaffer.
Dr J. Berkenhout published, in the same year, the first edition of his " Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain." That portion treating of Insects is extremely limited ; he has enumerated no more than six hundred species, which are arranged after the Linnean method. Notwithstanding its defects, this little book has materially advanced the study of Entomology in Great Britain.
P. S. Pallas, this year (1770), published his " Spi cilegia Zoologica. Berolini." 4to. Eight numbers.
And J. IL Forster published at Warrington, in 8vo " A Catalogue of British Insects," a mere list of Latin names, amounting to about 1000 species, the greatest number hitherto enumerated. This was intended as a Prodromus to a general work on the Insects of Britain, as we learn from the preface, where the author offers duplicates in exchange for any not in his collection.
D. Drury, also this year, produced a work in one volume, containing descriptions in French and Eng lish, with an index of Linnean names, illustrated by coloured copperplates, entitled, " Illustrations of Na tural History, wherein are exhibited Figures of Ex otic Insects," &c. The plates form a miscellanea ous assemblage of the more beautiful exotic insects, which the extensive collection of the author afforded. Three years after the publication of the first volume, a second came out ; and the third, which concludes the work, appeared in 1782. Besides those figured and described in the three volumes published, the extensive cabinet of Mr Drury contained many choice specimens, reserved as materials for a fourth, amongst which were a vast number of curious species, col lected in the interior of Africa, and other parts of the world rarely visited by Europeans, the introduction of which would have rendered this volume of much greater interest than any of the preceding. Mr Drury's cabinet contained about 11,000 species of insects (in his time the largest collection), which he obtain ed by transmitting printed directions in various lan guages for gathering and preserving insects, offering sixpence per insect "for all, from the size of a honey bee upwards." This museum was of by
public auction, and produced six pounds. All the British species were purchased by Mr Do. DOVE= In 1771, John Reinhold Forster produced " No. vie Species Insectorum Centuria," the avowed pose of which was to describe an hundred species of insects, not mentioned in the latest work of Liu:areas. The greater number of these are coleopteran insects, partly indigenous, some from China, and others from South America. These, with the exception of the genera Cistela and Anthribus, which are adopted treat Geoffroy, are arranged after the manner of Lionel'•. Many of the species were unknown to Lin szeus, but some few had previously been made known to the world by the works of Schaeffer and Dewy. Forster was one of the naturalists who accompanied Captain Cook in his voyage round the world.
The " Mantissa Plantarum" of Lame, in which several insects not mentioned in his fbrmer works are described, appeared at Holm, this year, in octavo.
1772, Curtis produced a translation of the Fundamenta Entomologist:I" of Linage, which tend.
ed materially to advance the study of entomology in this country.
M. T. Briinnich produced his " Zoologice Funds. menta, Hafithe et Lipsice, in 8vo.
Icons rerun Naturalitun, &c. par le Professeur Arcanius• Copenhague, 1772." 4to.
Introduction aux Observations sur la Phy. sique, &c. par L'Abbe Rosier." Vol. I. and II. Pans.
This journal, which we shall henceforward term " Journal de Rosier," is now continued monthly un. der the title of " Journal de Physique." The above two volumes contain, " 1. Observations sur le Noto. Ode, par E. Weiss. 2. Histoire des Charansons, avec des moyens pour les detruire, &c. S. Descrip. lions des -Plusieurs Inaectes incoming juggle ce jour." In this memoir will be found figures of spe cies, considered by the naturalists of the present day as recent discoveries.