Also, an useful book in quarto, entitled, " Syste. maim:hes Verseichniz der Schmetterlinge der Wien.
&c. Wien." poll, in 1777, produced his " Introductio ad Historia• Naturalem." In this work, insects are cNvided into five groups, under the singular appella tions of, 1. Swarnmerdarni4meifuga; 2. Geoffroy gynnoptera ; S. Reeseiiidepidopisra ; 4. Reassnimi. proboseielea ; 5. Frischii- In this manner he identifies each tribe with name of the au thor who has, in his opinion, been most successful in the explanation of that to which his name is at tached.
In this fertile year, J. A. E. Goose began his ex tensive systematic work, called, Entornologische beytrage an des Bitters Linne awofften Ausgabe des Natur Systems," &c. which was continued pro gressively in parts, till 1788, in octavo.
' Esper also produced in Germany the first part of his valuable work on Lepidoptera, entitled, " Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildang nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen," illustrated by several plates; a se. cond part appeared in 1779, and, before 1786, two other parts also were published.
The Journal de Rosier, for this year (Vols. IX. and X.) contains, 1. " Suite de l'Essai sur la Fourmi, par M. Barboteau. 2. Description d'une Lepture, et d'une espece de Scorpion aquatique;" and Vol. XL, for 1778, contains, " Observations sur Is pro duction des puttee des Crabes, par M. de Badier." At Berlin, during the same year, P. S. Pallas published in quarto, " Naturgeschichte Merkwiirdi gen Thiere, in welcher Vornehmlich neue und un behannte Thierirten durch kupferstriche, Beschrei bungen und Erkliirungen erlautert werden." And, Paul Csempinsky, in octavo, " Totius Regni Animalus Genera." Also, in quarto, " Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Graffschaft Hanau-Miinzenberg, von J. A. B. Bergstrsesser." " Magazin fiir die Liebhaber der Entomologie Herainsgegeben, von. J. G. Fuesly, Zurich und Winterthur." Versuch einer Naturgeschichte vom Livland, Entworfen, von J. L. Fischer, Leipzig." 8vo.
Moses Harris also published his " Aurelian, or Natural History of English Insects, namely, Moths and Butterflies, London." 4to.
Lastly, " J. C. Fabricii Philosophia Entomolo gica ;" a small work, which, with all its faults, is in dispensably necessary' to the library of the scientific Entomologist.
In 1779, Pieter Crammer published a work on exotic Lepidoptera, entitled, " De vit Landsche-Ka pellen, Voorkomende in de drie Waereld deelen Asia, Africa, en America." This part, with the con tinuation published in 1782, consists of four quarto volumes.
And, in the same year, another very extensive work, devoted also to Lepidoptera, named, " Papil Ions, d'Europe peinta d'apres Nature, par Ernst." Also, in octavo, " Anfangsgriinde der Naturges chichte, von N. G. Leske. Leipzig." The Journal de Rosier, for this year, Vol. XIII., contains, " Observations sur les (Eufs des Papil Ions, par J. Bernoulli." A very valuable little book, in one volume octavo, on the animals of Greenland, was published in 1780, viz. " Othonis Fabricii Fauna Groenlandica. Haf nice et Lipsite." Lettres sur les Truffes du Piemont," par le Comte de Borch. Milan, 1780. 8vo. Contains Ob servations on the insects that destroy truffles.
" Hydrarchnx quas in aquis Dante palustribus de texit, desctipsit, &c. Otho Fredericus Muller. Lip site, 1781." A very valuable work, with good figures of the species of the genera Hydrachna and Elais.
" J. C. Fabricii Species Insectorum, Hamburgi et Killonii." Two volumes octavo.
F. P. Schrank produced a descriptive catalogue of the Insects of Austria, called, Enumeratio Insect°.
rum Austrite Indigenorum," which has since been rendered into German by Fuesly.
Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting, in this year, published at Zurich, the first part of his catalogue of the Insects of the Tyrol, " Verzeichniss and Bea chreibung der Tyroler Insecten;" a second part ap peered its 1784. He adopts a system very distinct from that of Linnaeus. Insects are by him disposed into ten groups, characterized from various parts of the body, and are named, Scarabeauks, Grylloides, Cimicoides, Papilionoides, Libelltdciides, Pespoides, Muscoides, Cancraides, Aranoides, and Onisethdes.