Matthew Martyn published this year in Exeter, his " Aurelian's Vade Mecum." The insects are whimsically arranged, according to the Linnean clas. see and orders of plants on which they feed.
Historia naturalis Curculionum Suecite, auctore 9abriel Bonsdorff, &c. Upsalise." 4to.
schen Insecten, &c. von Carl. Gustaf. Jablonsky, Berlin, Fortgesetzt, von J. T. W. Herbst." In 1786, Xavier Wulfen published an account of the Insects inhabiting the Cape of Good Hope, en titled, Descriptions quorandam Capentnum Insec torum, Erlanger." The " Journal de Rosier," for this year (Vole. XXVIII. and XXIX.), contains, 1. " Observations sue des Crevettes de Riviera phosphoriques, par MM. Thuile et Bernard." 2. " Recherches sur lee San terelles ee sue lea morels de les de.struire, par M. Baron;" and Vols. XXX. and XXXI., for 1787, contain,. 1. " Observations sue 1a dues de la vie de certains Insectes, per M. Riboud." 2. " Meraoires stir cpielques Insectea de Barbarie, par rAbbe Poi ret." 3. " Observations sue lee effets de la figtire de l'Antsignoe.Crabe des Antilles, par M. Arthaud." 4. " De cription do Is Wale h mills pieds de St Do.
mingue, par le meme." 5. " Lettre de M. Bruyere, II M. Thouin, sur un nouvel Insect." 6. " Memoire sur quelques Insectes, par M. de Is Martiniere." 7. " Lettre de le Comte de Razoumousky, Emir une Araignee." Dominicus Cyrillus published this year a folio work on the Insects of Naples, entitled, " Entomologia Neopolitana." A curious little tract, on the Gad-fly, was pub lished in Leipsic, by J. S. Fischer, entitled, " Obser vations de (Estro ovino atque bovino faette." " J. C. Fabricii Mantissa Insectorum, Hafnise." Two volumes 8vo.
" V. Petagrue Specimen Insectorum Ulterioris Calabria, Francofurti et Moguntite." 4to.
" Disputed° inauguralis de Coccinellte Natura, Viribus et Usu, A. J. G. Linck. Lipsite." 4to.
John Adams published " Essays on the Micro scope," in quarto, London.
The "Journal de Rosier," Vol. XXXIII., for 1788, contains, I. " Extrait d'un Memoire lti a l'Academie des Sciences, stir les parties de la bouche des In sectes, par M. Olivier;" and Vols. XXXIV. and .
XXXV., for 1789, contain, 1. " Recherches sur la Chenille Procesaionaire du Pin, par M. Dorthes." 2. " Memoire sur quelques espece de Charonsons de la Guyenne Francoise, par M. Sonini de Monou cour." A series of Letters, on the important subject of the cochineal insect (which had been discovered at Madras a few years before), from James Anderson, addressed to Sir J. Banks, from Madras, were pub lished. Two other letters have been published since.
In the same year, Swederus published a mono. graph on that curious and interesting genus Cerap. gems, in a Memoir, entitled, " Beskrifuing poa elt nytt genus ibland insecterna, horande til Coleop tera." The work of M. B. Borkhausen, on the Lepidoptera of Europe, appeared at Francfort, entitled, " Natur. gesc.hichte der Europaischen Scbmetterlinge nach Systematischer ordnung." J. F. Gmelin published his edition of the Linnean Systema Natural. The Entomological part is com prised in three parts, and was published at Leipsic. The editor is considerably indebted to the writings of Fabricius ; and, although he rejects his classifica tion, yet he has copied the species, and incorporated them with the Linnean genera, which he has divided into families, answering to the Fabrician genera, and has, by this means, very materially augmented and improved the original work of Linnaeus; although he has committed a vast number of the most inex cusable blunders, especially in his quotations and re ference. to plates. He has, in many instances, de scribed the same species twice or three times, under different names. But we are surprised that his errors are so few, when we consider that he was but a closet compiler.
In this y also was published, in Leipsip, a work, entitled, " Ni tsliches Aller/ey sus der Natur und dem gemeinen Lobar fir allerley Lever, von J. A. B. Geese.' 9vo.
logy in " Hall's Encyclopedia," which is illustrated by plates. In this paper he briefly explains the Entomological System of Linnaeus, and mentions the names of several authors of eminence; he like wise explains the method of collecting and preserv ing insects.