In 1665, Hook's Micrographia appeared ; and, like the former work of Power, treats of minute insects.
In 1666, was published in quarto, Adami Olearii Got torffische kunst-kammer Sleswig.
In 1667, Pinax rerun naturalium Britannicaruni, con tinens Vegetabilia, Animalia et Fossilia, in hac insula re perta inchoatus, by Christopher Merret, M. D. was pub lished in London. This is the first work treating exclu sively of the insects of Britain: it contains a brief cata logue of such as were known to Dr Merret, each being accompanied by a concise descriptive sentence by way of name. In the first volume of the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, an account of the in sects given by this author, with their systematic names, is given by A. H. Handorth, Esq.
In 1668, Charlton published a work in London, with a systematic arrangement of insects, after the manner of Aldrovandus, entitled, Onomasticon Zoicon, &c. 4to.
In 1669, was printed in Dutch, with a Latin title, at Utrecht, Historia Insectorum Generalis,&c. by the illus trious Swammerdam. This work was printed in 4to. (and has since undergone several editions, which we shall mention in their proper order), illustrated with thirteen copperplates. Many years elapsed before the excellence of this work, the admiration of later times, was in any manner ackowledged. It was condemned as inaccurate until the death of its learned and generous author, afford ing one of the many examples of that culpable spirit which living merit so rarely fails to experience, for la bours bestowed for the benefit of an ungrateful world. No sooner was his death announced, than his merits were discovered, and his work was rendered into French by an anonymous translator: this and many other edi tions soon after followed. The system of this author is interesting; we shall therefore give a short sketch to our readers. He divides insects into four classes, the characters being taken from their metamorphoses and economy. The first undergo no change, and includes spiders, onisci, EYe. (which are noticed under our article Lot USTACEOLUG v). The second class includes those which, after leaving the egg, appear under the form of the perfect insect, but have no wings; in which state it eats and grows, till, having passed the chrysalis state, it issues thence with wings, and is in a condition capable of propagating its kind. This class comprehends the orders
of insects Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Dictuoptera, Hemip tera, and Neuroptera, of this work. In the third class, we find those insects which appear when hatched from the egg, under the form of a caterpillar (Larva,) which when full grown, changes into a chrysalis, where it remains until the parts are fit to be developed. The in sects included in this class are the orders, 1. Caeoptera, and 2. AlItera, (Lamarck); Suctoria, (Latreille) ; whose larva; divest themselves of their skin before transfor mation. The fourth class comprehends those who, ha ving attained the pupa (or chrysalis) state, do not divest themselves of their skin. The insects alluded to arc the orders Diptera and Hymenoptera of modern entomolo gists.
In the same year Wolf's Dissertatio de Insectis, appeared at Leipsic. The authcn' was professor of me dicine at Jena.
In 1671, Redi published his Experimenta circa gene rationem Insectbrum, in which he combats the long-main tained doctrine of equivocal generation with success; proving by experiments and close reasoning, the fallacy of such opinions. At the end of this book he has given figures of the lice of birds.
In 1671, Claude Perrault, one of the most learned exotic entomologists of his age, author of several very ingenious papers in the Memoirs of the French Academy, published a folio work at Paris, entitled, Memoires pour servir a l' Histoire naturelle des Animaux.
In 1672, Ferrard published a work at Naples, of which we have no account, nor have we met with it.
In 1673, Franzelio submitted his Insecta Novisolii cum five dela/isa to the world.
In the same year, at Frankfort, was published by Mollerus, Meditatio de Insectis quibusdam Hungaricis prodigiosis anno proxime preeterito, ex aere una cum Wye in agros delaPsis, ornamented with wooden cuts.