And Herbst published Archiv der Inscctengeschichte, Herausgegeben von Jos. Caspar Fuesly ; Zurich und Winterthur. In quarto.
In this year, Nicolas Joseph Jacquin published in quarto, Miscellanea Austriaca, ad Butannicanz, Chenziam et Historiam Waturalem.
Also the Genera Insectorum of Linn aus, &c. by James Barbut ; London, quarto, another edition.
And Thunbcrg published at Upsal, Rjusdem Museum Naturalium Academia Upsalensis &c. Pars 1 ; to which twenty other parts, and an appendix, were added before the year 1800.
Also, Beitrage zur Insektengeschichte von August, &c. Wilhelm Knock; Leipzig, octavo.
And J. C. Fabricii Species Insectorum, appeared in the same year.
In 1782, Moses Harris published his Exposition of English Insects, &c. illustrated by fifty-one copper plates, in quarto, in which he has given figures of about 500 species. The text is in French and English, and the specific names are given in Latin, lint many such as can never be adopted ; such as, for example, (Apis) Audeo,&c.
And in quarto, Eric PontoRpodan Det forslc Forsog paa Norges Naturlige Historia, Kioberhavn.
Itt the Transactions of the Paris Academy for this year, we find a paper by Morand, entitled, Illenzoire sur les Vers de Truffee, et sur les Mouchea qui en proviennent.
J. S. Semler also published, in the German languge, under the title Verszsch eines Diarium iiber die Economic Insecten im Winter.
Another interesting work appeared this year, JVites Magazin fur die Liebhaber dcr Entonzologie, Herausge geben, von Joh. Caspar Fuesly, Winderthur, in octavo.
A Part of the Encyclopedic Methodique, comprehend ing Hiatoire -Maturelle des Aninzaztx, was published in Paris in this year.
In 1783, Retzius produced his Genera et Species In sectorum, in which the method of De Geer is simpli fied, and the terminology of Linne is partly adapted to that performance. He divides insects into fourteen classes, under the titles, Lepidoptera, Alinguia, Neu roptera, Hymenoptera, Siphonata, Dermaptera, Henzip tera, Coleoptera, Halterata, Proboscidea, Suctoria, An cenata, Atrichelia, and Crustacea.
In this year, a tract on the Aphides (plant-lice, or pucerons), appeared, entitled, Nashlese zur Bozznetischen Insect°logic.
And W. Curtis published an interesting little pam phlet, A short History of the Brown-tail Moth, the larva of which appeared in such immense swarms in the fields surrounding London, during the summer of 1782, and despoiled so many trees of their foliage, as to create apprehensions of the total destruction of the whole ve getable tribe. The object of this tract was to show, that grass, not being the food of these voracious animals, would escape their attack. This is an additional proof, that some benefit at least may result from an acquain tance with the natural history of insects ; for the author, by this publication, was enabled to dispel the uneasiness occasioned by these supposed " ministers of famine," and which prevailed to such an alarming extent through out the whole population of that vast metropolis, that prayers were ordered to he read in all the churches to avert the supposed impending calamity.
And the following work, which we have never seen, but understand to be a valuable publication, Abhand lungen der llallischcn Natur-forschenden Gesellschaft, Dessan Lind Leipzig, in octavo.
Also, the interesting work by Baron Dc Geer, Gene ra a Species Insectorunz, currante, A. J. Retzio, octavo.
In 1784, an elementary work, in octavo, entitled, En tomologia Scolarum in usu Concinnata, was published by J. A. B. Bergstraesser.
Thunberg, in this year, published his Dissertatio &s tens Inaecta Svecica.
And, in the same year, Harrer wrote on the insects of Germany, under the title, G. A. Harrer's Beschreibuns Devniger Inaecten IVelche Her D. 1. C. Schaeffer, Eec. at Regensburg, in octavo.
Herbst also produced his work, entitled, Kurze Ein leitung zurKenntniss der lnsekten, Berlin, octavo.
Laicharting published at Zurich, Johan Neponzuk, von Laicharting Verzeichniss der Tyroler Insecten, 2 torn. octavo.
In 1785, the following works appeared : Entomologia Parisiensia, sive Catalogue Inaectorum TUX in agro Parisienai relzeriztntur, Secundum Methodunz Geoffraanam, 17c. edente A. F. De Fourcroy, duodeci mo, in two volumes.