In this year, also, the first part of a most voluminous work, on entomology, was undertaken, at Paris, by the celebrated Olivier, entitled Entomologic, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec des charactlres generiques et specifiques, Es'c. par M. Olivier, M. D. a Paris, in quarto. From its title, we might infer; that the author intended to have treated on every class and order, and, in con formity with the first part, to have illustrated the whole with figures. He, however, has confined the work, which is very extensive, entirely to the order coleoptera, which was rendered as complete as possible ; it is, how ever, as must be expected, a very defective, yet a va luable and useful work.
Paykull published in this year, at Upsal, Ejusdem Monographia Staphylinorunz Svecice, in octavo.
And C. de Villers published, at Lyons, a small work, under the title of Linncei Entomologia, &c. curante et augente Carolo de Villers, Lugduni, in octavo, in which he professes to avail himself of the works of Scopoli, Geoffroy, De Geer, and Fabricius.
In this year, Natursytenz oiler bekannten in und auslan dischen Insecten, &c. von Carl. Gustay. Jablonsky, und fortgesetzt von Johann. Friedrich, Wilhelm. Herbst, Berlin, appeared in octavo.
And at Leipsic, in octavo, Anfangs-griinde der Natur geschichte von, Nath, Gotfr. Leske.
In 1790, some remarks on the genus Melolontha occur in the Journal fur die Entomologic, by Mayer, who, in the following year, published a work, in octavo, at Dresden, entitled Samnzlung Physikalischer aufsdtze, be sonders die BAmische Naturgeschichte betreffend, von einer Gesellschaft BiThemischer Naturforscher ; heraus gegeben von, Dr Johann. Mayer.
In the same year, 1790, appeared Johann. Daniel Preysler Verzeichniss Banzischer Insecten, Prag. in quarto, which is a catalogue of the insects of Bohemia.
And Fauna Etrusca, sistens Insecta, qua in provinciis Florentina et Pisana prcesertim collcgit, Petrus Rossius, &c. Liburni, in quarto.
Also, Dissertatio Historico-Naturalis, ignotas Insecto runt species Continens, Conrad Quesnel, Lundx, in quarto. Quesnel is author also of two tracts, but we are ignorant of their dates ; they are entitled Beskrifningar bfer 8 nya Suenska, Dagfjarillar, on Papilio ; the other on noctua pruni, bfver en y Nattfjdril.
Pavkull published, in the same year, his Monogralzhia Caraborum Sztecice.
Two works, by Scriba, were also published in this fer tile year, Beytrage zu der Insectem Geschichte, heraus gegeben von Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba, Frankfurt, in quarto, part the first ; and Journal fur die Liebhaber der Entomologic, herausgegeben von L. G. Scriba, Frank
furt, in octavo.
And Insecten Kalender, von Nic. Jos. Brahm, Mainz, in octavo.
Lastly, a work which we scarcely consider as worthy of notice ; it is entitled the Naturalist's Miscellany, or, as it is also termed, Vivarunz Natura, by G. Shaw ; the figures by P. Nodder. It contains a variety of daubed, (or, as they are termed, coloured) figures, of the more beautiful and larger exotic insects, as well as other ani mals, with descriptions extremely suitable to the gene ral class of readers, (children,) for whose purpose, we conjecture, it was designed by its author, who, with greater advantages than any other naturalist in this coun try, has produced this publication, which, we are sorry to state, reflects the greatest disgrace on the class of readers who could give encouragement to so contemp tible a performance. We notice it, as we perceive it quoted by children, who, (with such a work as the author might have given to the world,) would very pro bably be induced to bestow some attention to the study of natural history, so much neglected in this country.
In 1791, a year which produced several valuable en tomological works, Meyer published a work which we have noticed under the year 1790, whilst speaking of another of his works.
The first volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London was published in London, contain ing a paper on Phalana Bombyx Lubricepeda of Linne, and some other species allied to it, by T. Marsharn, Esq. some observations on the natural history of Cur culio Lapathi, and Silpha Grisea of Linne, by W. Curtis, Esq.; account of a singular conformation in the wings of some species of moths, by Esprit Giorna of Turin ; and descriptions of two new species of Phalcena, by Louis Bosc of Paris : lastly, under the head of extracts from the minute book, we find mention of a new Bup rcstis, communicated by Mr Dryander.
In the same year, Neuestes Magazin fur die Leibhaber der Entomologie, herausgegeben von D. H. Schneider 5 hefte. Stralsund, in octavo.
Also an interesting work on some of the Hymenoptera, entitled, Naturgeschichte, Klass cation, und Nomenclatur der Insecten von Bienen, iVesgen,und Ameisengeschlet. Frankfurt am Main, quarto, by Christius Johannes Lud wig.