AN E P I T OME
OP TH E
NATURAL HISTORY
NEW HOLLAND, NEW ZEALAND,
NEW GUINEA, OTAHEITE,
A N D O T H E R I S L A N D S IN TH E
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INCLUDING THE
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE SPECIES
T H E M O E E S P L E N D ID , B E A U T I F D L , A N D IN T E R E S T IN G IN S E C T S , H IT H E R T O D IS C O V E R E D IN
T H O S E C O U N T R I E S , A N D W H IC H F O R T H E M O S T P A R T H A V E N O T A P P E A R E D
IN T H E W O R K S OF A N Y P R E C E D IN G A U T H O R .
T H E F IG U R E S
ARE CORRECTLY DELIN EATED FROM SFECIMENS OF THE INSECTS ; AND WIT H
T H E D E S C R IP T IO N S
ARE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE LINNASAN SYSTEM, W IT H EEEERENCE TO THE
WRITINGS OF FABRICIUS AND OTHER ENTOMOLOGISTS.
By E. DONOVAN, F.L.S.
THE NATURAL HISTORIES OF THE INSECTS OF CHINA, INDIA, &C.
L O N D O N :
P R IN T E D F O R TH E A U T H O R , A N D F . C . A N D J . R IV IN G T O N , S T . FAU LT S CH U R C H Y A R D :
SOLD ALSO BY WHIT E , FLEET STREET } FAULDER, BOND STREET} HATCHARD, PICCADILLY }
AND SYMONDS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1805.