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Show 1893.] THE DATES OF THE * ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE.' 583 Tom. IV. Insectes. Five " discourses preliminaires" (pp. i-cclxxxviii and i-ccclxxiii) by Mauduyt are prefixed: (Gueneau de Montbeillard, who had been entrusted with the work, died before he could carry out his mission). Mauduyt also contributed some of the articles, which he signed. Olivier took up the systematic portion of the work from the beginning (pp. 1-322). 1789. Tom. V. Insectes, by Olivier: pp. 1-794. 1790. Tom. VI. Insectes, by Olivier: pp. 1-704. 1791. Tom.VII. Insectes, by Olivier: pp. 1-828. 1792. [Note.- " M . Olivier, oblige de s'absenter pendant plusieurs annees pour remplir dans le Levant une mission de Gouvernement, reprend ici la redaction de ce Diction-naire, qui avoit ete confiee a d'autres personnes depuis la lettre L." That is to say, from vol. vii. p. 601 to vol. viii. p. 45 (on which page is the note quoted). As B. E. Manuel signed the last page of vol. vii. and the article so signed was not completed, it is probable that he was the chief person to wlioin the work was entrusted.] Tom.VIII. Insectes. By Olivier [and Latreille] : pp. 1-722. Pt. 1, pp. 1-464. 1811. Pt. 2, pp. 465-722. [? 1814 \] [Note. - O n p. 468 we find the following :-" Nous avons engage M . Latreille, . . . a se charger dorenavant de quelques articles qui seront souscrits des trois premieres lettres de son nom."] Tom. IX. Insectes, bv Latreille and Godart. Pt. 1, pp. 1-328. 1819. Pt. 2, pp. 329-828. [? 1823 or 1824.] • [Mr. W . F. Kirby possesses copies of these 2 parts as issued: the second is undated *. In vol. 2 of " Musique"3 an advertisement states that the 87th livr. by Latreille was about to appear [1818] and would contain " Papil-lons "; this part was, however, written by Godart (see preface to vol. ix.).] Tom. X. Insectes, by Latreille, Le Peletier de St.-Fargeau, Serville, and Guerin [-Meneville] : pp. 1-832. 1825. Histoire Naturelle des Vers. By Bruguiere. Tom. i. pt. 1, pp. 1-344. 1789. pt, 2, pp. 345-758. 1792. Ibid. Tom. ii. By Bruguiere, Lamarck, and Deshayes. Pt. 1, pp. 1-256. 1830. Pt. 2, pp. 1-594. 1831. [Note.-Bruguiere and Lamarck had nothing whatever to do with this volume; it was entirely by Deshayes, except the article C O N U S , which was written by Hwass.] Ibid. Tom. iii. By Deshayes: pp. 595-1152. 1832. 1 Quoted by Lamarck in his Anim. s. Vert, vol. iii., which was published in August 1816. s Quoy & Gaimard in Freycinet, Voyage TJranie, etc., 1824, quote pt. 2. 3 British Museum (Nat. Hist.), General Library. 39* |