AUTHOKITIES. XVll 



Serville, J. G. AuDiNET. — Histoire naturelle des Insectes, Ortliop- 

 ter.es. 8vo. Paris, 1839.^ See also Lefebvre, A. 



Shaw, G. and Nodder, P. — Vivarium Naturae, or the Naturalist's Mis- 

 cellany, 24 vols. 8vo. London, 1790-1813. 



Stal, C. — Entomologiska Notlser; in the Ofversigt af Kongliga Yetens- 

 kaps-Academien Forliandlingar. XII Arg., 1855. 8vo. Stock- 

 holm, 1856. 

 " Orthoptera species novas descrijisit C. Stal; in the Kongliga 

 Svenska Fregatten Eugenics Eesa omkring Jorden under Befal 

 af C. A. Virgin Aren 1851-3. Vetenskapliga iakttagelser Pa H. 

 Maj. Konung Oscar den Forstes Befallning utgifna af K. Svenska 

 Vetenskaps-Akademien, Haft 10, Zoologi, V. (Insekter, 4.) 4to. 

 Stockholm, 18G1. 



Stoll', C. — Natuurlijke en naar 't Leven naauwkeurig geklcurde Af- 

 beeldingen en Bcschryvingen der Spooken, wandelcnde Bladen, 

 Zabelspringhaanen, Krekels, Treksprinkhaanen en Kakkerlakken 

 in alle vier Deelen der Waereld Europa, Asia, Afrika en Amer- 

 ica huishoudcnde, by een verzamelt en beschreeven; also entitled: 

 Representation exactement coloree d'apres nature des Spectres, 

 des Mantes, des Sauterelles, des Grillons, des Criquets, et des 

 Blattes qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, I'Europe, 

 I'Asie, I'Afrique et I'Amerique rassemblees et de'crites. 4to. Am- 

 sterdam, 1787-1813. 



SuLZEE, J. 11. — Die Kennzeichen der Insekten nach Anleitung des 

 Rltters Karl Linnaeus durch 24 Kupfertafeln erliiutert und mit 

 derselben natiirlichen Geschichte begleitet. Mit einer Vorrede 

 des Herrn Johannes Geszners. 4to. Zurich, 1761. 



Taylor, A. S. — An account of the Grasshoppers and Locusts of Amer- 

 ica; in the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smitliso- 

 nian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures and condi- 

 tion of the Institution for the year 1858. 8vo. Washington, 1859. 



Thomas, C. — In the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Phil- 

 adelphia. Vol. I. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1862. 

 " Insects injurious to vegetation in Illinois; in the Transactions of 

 the Illinois State Agricultural Society, with Reports from County 



1 The Author's proof copy of this work was shown to me in Paris by M. Lucas, of 

 the Jardiu des I'lantes. The signatures bore the impress of tlie printer's stamp as fol- 

 lows: — "Imprimerie de Fain. Hue Kacine Xo. 2, 2= Auteur." In the middle of eacli 

 stamp was written the date at which the impression was sent, showing that the whole 

 work was printed in 1838, between the 20th of July and the 20th of December. The 

 title-page also bore the printed date, 1838. 



Burmeister's Handbuch II, ii (containing the Orthoptera), has always been granted 

 priority of publication over Serville's OrthoptiSres ; but while the title-page of that por- 

 tion of Burmeister's second volume bears the date of 1838, the first half (on the Neurop- 

 tera) is dated 1839. These dates compared with the completion of Serville's work late 

 in 1838, seem to throw some doubt upon the priority of authority in the two cases. Tha 

 time of the actual publication of Burmeister's Orthoptera may perhaps be decided by 

 reference to the periodicals of the day. 



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