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Mei.sh. Friedrich Ernst Melsbeiiuer, M. D., a zealous contributor to American Knti>nioli)py ; 

 (lied recpntly at Davidsbur^, iu I'ounsylvania, Marrb 10, 1873, at tlio advanced a{;e oC nearly niiicty- 

 ono years. Author of the tirst general cataU)';iie of Coleojiteni published in tlie I'nited States, IBOO, 

 which Wiis revised and enlarged by LeConto and llaldenian in Ie5a. Also, author of many pajiers in 

 the -Jd and 3d vohtiues of the Proceedinjrs of the Acad, of Xat. Sciences of I'liiladelphia, in which 

 uiiwards of four huudred aiul tifty species of N. A. Coleopteni were tirst described, llis father Kev. 

 E. F. Mfilsheinier, w;us also an enthusiastic entomologist and a co-laborer with Thomas Say, the foun- 

 der of descriptive entomology in the U. S. 



MuTS. Victor de Motschulsky, a Russian entomologist. Author of Etudes Eutomologiipies, 2 

 vols. t-vo. 1853-61 ; and of a work on the Coleoptera of Siberia. 



Mui.s. E. Mulsant, a French entomologist. Author of a monogi-apli of the Coccinellida-, ISriO, 

 and other works. 



Xkw.M. Edward Newman, an English eutouKdogist. Author of a (irammar of Entoumlogy, l^X>- 

 and of an Illustrated Natural llistory of British Moths, 18G!), and editor of the Enti)mological Maga 

 zine, in which a considerable number of American Coleoptera are describeil. 



Ol.iv. Autoinc (>. Olivier, Professor of Zoology to the Veterinary School of Alfort, in Fiance, 

 born n.'iG, died 1814, a distinguished French naturalist Author of a Natural History of Insects, 5 

 vols. f(dio with colored plates, coutined to the Uoleoptera, 1789-1608 ; also of the department of insects 

 in the Encyclopedic Mcthodique, 5 volumes, and other works ; the original dcscriber of many North 

 American Coleoptera. 



P.\CK. A. S. Packard, Jr., M. I)., of Salem, Massacliusetts. Autborof a Guide to the Study of In- 

 sects. 1 vol. bvo. 71j pages. 1st edition 1SG;», 3d ed. 1873; and author of various papers upon North 

 American insects in the ditl'erent orders. 



P.\.NZ. G. W. F. Panzer, a physiciiui of Nuremberg, and a learned entomologist, boiii in 17.")5. 

 Author of various works upon ditl'erent orders of insects, published between the years 179G and l.-^IS ; 

 useful works of reference at the present day on account of the accuracy of the colored tigures. 



I'AVK. Gustavus Pay kull, counsellor to the King of Sweden, an able and accurate entomologist. 

 Autborof a Fauna of Sweden, 3 vols. 8vo. 1800, contiued to the Coleoptera, and author of various 

 memoirs upon insects, iuid also upon birds. 



Peck. William Peck, Pndessor of Botany iu Harvard University. Prof. Peck was the author of 

 several papers upon the natural history of certain species of injurious beetles and other insects in the 

 Mass. Agric. Uepository ami Journal, 1819. and elsewhere. 



PUTz. J. Putzeys, a French entomologist. Author of a monograph of Clivina and allied genera, 

 1841), and other memoirs. 



IvANU. John W. Kandall, author of two papers on Coleoptera in the 2d volume of the Boston 

 Journal of Natural History. 



Rk.\1!.vi. R. a. Ferchault dc Ktauium-, one of the most eminent of the older P'rench iiatuialistN : 

 lioru 1G83, died 1757. His labors were directed to many ditlerent departments of science, but his most 

 important work aud that which makes his name familiar to the entomologists of the present day is 

 his memoirs upon the Natural History of Insects, t> vols. 4to, with plates, 1734-42. This admirable 

 work 18 a treasury of interesting and accurate observations upon the natural history of bisects, tVom 

 which all subseiiuent authors have freely drawn. 



Rii.KV. Charles \'. Riley, State Eutomologist of the State of Missouri. Author of a series of val- 

 uable illustrated annual report* upon insects, chiefly those injurious to vegetation. First report pub- 

 lished in 18tj9; the sixth report published in 1874. Also joint editor with Mr. B. D. Walsh of the 

 Americiin Entomologist, 1868-C9, which was continued by Mr. Kiley after Mr. 'Walsli's death to De- 

 cember, 1870. 



Rug. AV. F. Rogers, of Philadelphia. Author of a synopsis of North American Chrysomelidcs, 

 1854 ; since deceased. 



Say. Thomas Say, a ilistiuguished American naturalist, and founder of descriptive entomology in 

 the United States; born 1787, died 1834. Autborof the American Entomology, 1 vol. 8vo. illustrated 

 by colored figures, executed by bis wife : and of many descriptive memoirs upon North American in- 

 sects in all the orders. These papers have been collected and edited by Dr. J. L. LeConte, in 2 vols. 

 8vo. 1859. 



SCH. or SciKKX. C. J. Scluenberr, a learned Swedish entomologist. Author of an extensive work 

 on the .synonyms of insects, in many volumes I'roin 1806 to 1817. Also author of an elaborate work on 

 the Cieuera and Species of the Curculionidie, iu which manj' Aiuerican species were first described ; 

 one of the leading authorities in this extensive family. 



SiiiMKU. Hr. Henry Shinier, of Mount Carrcdl, Illinois. Author of sevenil papers upon Coleop- 

 tera and other insects, in the American Naturalist, and in the Trans, of the Am. Ent. Society. 



Soi.. M. Solier, a French entomologist. Author of several essays and memoirs upon the Coleoptera, 

 published mostly in the annals of the Entomological Society of France, 1840-48. 



