190 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 



Stal. C. Stal, a Swedish entomologist. Author of a recent review of American Chrysomelirtes, 

 in the Transactions of the Swedish Academy. 



Uhler. p. K. Uhler, Assistant Librarian of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore. Author of descrip- 

 tions of a few species of Coleoptera, but chiefly known as a writer upon the Hemiptera and Orthop- 

 tera. 



Walsh. Benj. D. Walsh, State Entomologist of the State of Illinois, for the years 1868 and 1869. 

 He died from a railroad accident on the l-^th of November, 1869. Author of one official report, in 18G8. 

 Editor of the Practical Entomologist, 1865-67, and joint editor with Mr. C. V. Riley, of the American 

 Entomologist, 1S68-69 : and author of various papers upon insects in scientific periodicals. Mr. Walsh 

 was an able and enthusiastic entomologist. 



Weu. Frederick Weber, a German naturalist, Professor at Kiel. Author of "Observationes En- 

 tomologicie," 1 vol. 8vo. 1801. His name appears as the original describer of a small number of North 

 American Coleoptera. 



Westw. J. O. Westwood. Prof, of Entomology in Oxford University, Englaud ; one of the most 

 eminent entomologists of the present day. Author of many able works and memoirs upon insects in 

 all the orders, many of which are illustrated by colored drawings. His most valuable work is the In- 

 troduction to the Modern Classification of Insects, in 2 vols. 8vo., pages 46-2 and 74.5, with 133 blocks of 

 figures inserted in the text, each containing about twenty outline cuts, illustrating all the orders of 

 insects and the details of their structure. This admirable work, which was published in 1839-10, is 

 now out of print, and copies are difficult to be obtained. 



ZiEGL. Rev. David Ziegler, aiithor of descriptions of New Species of Coleoptera, in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Acad, of Nat. Sciences, of Philadelphia, for the year 1844. 



ZiMM. Christian Zimmerman, M. D., an able and accurate entomologist, who came to this country 

 from Germany about the year 1832. He left many valuable notes upon the Coleoptera, in manuscript, 

 but most of his descriptions of species have been superseded by more recent publications. Some of 

 these papers have been recently published, with annotations, by Dr. LeConte, in the Transactions of 

 the American Entomological Society, for the year 1868. 



