CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 189 



Melsh. Friedrich Ernst Melsheimer, M. D., a zealous contributor to American Entomology ; 

 died recently at Davidsburg, in Pennsylvania, March 10, 1873, at the advanced age of nearly ninety- 

 one years. Author of the first general catalogue of Coleoptera published in the United States, 1806, 

 which was revised and enlarged by LeConte and Haldeman in 1853. Also, author of many papers in 

 the 2d and 3d volumes of the Proceedings of the Acad, of Nat. Sciences of Philadelphia, iu which 

 upwards of foiir hundred and fifty species of N. A. Coleoptera were first described. Ris father, Rev. 

 E. E. Melsheimer, was also an enthusiastic entomologist and a co-laborer with Thomas Say, the foun- 

 der of descriptive entomology in the U. S. 



Mots. Victor de Motschulsky, a Russian entomologist. Author of Etudes Entomologiques, 2 

 vols. 8vo. 1853-61 ; and of a work on the Coleoptera of Siberia. 



MULS. E. Mulsant, a French entomologist. Author of a monograph of the Coccinellida3, 1850, 

 and other works. % 



Newm. Edward Newman, an English entomologist. Author of a Grammar of Entomology, 1835; 

 and of an Illustrated Natural History of British iloths, 1869, and editor of the Entomological Maga- 

 zine, in which a considerable number of American Coleoptera ai-e described. 



Oliv. Antoine G. Olivier, Professor of Zoology to the Veterinary School of Alfort, iu France, 

 born 1756, died 1814, a distinguished French naturalist Author of a Natural History of luscJcts, 5 

 vols, folio with colored plates, confined to the Coleoptera, 1789-1808 ; also of the department of insects 

 in the Eucyclopedie Methodique, 5 volumes, and other works; the original describer of many North 

 American Coleoptera. 



Pack. A. S.Packard, Jr., M. D., of Salem, Massachusetts. Author of a Guide to the Study of In- 

 sects. 1 vol. 8vo. 715 pages, ist edition 1869, 3d ed. 1873; and author of various papers upon North 

 American insects in the different orders. 



Pajsz. G. W. F. Pauzer, a physician of Nuremberg, and a learned entomologist, born in 1755. 

 Author of various works upon difi'erent orders of insects, published between the years 1790 and 1813 ; 

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



Payk. Gustavus Paykull, counsellor to the King of Sweden, an able and accurate entomologist. 

 Author of a Fauna of Sweden, 3 vols. 8to. 1800, confined to the Coleoptera, and author of various 

 memoirs upou insects, and also upon birds. 



Peck. William Peck, Professor 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. Repository and Journal, 1819, and elsewhere. 



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

 1846, and other memoirs. 



Eand. John "W. Randall, author of two papers on Coleoptera in the 2d volume of the Boston 

 Journal of Natural History. 



Reaum. R. a. Ferchault de Reaumur, one of the most eminent of the older French naturalists ; 

 bom 1683, died 1757. His labors were directed to many different departments of science, but his most 

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

 his memoirs upon the Natural History of Insects, 6 vols. 4to, with plates, 1734-42. This admirable 

 work is a treasury of interesting and accuTate observations upon the natural history of insects, from 

 which all subsequent authors have freely drawn. 



Riley. Charles V. Riley, State Entomologist of the State of Missouri. Author of a series of val- 

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

 lished iu 1869 ; the sixth report published in 1874. Also joint editor with Mr. B. D. Walsh of the 

 American Entomologist, 1868-69, which was continued by Mr. Riley after Mr. Walsh's death to De- 

 cember, 1870. 



ROG. W. F. Rogers, of Philadelphia. Author of a synopsis of North American Chrysomelides, 

 1854 ; 'since deceased. 



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

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

 by colored figures, executed by his 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 SCHCEN. C. J. Schcenherr, a learned Swedish entomologist. Author of an extensive work 

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

 the Genera and Species of the Curculionidse, iu wJiich many American species were first described ; 

 one of the leading authorities in this extensive family. 



SiUJiEK. Dr. Henry Shimer, of Mount Carroll, Illinois. Author of several papers upon Coleop- 

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



Sol. 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. 



