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A Memoir onthe Proteus, in the Philosophical Transactions. 
Scurer.—Scurerer, (J. S.), Lutheran superintendent at Butt- 
stedt in the Duchy of Weimar, born in 1735. Author of numerous 
works on Conchyliology ; we quote his 
“¢ History of Fresh-water Shells”’ (in German), 4to. Halle, 1979. 
ScHweEi¢.—Scuweiccer (A.F.), a Prussian naturalist, who was 
assassinated by his guide during a journey in the interior of Sicily. 
‘‘ Prodromus Monographie Cheloniorum,” in which he particularly describes 
the new species in the Museum of Paris. It is published in the ‘‘ Archives of 
Keenigsberg”’ for 1812. He has also given us 
* Observations during his Travels,’’ in which he treats of the Corallines and 
yellow Amber, 4to. Berlin, 1819. 
‘© A Manual of the Invertebrate and Inarticulated Animals,’’ 1 vol. 8vo. 
Leipzic, 1820. 
Scitta (Agostino), a Sicilian painter. 
La Vana Speculatione disingannata dal Senso,’”’ 1 vol. 4to. Naples, 1670. 
The first exact comparison of fossils with analogous recent bodies, that was 
instituted. There is a Latin translation of this work in 4to. Rome, 1752. 
Scop.—Scopou (J. A.), Professor of Botany and Chemistry at 
Pavia, born in 1723, died in 1788. 
‘¢ Entomologia Carniolica,’’ 1 vol. Svo. Vindebone, 1763. 
** Delicie Flore et Faune Insubrice,’’ with plates, 4 vols. folio. Ticini, 
1786—1788. ; 
*¢ Tntroductio ad Historiam Naturalem,’’ 1 vol. 8vo. Prage, 1777. 
‘* Anni Historici-Naturales, V.’’ Lipsize, 1768—1772, united in 1 vol. 8vo. 
He has also published some plates which are but little known, forming a 
Sequel to his ‘‘ Entomologia Carniolica.”’ 
Scorespy, an English navigator, who re-discovered Oriental 
Greenland, and author of 
“¢ Arctic Regions,’’ &c., 1 vol., London, 1816, which contains many valuable 
observations on the Cetacea. 
Ses.—Sesa (Albert), a druggist of Amsterdam, born in 1665, 
died in 1736. Celebrated for his 
‘* Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio,’’ 4 vols. 
folio. Amsterdam, 1734, 1765. 
A work that I have frequently quoted, because it is enriched with numerous 
and excellent plates; the text, howeyer, is of no authority whatever, being 
written without accuracy or judgment. 
_DELBY (P. J.) 
Author of ‘‘ Illustrations of British Ornithology,’’ 8vo., Edinburgh, 1825, with 
avery large atlas, the most magnificent work on Ornithology that exists [that of 
an American, M. Audubon, excepted, which the Baron himself, in a late 
report to the Institute, declares to be ‘‘the most magnificent monument the 
arts have ever erected to the Science.’’-—Eng. Ed. ] 
He has also published various papers in the Zoological Journal, &c. 
SENGUERD.—SENGUERDIUS (Wolferd). 
“‘Tractatus Physicus de Tarentula,’”’ 1 vol.12mo. Lugduni Batavorum, 1688. 
Serres (Marcel de), Professor of Mineralogy to the Faculté des 
Sciences of Montpellier. Author of . 
‘‘ Mémoire sur les yeux composés, et les yeux lisses des Insectes,” with 
plates, 1 vol. 8vo. Montpellier, 1813. 
Several Memoirs on the Anatomy of Insects, published in the Annales du 
Muséum. 
Serv.—SERVILLE, one of the writers for the Entomological De- 
partment of the Faune Frangaise, and of the Encyclopédie Métho- 
dique. 
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