430 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 
AuR.—AHRENS. 
‘«* Augusti Ahrensii, Fauna Insectorum Europe, fascic. I—XII.”’ 
Ars. or Atpin,.—ALBIN (Eleazar), an English painter. 
«A Natural History of Birds,” 3 vols. 4to. London, 1731—38, containing 206 
indifferent coloured plates. 
“* A Natural History of Spiders,” 1 vol. 4to, with plates. London, 1736. 
Axsinus (Bernard-Sigefroy), Professor at Leyden, and one of the 
great anatomists of the eighteenth century, born at Frankfort in 
1697, died in 1770. 
We have only had occasion to quote him for the description of the Pennatule in- 
serted in the ‘* Annotationes Academicz,” 8 Nos. in 4to. Leyden, 1754—1768. 
Axprov. or ALpr.—ALprovanp1 (Ulysse), a nobleman of Bologna, 
Professor of the University of Bologna, born 1525, died blind 1605. 
His ‘* Natural History,”’ in fourteen volumes, folio, from 1599 to 1640, eleven of 
which are on the subject of animals, was mostly published by his successors. The 
third volume of the Ornithology and the first of the Insects were the only ones 
published during his life. It is an undigested and wearisome compilation. 
Amor.—Amoreux (N.), a physician of Montpellier. 
“Notice des Insectes de Ja France, réputés Venimeux,” 1 vol. folio, with plates. 
Paris, 1786. ‘ 
“ Description Méthodique d’une espéce de Scorpion commune a Souvignargues, 
en Languedoc.” Journal de Physique, XXXV. 
AnpERS.—ANpDERSON (John), a merchant and burgomaster of 
Hamburg, born in 1674, died in 1743. 
“‘ Histoire Naturelle de l’Islande du Groénland,” &c. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1750. 
This work, although antiquated and superficial, is still the principal source of our 
information relative to the Cetacea. 
Anpre&w (John Gerard Reinhard), druggist at Hanover, born in 
1724, died in 1798. 
“« Letters written from Switzerland to Hanover, 1763,” in the German Language. 
They were at first printed separately in the Hanover Magazine for 1764—65, and 
republished in 1 vol. 4to. Zurich, 1776. 
Ann. Mus. or pu Mus.—‘* Annales du Museum d’Histoire Natu- 
relle de Paris,’”’ by the professors of that establishment, 20 vols. 4to, 
from 1802 to 1813. 
This work is continued under the title of: 
“‘ Memoires du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle,’? &c. Paris, 1815, et seq. Eigh- 
teen volumes have been published. 
ARGENV.—ARGENVILLE (Antoine Joseph Des-Alliers d’), maitre 
des Comptes of Paris, born 1680, died 1765. 
