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Patt.—Patias (P. S.), one of the great Zoologists of modern 
times, born at Berlin 1741, died 1812. I quote his 
Guir. ’ 
“Nove Species Quadrupedum e Glirium Ordine,”’ 4to, with thirty-nine coloured 
plates. Erlang, 1778. 
Sprc. or Sprc. Zoou. 
‘* Spicilegia Zoologica,” fourteen numbers, 4to. Berlin, 767—1780. 
Misce.. 
‘* Miscellanea Zoologica,” 1 No. 4to. Haga, 1766. 
Voy. 
** Voyage dans plusieurs provinces de |’Empire de Russie,” ‘French Tr., 8vo, 
with anatlas. Paris. 
Norp. Beytr. 
** Neue Nordische Beytrege,” &c. (or New materials from the North for Geo- 
graphy, &c.), 7 vols 8vo. Petersburg and Leipzic, 1781—1796. 
*« Zoographia Russo-Adriatica,” 3 vols 4to. Some of the plates of this work 
having been mislaid, it has not yet been published, though the Academy of St Pe- 
tersburg have granted the use of the MSS. to certain naturalists. 
Several of his Memoirs inserted among those of the Academy last mentioned. 
Panz.—Panzrr (G. W. F.), a physician of Nuremberg, born in 
1755. 
* Faune Insectorum Germanice initia, or Deutschlands Insecten,”? one hun- 
dred and nine numbers, 12mo, each consisting of twenty-four coloured plates. Nu- 
remberg, 1796, et seq. One of the most useful entomological works we possess on 
account of the accuracy of the figures. 
* Entomologischer Versuch uber die Jurineschen Gattungen der Linneischen 
Hymenoptern,” 1 vol. 12mo. Nuremberg, 1806. 
** Index Entomologicus, pars prima, Eleutherata,” 1 vol. 12mo. Nuremberge, 
1813. 
He has also published several other works on Insects, which I have not had occa- 
sion to quote. 
Parx.—Parxinson (James), an English naturalist. 
* Outlines of Oryctology,” 1 vol. 8vo, with plates. 
‘© Organic Remains of a Former World,” 3 vols 4to. London, 1811. 
Parra (Don Antonio), an American naturalist. 
Author of a “ Description of various portions of Natural History,”’ and chiefly of 
marine productions, written in Spanish, 4to. Havana, 1784. 
In this work the author describes and figures many fishes and Crustacea. 
PassER.—PassErini (Charles). 
‘‘ Observations on the sound produced by the Sphinx Atropos,’’ in Italian, from 
which M. Dufronches has given an extract. 
Payxutt (Gustavus), Counsellor to the King of Sweden, and mem- 
ber of the Academy of Stockholm. 
*¢ Fauna Suecia” (Insecta), 3 vols 8vo. Upsal, 1800. 
These three volumes refer exclusively to the Coleoptera; his descriptions are care- 
fully and completely given. 
