480 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 
Rers.—ReEtsius, a Swedish naturalist, Professor at Lund. 
« Author of a greatly enlarged edition of the “ Fauna Suecica” of Linnzus, of 
various theses, &c. 
RicHarps.—RicHarpson (John), surgeon to the first expedition 
under captain Franklin. 
Author of the Zoological appendix attached to the account of that voyage. Lon- 
don, 1823, in 4to. 
Riss.—Risso (A.), a naturalist of Nice and a zealous observer. 
“ Ichthyologie de Nice,” &c., 1 vol. 8vo, Paris, 1810, a work of extreme value 
on account of the number of new species which it contains. 
“© Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des environs de Nice,” 1 vol. 8vo, with plates. 
Paris, 1816. 
These works have been reproduced in his “ Histoire Naturelle de Europe 
Merid.,” 5 wols 8vo. Paris, 1826. 
He has also published a description of some new Crustacea in the Journal de 
Physique. 
Ropin.—Rosineau Desvorpy, physician at St Sauveur, depart- 
ment of the Yonne. 
‘* Recherches sur l’Organisation Vertebrales des Crustacés, des Arachnides, et 
des Insectes,”’ 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1828. 
‘«« Essai sur la tribu des Culicides,”’ inserted in the second volume of the Mé- 
moires de la Societé d’Histoire Naturelle. 
A great work on the Muscide which he calls “‘ Myodaires,” published in the 
Mém. des Savants Etrangéres, &c. 
“ Observations on the Olfactory Organ of the Crustacea and on the use of the 
Halteres of the Diptera.” 
Rocuerort (N.), a protestant minister of Holland. 
‘* Natural and Moral History of the Antilles and America.” The first edition is 
anonymous and published at Rotterdam, 1658. The part relative to Natural His- 
tory is copied from the first edition of Dutertre, 1654. 
Ram.—Reme_er (J. C.). 
** Genera Insectorum Linnzi et Fabricii, Iconibus illustrata,”’ 1 vol. 4to. Vito- 
duri Helvetiorum, 1789. 
His work is merely an edition of that of Sulzer on the same subject; with some 
new plates. 
Ras.—Rqa@sEL pE Rosrenuor (A. J.), a painter of Nuremberg, 
born 1705, died 1795, one of the most ingenious observers and an 
able painter of subjects of Natural History. 
‘© Historia Naturalis Ranarum nostiatium,” 1 vol. folio. Nuremb., 1758. 
* Insecten-Belustigungen,”’ with excellent coloured plates, 4 vols 4to. Nu- 
remb., 1746, et seq. See Kleemann. 
