294 
ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
I have only quoted this celebrated geo- 
logist in relation to his Memoir “ Sur 
les pierres judaiques,” published in the 
“ Memoirs des Savants etrangers.” 
Deshayes (G. P.) a naturalist of 
Paris. 
“ Anatomie et Monographic du genre 
Dentale,” in the “ Description des 
Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de 
Paris,” 4to. Paris, 1824, 1825. 
Desm. — Desmarets (Anselme 
Gaetan) ; corresponding member of 
the Academie des Sciences, and 
Professor of Zoology to the Ecole 
Veterinaire of Alfort. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Tangaras, des 
Manakins, et des Todiers,” 1 vol. fo- 
lio. Paris, 1805. 
“ Traite de Mammalogie,” serving as an 
explanation to the plates of the Mam- 
malia of the Encyclopedic Methodique, 
1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1820. 
He is also the author of various articles 
in the “ Dictionnaire d’Histoire Natu- 
relle of which we will particularly 
designate that on the Malacostraca. 
“ Considerations generates sur la Classe 
des Crustaces,” 1 vol. 8vo. with plates. 
Paris, 1808. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces Fos- 
siles,” published by him and M. Brong- 
niart. 
Desmoulins (Charles), vice-pre- 
sident of the Societe Linneenne de 
Bourdeaux. 
“ Essai sur les Spherulites.” Bourdeaux, 
1826. 
Diq. or Diquem. — Dicquemare 
(the Abbe Jacques Francis), a na- 
turalist of Havre, born 1733, died 
1789- 
An indefatigable observer, and author of 
various memoirs on the Zoophyta and 
Mollusca in the Philosophical Trans- 
actions, Journal de Physique, &c. &c. 
Donati (Vitale), a physician at 
Padua, and traveller to the king 
of Sardinia, born 1733, and ship- 
wrecked on his return from Egypt 
in 1763. 
“ Natural History of the Adriatic Sea,” 
published in Italian, 1 vol. 4to. Ve- 
nice, 1750. The French translation, 
La Haye, 1758. An imperfect and 
superficial work. 
Donov. — Donovan (Edward), 
an English painter. 
“ The Natural History of British Fishes, 1 ’ 
5 vols. 8vo. London, 1820. 
“The Natural History of British In- 
sects,” 8vo. 
“ An Epitome of the Natural History of 
the Insects of China,” 1 vol. 4to. 
London, 1778. 
“ An Epitome of the Natural History of 
the Insects of India,” 4t.o. London, 
1800. I have seen but twelve nos. 
“ General Illustration of Entomology,” 
Part I. “ An Epitome of the Insects 
of Asia,” 1 vol. 4to. London, 1805. 
Dorthes (Jacques Antoine), a 
physician at Montpellier, born 1759, 
died 1794. 
“Memoire sur les Araignees Maqon- 
nes,” published in the second volume 
of the Transactions Linneennes. 
Drap. or Draparn. — Drapar- 
naud (Jacques Philippe Raimond), 
Professor at Montpellier, born 1772, 
died 1804. 
“ Tableau des Mollusques Terrestres et 
Fluviatiles de la France,” pamphlet, 
8vo. Montpellier and Paris, 1801. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques 
Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France,” 
4to . with fine engravings. Paris, 1805. 
Drap. — Drapiez, Professor of 
Chemistry at Brussels. 
Memoirs on a new genus of tetramerus 
Coleoptera, and a description of new 
species of Mammalia, Birds, and In- 
sects, published in the Annales Gene- 
rales des Sciences Physiques. 
Drur. — Drury, an English gold- 
smith, lately deceased. 
“Illustrations of Natural History,” 3 
vols. 4to. with finely coloured plates 
representing the rarer insects of his 
cabinet. London, 1770 — 1782. 
Duf. — Dufour (Leon), a phy- 
sician at Saint-Sever, Landes. 
“ Memoire Anatomique sur une nouvelle 
espece d’Insecte du genre Brachine,” 
in the 18th volume of the Annales du 
Museum d’Histoire Naturelle. 
“ Various ; memoirs, “ Sur T Anatomie des 
Coleopteres, des Cigales, des Ciaadel- 
les, des Labidoures ,” on a new species 
of Ornithomyiae, and on the genus 
Ocyptera, published in the Annales 
des Sciences Naturelles. Two Me- 
