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Author of certain Memoirs, and quoted 
as having given names to the various 
objects he discovered. 
Lapeyr. — LAPEYRousE(Philippe 
Picot, Baron de). Professor of Na- 
tural History at Toulouse. 
“ Description deplusieurs especes d’Or- 
thoceratites et d’Ostracites,” 1 vol. 
folio, Nurernb. 1781. 
I also quote certain articles written by 
him for the Dictionnaire des Oiseaux 
of the Encyclopedic Methodique. 
Laroche (De), a young physi- 
cian of Paris, prematurely snatched 
from the sciences by death. 
Author of Memoirs in the Annales 
du Museum, and one in particular, 
Sur les Poissons d’lvica, in the thir- 
teenth volume of that collection. 
Lasp. — Laspeyres (Jo H.), a 
municipal officer of Berlin. 
“Sesi* Europe*, Iconibus et Descrip- 
tionibus illustrate, ” 1 vol. 4to. Ber- 
lin, 1801. 
“ Critical observations on the Systema- 
tic Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the 
Environs of Vienna,” inserted in the 
Magazin f 'dr Insecktengunde of Illi- 
ger, &c. 
Lath. — Latham (John), Fellow 
of the Royal Society, born 1740. 
This author has enriched the science of 
Ornithology, in particular, with new 
and beautiful species, hut his works, 
which are not written with critical ac- 
curacy, should he read with caution. 
“ A General Synopsis of Birds,” 3 vols. 
4to. and two Supplements. London, 
1782, et seq. 
“ Index Ornithologicus,” 2 vols. 4to. 
London, 1790. 
Lat. — Latreille (Pierre-An- 
dre). Professor of the Museum d’ 
Histoire Naturelle, member of the 
Academie des Sciences, &c. born at 
Brives, in 1762. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Salamandres,” 
1 vol. 8vo. with plates. Paris, 1800. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles,” form- 
ing a sequel to Deterville’s Buffon, 4 
vols. 12mo. with plates. 
“ Precis des Caracteres Generiques des 
Insectes,” 1 vol. 8vo. Brives, 1796. 
“ Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum,” 
4 vols. 8 vo. with plates. Paris, 1806 
—1807. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces et 
des Insectes,” forming a sequel to 
Sonnini’s edition of Button, 14 vols. 
8vo. with plates. Paris, 1802' — 1805. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis,” 1 
vol. 8 vo. with plates. Paris, 1 802. 
His -Memoirs inserted in the Annales du 
Museum, &c. 
The' entomological portion (partly writ- 
ten by him) of the Nouveau Diction- 
naire d’ Histoire Naturelle, and of the 
Encyclopedic Methodique, and the 
whole of the same part in the Obser- 
vations ,de Zoologie et d’Anatomie 
Comparee, or the second part of the 
Travels of Messrs, de Humboldt and 
Aime Bompland. 
“ Memoires de la Soc. d’ Histoire Natu- 
relle de Paris,” 4to. 
“ Esquisse d’une Distribution Generale 
du Regne Animal,” 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 
1824. 
“ Families Naturelles du Regne Ani- 
mal,” 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1825. 
Various general Memoirs on Insects, 
published among those of Mus. d’ 
Hist. Nat. 
The description of the Insects col- 
lected by Caillaud in his travels in 
Nubia, which forms part of this Nar- 
rative. 
The Entomological portion of the se- 
cond edition of the Nouveau Diction- 
naire d’Histoire Naturelle, and vari- 
ous articles of the Dictionnaire Clas- 
sique d’Histoire Naturelle, as well as 
those relative to the same subject, of 
the Encyclopedie Methodique. 
The description (Ann. der Sc. Gener.), 
of a new genus of Spider. 
Laur or Laurent. — Lauren- 
tini (J. N.), a physician of Vienna. 
“ Specimen medicum exhibens Synop- 
sin Reptilium emendatum,” 1 vol. 
8vo. Vienna, 1768. 
This thesis is said to have been written 
by Winterl, since celebrated as a pa- 
radoxical chemist. 
Leach (W. E.), an English phy- 
sician and naturalist, one of the Cu- 
rators of the British Museum. 
A Monograph of the genus Meloe, 
with plates, inserted in the Transac- 
tions of the Linnsean Society. 
“ MalacostracaPodophthalma Britannise,” 
4to. with fine coloured plates. Lon- 
don, 1815, 1816. Eight numbers have 
been published. 
“ A General Arrangement of the Classes 
Crustacea, Myriapoda and Arachnides, 
constituting part of the eleventh vo- 
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