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India by native painters, which, 
under a barbarous appearance, ex- 
hibit interesting and true species. 
One vol. folio. Amsterdam, 1754. 
Reniert, an Italian naturalist. 
Professor at Padua. 
Rets.— -Rets ius, a Swedish na- 
turalist, Professor at Lund. 
Author of a greatly enlarged edition of 
the “ Fanna Suecica” of Linnaeus, of 
various theses, &c. 
Richards. — RicHARDSON(John) 
surgeon to the first expedition under 
captain Franklin. 
Author of the Zoological appendix at- 
tached to the account of that voyage. 
London, 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 Crustaces des 
environs de Nice,” 1 vol. 8vo. with 
plates. Paris, 1816. 
These works have been reproduced in 
his “Histoire Naturelle de l 1 Europe 
Merid.,” 5 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1826. 
He has also published a description of 
some new Crustacea in the Journal de 
Physique. 
Robin.-— Robineau Desvoidy, 
physician at St. Sauveur, depart- 
ment of the Yonne. 
“Recherches sur 1’ Organization Verte- 
brales des Crustaces, des Arachnides, 
et des Insectes,” 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 
1828. 
“ Essai sur la tribu des Culicides,” in- 
serted in the second volume of the 
Memoires de la Societe d’Histoire 
Naturelle. 
A great work on the Muscidse, which he 
calls “Myodaires,” published in the 
Mem. des Savants Etrangeres, &c. 
“ Observations on the Olfactory Organ 
of the Crustacea, and on the use of 
the Halteres of the Diptera.” 
Rochefort (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 History is copied from the 
first edition of Dutertre, 1654 
Rgem. — Rcemer (J. C.) 
“ Genera Insectorum Linnsei 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. 
Rces. — Rcesel de Rosenhof (A. 
J.), a painter of Nuremberg, born 
1705, died 1759, one the most in- 
genious observers, and an able 
painter of subjects of Natural His- 
tory. 
“ Historia Naturalis Ranarum nostra- 
tium,” 1 vol. folio. Nuremb., 1758. 
“ Insecten-Belustigungen,” with excel- 
lent coloured plates, 4 vols. 4to. Nu- 
remb., 1746, et seq. See Kleemann. 
Rog. — Roger, a naturalist of 
Bourdeaux. 
“ Instruction^ a l’usage des personnes 
qui voudraient s’occuper a recueillir 
des Insectes pour les Cabinets d’His- 
toire Naturelle,” 8vo. Bourdeaux. 
Roiss. — ■ Roissy (Felix de), a 
naturalist of Paris. 
He completed, by the 5th and 6th vols. 
8vo. the “ Histoire des Mollusques,” 
commenced by Denys de Montfort 
for Sonnini’s Buffon. 
Rondel. — Rondelet (Guil- 
laume), Professor at Montpelier, 
born 1507, died 1566. 
“ Libri de Piscibus,” 1 vol. folio. Ly- 
ons, 1554. A work still useful for its 
numerous wood-cuts. 
Ross.— Rossi (Pietro), an Italian 
naturalist. Professor at Pisa, died in 
18—. 
“ Fauna Etrusca, sistens Insecta quse 
in provinciis Florentina et Pisana 
prsesertim collegit Petrus Rossius,” 
2 vols. 4to. with coloured plates. Li- 
burni, 1790. 
“ Mantissa Insectorum exhibens Spe- 
cies nuper in Etruria collectas, aPetro 
Rossio,” &c. with coloured plates, 2 
vols. 4to. Pisis, 1792 — 1794. 
Roux (Polydore), Curator of the 
Museum of Marseilles. 
