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Duk. Loon Dolour, a French physician and comparative anatomist. One of the principal authori- 
ties upon the internal structure of insects. 
Di m. Constant Dumeril, professor to the Faculty of Medicine and to the Jardin du Roi. An 
eminent French naturalist and comparative anatomist ; born at Amiens, 1774. Author of many works 
in different departments of natural history, among which was a work entitled General Considerations 
upon the Class of Insects. His works date from 1806 to 1830. 
Eu. or Ekiciis. William F. Erich son, of Berlin, in Prussia, lately deceased, one of the ablest writers 
of recent times upon the Coleoptera. His works are written in the German language. There is an- 
other author of the same name, G. F. Erichson, also of Berlin, author of the genera and species of the 
Staphylinidue. 
EsCH. Friedrich Eschsclioltz, a Prussian entomologist. Author of a zoological atlas, 1829, and a 
work entitled Entomographien, in the German language. 
Fab. or Fabr. John Christian Fahrioius, professor of natural history at Kiel, in Denmark. A pupil 
of Linnaeus, and one of the most eminent and voluminous writers upon insects ; born 1712. died 1807. 
Author of many works, and the original describer of a large proportion of the American insects known 
at that time. 
Fiscii. Gotthelf Fischer de Waldheim, director of the imperial museum at Moscow, Russia. Au- 
thor of numerous works, from 1801 to 1824. His principal work was the Eutomography of the Russian 
Empire, in 2 vola., 4-to, with splendid engravings. 1820-22. 
Fitch Asa Fitch, M. D., entomologist to the Agricultural Society of New York. Author of 
thirteen annual reports upon insects of New York, chiefly thoso injurious to agriculture. First report 
published in 1856. Dr. Fitch’s writings have contributed greatly to the dissemination of useful infor- 
tion upon the injurious insects of the United States. 
Foust. Dr. J olm Reinhold Forster. A uthor of a description of a Hundred Now Species of Insects, 
London, 1771, among which were a few N. American Coleoptera. 
Geoff. M. Geoffrey, a celebrated French physician and entomologist. Author of an Abridged 
History of Insects, 2 vols., 8-vo, with plates, 1764, and of a Description of the Insects in the Environs 
of Paris. Many genera of Coleoptera were first defined in these works. 
Glover. Townend Glover, entomologist to the Department of Agriculture, at Washington. Au- 
thor of numerous brief monthly reports upon injurious insects, and of an extensive series of plates, 
illustrative of North American insects in all the orders, but of which only those appertaining to the 
Orthoptera have yet been published. 
Gm. or Germ. E. Francis Germar, professor of mineralogy at Halle, in Prussian Saxony. Editor 
of the “Magazin der Entomologie,” 4 vols., 8-vo, 1813-21, and of the "Jnsectorum Species Novte,” 1 vol., 
1824 — an accurate describer of many genera and species of Coleoptera. 
Grav. J. L. C Gravenborst, a German entomologist. Author of a Monograph of the Staphyliuidm, 
1806, and of a Nosology of the genus Ichneumon, 1814— a standard authority upon these two families 
of iuseots. 
Gueii. M. Guerin-Meneville, a distinguished French entomologist. Author of Species and Genera 
of the Articulated Animals, 1843 and subsequently; and editor of the Magazine of Zoology, and of the 
Zoological Review. 
Gyll. L. Gyllenhal, a Swedish naturalist. An original describer of some of the genera which con- 
tain American species. Author of ‘•Iusocta Suecica,” 1827. 
Hald. S. S. Haldeman, an American naturalist. Author of a large number of memoirs in various 
branches of natural history, and original describer of many N. American Coleoptera, mostly betwoon 
the years 1842 and 1852. 
Harr. Thuddeus Wm. Harris, M. D., librarian of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts, a distinguished American entomologist. Author of a Treatise on Insects injurious to Vegetation, 
1st edition 1852, 2nd ed. 1862, and author of many other valuable contributions to American entomology; 
horn 1795, died 1856. It is a matter of lasting regret that the exacting requirements of his office of 
librarian prevented Dr. Harris from giving to the world, in a connected and systematic form, the re- 
sults of his long and enthusiastic study of insects in all their orders. 
Hextz. N. M. Hentz, professor at Chapel Hill University, North Carolina. Author of a Mono- 
graph of the Spiders of the United States, published in the 21st volume of the American Journal of 
Science, 1813, and describer of a number of N. American Coleoptera. 
Hust. J. F. W. Herhst, originally a preacher at Berlin, Prussia, born 1743. A voluminous writer 
upon insects. One work, in 10 volumes, was devoted wholly to the Coleoptora, 1785 to 1806. Another 
of his works is a Monograph of the genus Papilio. All his works were illustrated by colored plates. 
Hoffgg. Count Hoffmansegg, a learned naturalist of Saxony, and a zealous patron of the sciences. 
Author of various memoirs in Illiger’a Magazine and elsewhere. 
