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Show 476 CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. He has also published good Monographs of the genera Ca1·abus, Cureul.io and Staphylinus, but they are incorporated with the Fauna. " 1\lonogrophia Histcroideum," with plates of all the species, 1 vol. 8vo. Upsal, 1811. This Monograph is superior to the preceding ones, and is indispensably re-quisite for the study of these Insects. lie has published certain Memoirs on Birds. PEaK (William), Professor of Botany at the university of Harvard, died in Author of a Memoir inserted in the fourth volume of the Agricultural Journal of Massachusetts, relative to a species of Rhynchrenus, that attacks the Pine. PENN· PENNT.-PENNANT (Thomas), a Welchman, born in 1726, died in 1798. A laborious naturalist. The works we chiefly quote are his " History of Quadrupeds," 2 vols 4to. '' Bl'itish Zoology," 1 vol. folio. " British Zoology," 4to and 8vo, 4 vols. " Arctic Zoology," 2 vols 4to. " Indian Zoology," 1 vol. 4to. PERNETTY, a Benedictine who accompanied Bougainville to the Faulkland Islands ; be was afterwards librarian to Frederick II of Prussia. " Voyage aux lies Malouines," 2 vols 8vo. Paris, 1770. It contains some va-luable details on Natural History and useful figures. PER.-PERON (Fran<;ois), born at Cerilly in 1775, died in 1810, a zealous traveller, prematurely snatched from the sciences, and one of those who have most contributed to enrich the Museum of Paris. " He edited the first volume of the " Voyage de decouverte aux Terres Aus· trales eo 1800-1804," 1 vol. 4to, with an atlas. Paris, 1807. He was also the author of various Memoirs published in the Annales du Museum. PERRAULT (Claude), a naturalist, architect of the Louvre and Observatory of Paris, born 1613, died 1688. He published, from the dissections of Duverney, the " Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux," which form the third volume of the M~m. de 1' Acad. des Sciences, previous to 16g9, PETAG.-PETAGNA, (V.), of Naples. " Specimen lnsectorum Ulterioris Calabrim,, 4to, with one plate. Francofurtl, 1787. "Elements ofEntomology,, 2 vols Svo. PETERSB. or PETROP· MEM., or CoMMENT., or Nov. CoMMENT·, or AOT., or Nov. AoT. Such are the various titles of the Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg. The" Commentarii," 14 vols 4to, from 1726 to 1746. CATALOGUE OF AUTHORS. 477 TThhee "" NAocvtia ,C 7om m entam.. ," 20 vols, from 1749 to 1775 Th " ' vols, from 1777 to 1782. ' Thee " MNo va A. ct a, , 1."., vols, from 1783 to 1802 emo~rs," from 1809. • PHELSUM (Murck V ) "Quoted for his" ·Le~~r; ~ DNutcb naturalist. o . oseman on theE c h'I D.I ," 8vo. Rotterdam, 1774. PH.I LLIP (Arthur)• a Ge rman and G f English service. ' overnor o Botany Bay, in the " The Voyage of Governor Philli plates, London, 1789. An anon p to Botany Bay," &c., with fifty.five coloured Latham. There is a French tra~:a~~:nw~r~; th.ehpart relative to natural history by 1791. o I Wit out plates, in I vol · 8vo · p an.s , PiuPs (C. J), the celebrated En lish . Mulgrave; born 17 46 di' d 17 g navigator, subsequently Lord .. ' e 92. Voyage to the North Pole in 1778 " vol, 4to. Pnrls, 1775. ' translated into French by Desmeuniers, 1 PLANo.-PLANous (Janus) J B born. in 1693, died in 1775. or • IANOHI, a physician of Rimini, "De Conchis minus nolis " I vol 4t . edition greatly enlarged, Ro~e, 176~. o, With plates. Venice, 1739. The second PL. CoL.-PLANOHES CoLORIEES. ~ r" Planches Colol'iees des o·I Seaux, par MM T . k o JO, a great work which forms a sequel t th p emmmc and Laugier," 4to and o e lanches Enluminees, &c. of Butron. PL. ENL.-PLANOHES ENL UMINEES. The coloured plates of Birds, published forB ' ton, Jun., amounting to one thousand and . utfon s Natural History, by Duben-beyond all doubt the richest ~ollectioo of t:~~ht, but arranged without order. It is of the figures arc good. class that has ever appeared. Most PLuM.-PLUMIER (Charles) aM' . in the service of Louis th F ' lmm, who travelled for a long time 1 e ourteenth • he w a 1 the branches of the scien I h ' as a great naturalist in remained unpublished. ce, a t ough several of his works have ~ have had occasion to quote his observations . ~htcb are at Paris and pntt at Berlin all i MS o~ Ftshes and Reptiles, part of tion of them has been published b Bl h n ., wlth numerous drawings. a por-y oc and Lacepede. ' POLI, a naturalist and anatomist at 1icent work, entitled Naples, author of the magni- " Testacea utriusque Sicilim eoru . . ma, 1791 and 1795. A th' d I roque HlstorJa et Anatome," 2 vols folio. p u vo ume bas been lately published. ar- |