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A glance at any of his monographs shows that in almost every genus 

 he gave the same local name — e.g., canariensis, antiUarum, patagonka, 

 parisiensis, and the like— to species in two or more genera, and he pursued 

 the same confusing habit uith some of his personal names ; thus in the 

 Canary Islands Monograph there are-two species named after Webb, and 

 no less than six after Berthelot, of course in different genera. In the 

 Vienna Monograph we find eight species named after von Hauer. 

 When we meet this among his " Agathistegues," and find the same 

 specific name given to a Trilocuiina and a QuinquelocuJina (e.g. 

 Isevigata, and planciana), the path of the systematist becomes very 

 thorny indeed. 



This Appendix, however, is an excursion into Biography. His 

 personal names divide into two classes, those which he explains in a 

 biographical note, and those which are left unexplained, many of 

 which latter are those no doubt of the " modestes savants " above 

 alluded to, and are not to be found even in the list of his corre- 

 spondents which closes the Introduction to the " Prodrome" (XV., vol. i., 

 p. Ivii), which acknowledges contributions from 151 persons as regards 

 French, and 69 persons as regards foreign fossils. 



I have not noted a vast number of names the species identified with 

 which are either unknown to-day, or are submerged in other species, 

 but the following is a list of some of them which are better known. 

 No attempt has been made to identify or give references for many 

 specific names, as Brownii, Jonesii, Catesbyi, Edwardsiana, Akneriana, 

 Voltziana, Ungeriana, Butemplii, Mayeriana, etc. ; nor his Christian 

 specific names, such as Adolphina, Josephina, Marige, Rodolphina, 

 Antonina, and so on. I have merely noted down such information as 

 I have come across whilst studying his works, and have not sought for 

 further details such as may be found in Biographical Dictionaries. 



Alvarez, Don Manuel. "... que nous avons eu le plaisir deconnaitre en 

 Patagonie " (IX., p. 36). (PolystomcUa alvareziana ; Botalina alvarrzii.) 



Archiac, E. J. A. d' (1802-1869). Authority upon the Nummulites. (See 

 Sherborn's Bibliography.) {Frondicularia arcliiaciana.) 



AuBER, M. " . . . de Cuba auquel nous devons beaucoup de Mollusques 

 de cet lie " (VII., p. 95). (Quinqueloculina auheriana ; Bosalina 

 auberiana.) 



Baudouin de Solene. "... a bien voulu nous envoyer de Sens beaucoup 

 de fossiles " (X., p. 24). {Flahellina haudouiniana ; Textularia hau- 

 douiniana.) 



Berthelot, Sabin. Author of " Hist. Nat. des lies Canaries " (Bibl. VIII). 

 (Quinqueloculina berthelotiana, etc.) (See p. 46.) 



Beccarius (1672-1766). One of the earliest observers of Foraminifera. 

 {Rotalia heccarii.) 



Bosc, C. Author of a paper on Alveolina (VII., p. 68). (See p. 17 and 

 Sherborn's Bibliography.) {Quinqueloculina hosciana ; Rotalina 

 hosciana, etc.) 



Brongniart, a. (1770-1847). Famous geologist (I., p. 250). {Quinquelo- 

 culina ; Trilocuiina hrongniartii, etc.) 



BucH, L. VON (1774-1852). Traveller and geologist (XV., p. xxiv). {Quin- 

 queloculina buchiana ; Bulimina buchiana.) 



