14 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



"not consistently binomial," and so having neglected to cite his 

 names in the Index, or having referred to them by Jung (1791-92), 

 who merely quotes Goeze, We are not familiar with vols, i and ii 

 oithe FjUtoin. Bei/trat/i', vfhich may contain something to give colour to 

 Mr. Sherborn's view ; but vol. iii, with the lepidoptera, is most 

 emphatically "binomial," and, as the names have been accepted by all 

 our leading synonymists — Walsingham and Durrant, Rothschild and 

 Jordan, Zeller, Staudinger, Aurivillius, &c, — one very much regrets 

 that they are not included, and hopes they will be appended in a 

 supplement. That any lack of binomial nomenclature which there 

 may be in vols, i and ii should not suffice for the rejection of vol. 

 iii, is proved by the treatment of Degeer [surely not " Geer, 

 de," as given in the Bibliography ?] where we find " vols, iii-vii 

 accepted;" and that occasional inadmissibly-formed names (hope- 

 lessly trinomial, &c.) should not vitiate the whole, is shown by the 

 author's discriminating treatment of Retzius {Gen. et Spec. Ins.), in- 

 volving the acceptance of Sj/hiiuv ;»»«•«, PJialaoia tubulosa, Pterophordu 

 ftiscus, Sec, but the rejection of such atrocities as Plicdaena violacca nvjro- 

 itriijata. Kuehn, too, appears to have honestl,y tried, though with 

 somewhat indift'erent success, to use Linnean nomenclature in his 

 paper in the " Beschiiftigungen " of the old Berlin Society, and one 

 wonders whether his names Tinea scaleUa and Plmlaena aurantia ought 

 not to have been cited. But it seems ungracious to speak of omissions 

 when we are feeling so devoutly thankful for the mass of help obtained. 

 Suffice it to add that the plan and arrangement of the work are admir- 

 able in every way. All experienced students will be delighted to learn 

 that the main index is under specific (trivial) names, not under generic, 

 as with the Jnde.v Kcire)isis ; sound reasons are given for this in the 

 introduction, and at a time when Colonel Swinhoeis so strenuously — 

 and not without success — endeavouring to bring our scientific societies 

 to their senses in this matter of indexing, Ave trust no one will be found 

 to question the wisdom of this arrangement. A very important 

 addition, however, is not forgotten, for pp. 1073-1195 supply us with 

 " Part II, index to generic names, showing the trivial names associated 

 with each, from 1758-lHOO." On the vexed question of Linne's really 

 trinomial nomenclature in the Lepidoptera, Mr. Sherborn quotes what 

 w'e may, perhaps, call the subgeneric name in brackets — e.;/., Pajiilio 

 [Plebeiiis) rt/v/;(.s, Phalaena {Geowetra) aamhiicaria, &c., but in the 

 generic index he disposes them under their main headings, Papilio, 

 Phalaena, kc, thereby tacitly endorsing Linne's own statement 

 that these are his " genera." The first author to subsequently use 

 the combinations (ieoinetra xatiihtiroria, &c. {i.e., to raise (ieometra, 

 &c., to full generic rank), therefore, has to be also separately quoted, 

 and we believe this will be found indispensable in the unravelling of 

 the tangles of homonymy. Many other points of interest might have 

 been touched upon, but we trust enough has been said to show the 

 invaluable nature of the work before us. It is published at the price 

 of 25s. net, which is wonderfully cheap when one considers the 

 contents. 



Contributions to the Fauna of Spain : Bejar, Aviia, etc. 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 Mr. Champion and myself again visited Spain last summer (1902). 

 Our experience of the previous year led us to desire its repetition, 



