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2. Something about Scudder's Nomenclator Zoologicus. 



liy Dr. G. C. J. Vosmaer, 

 Assistant at the Zoolofrical Station, Naples. 



eingeg. 15. Januar 1885. 



Everybody will agree with me that a new Nomenclator was some- 

 thing very much wanted. Since Marschall published his supplement 

 on Agassiz's book, it was a rather tiresome Avork to look through all 

 the Zoological Records if one wanted to know something about some 

 genus, or if one wanted to see whether this or that name was already 

 used for a genus. Many people do not possess a complete series of the 

 Records and the result was that confusion more and more reigned. 

 Scudder undertook the gigantic work to give supplemental lists and to 

 make a universal index of not less than 80,000 names. His task was 

 very difficult and we are thankful for what he did. We are thankful 

 but not satisfied. 



As soon as the new Nomenclator came in my hands I compared my 

 lists of Sponge-names with the Universal Index and found that more 

 than 40 generic names of Porifera are to be cancelled, only because 

 the name has been given already to other groups. But on the other 

 hand I was a little disappointed that about Vß of the names, given to 

 Sponges was omitted in Scudder 's list. I think it will be useful to 

 publish them, and hope that the author of the nomenclator soon will 

 be able to give again supplemental lists. 



I am convinced of the great difficulty of giving a complete list of 

 names, and also the following supplemental one will not be so. Still I 

 hope that there are not many omissions. 



Aaptos Gray '67 ' . 



Abila Gray '67 p. 522 und 539! ! 



Accule Gray '67. 



Acanthella O. S. '622. 



Acarnia[-iis) Gray '67. 



Aclocia Gray '67. 



Aegogropila Gray '67. 



Alehinn Gray '67. 



Amorjiftma O. S. '70 -^ 



Arnniscos Gray '67. 



Anchinoe Gray '67 p. 546 and p. 535 ! ! 



Andreus Gray '67. 



Antho Gray '67. 

 Ajihrocdllistes Gray '58. 

 Aph/sma Ndo '34*. 

 AiììysillaY. E. S. '77 5. 

 Astrospongia Gray '67. 

 Astrostoma Gray '67. 

 Asi/cJns Gray '67. 

 Auliskia Bwk.ß'58. 

 Axos Gray '67. 

 Bicmma Gray '67. 

 Bubaris Gray '67. 

 Baeria M. M. '70". 



1 Gray '67 i. c. in Proc. Z. Soc. 1867. 



2 Schmidt, Spong. Adr. Meeres 1862. 



3 Schmidt, Spong. Atl. Geb. 1870. 



4 Isis 1834. 



5 Zeitschr. f. wiss. Zool. 30. Bd. 



6 Bo wer bank. Philos. Transact. 1858. 



7 Miklucho-Maclay, Jen. Zeitschr. 1870. 



