1873.] F. Stoliczka— On the PassalidcB. 115 



A more rational nomenclature is, therefore, desirable, as an aid to the memory. 

 This, Harting says, should he so constructed that any naturalist from hearing 

 the name pronounced should immediately know to which group a certain 

 animal belongs. His suggestion is to the effect that all the higher divisions 

 should terminate in res. Now, for each of the five principal divisions of the 

 animal kingdom, he takes one of the vowels, a ; e, i, o, u, and thus we shall 

 have — 



Taking No. I, as an example, he proposes to prefix the term ares with 

 different consonants, in order to form names for the sub-divisions, thus — 



Mammalia = Pares. 

 Aves = Cares. 



Reptilia = Fares. 



Pisces = Sares. 



Retaining the Pares as a further example, Harting proceeds further to divide 

 them thus : 



Placentalia = P 1 a r e s. 



Didel/phia = P r a r e s. 



Erpetodelpliia, = P s a r e s. 



Then the Placentalia or P 1 a r e s are sub-divided : 



Bimcma or Hominidce = Amplares. 



Quadrumana = Acplares. 



Chiroptera = Atchphares. 



Carnivora = Asplares. 



Eodentia = Arplares. 



As a further example of the system proposed, the Arplares or Rodentia are 

 taken, and divided thus into : 



Sciurina == Larplares. 



Castorina — Carplares. 



Arvicolina = Sarplares. 



etc. 



Then the Sciurina or Larplares are divided into a certain number of genera, 

 for which the termination a, as indicating a mammal should be adopted (e, in case 

 of birds, etc) . Thus we get : 



Sciurus = S c i u 1 a r p 1 a. 



Pteromys = Pterolarpla. 



Spermnp hilus = Spermolarpla. 



Arctomys = Arctolarpla. 



Tamias = Tamolarpla. 



Myonv.s = M y o 1 a r p 1 a. 



