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Since Linnseus wrote his descriptions and gave his names 

 (from 1761 — 7), up to 1884, we find immense numbers of these 

 personal names. 



Among Coleoptera for example : — 



Nebria gyllenhalii, Scho., Chlseiiius schrankii, Diiftr., Ste. skrinashir- 

 anus, Step., Aepus robinii, Lab., Bern, fockii, Hum., B. clarkii, Daws., 



B. schuppelii, Dej., B. sturraii, Panz., Cybister roeselii, Fab., Agabus 

 sturtnii, Gyl., Hyd. davisii, Curtis, H. gyllenhalii, Schiodte, Euryusa kirbyi, 

 Janson, Aleo. kirbyii, Steph., Myrra. haworthi, Steph., Homalota thomsoui, 

 Janson, Stenus guynemeri, Du Val, S. ei'ichsoni, Jan., S. kiesenwetteri, 

 Ros., Homalium allardi, Fairin., Choleva kirbii, Spence, C. watsoni, Spence, 



C. wilkiuii, Spence, Scydmgeus sparshallii, Denny, Anomala frischii, 

 Koppe, A. donovaiii, Marsh, A. zenkeii. Germar, A. schonherri, Gyl., 

 Couopalpus vigorsii, St., xlnthicus schaumii, WolL, Anaspis geoffroyi, Mull., 

 Apion gyllenhalii, Kirby, A. spencii, Kirby, A. curtisii, Kirby, A. waltoni, 

 Steph., A. hookeri, Steph., A. germari, Wal., A. schonherri, Waterhouse, 

 Sitones waterhousei, Sckol., Tychius schneideri, Herb. 



Are these enough to prove we have long had a system of 

 naming after individuals in the Coleoptera alone ; if not, then 

 take the phytophagous Hymenoptera — I have before me, as I 

 write. Ten. fletcheri and saunclersi ; or let us examine the 

 Tortrices among Lepidoptera : — 



Lecheana, Linn., hartmanniana, Linn., schulziana, B'ah., ratzburgiana, 

 Sor,, daliana and bouchardana, Doub., hawkerana, Stainton, peuziana, 

 Thumb. ? colquhounaua, St., P. mitterbacheriana, W. V., paykuUiana, Linn., 

 S. heegerana, Dup., weirana, Douglas, D. petiverana, Linn., C. wim- 

 merana, Tr., hoheuwarthiana, \V. V., C. audouinaua, Dup., A. bauman- 

 niana, W, V., schreibersiana, Frol., C. francillaua, Fab., aud smeath- 

 manniana, Fab. 



In the Tineid^ the Vienna Catalogue gives : — 



E. steinkellneriella, Zell., zinckenella, Hub., oehlmauniella, Fab., 

 thungerella, Linn., swamraerdamella, Zell., schwarziella, Linn., degeerella 

 and the Vienna catalogue, schifferniillerella, &c. 



If we take examples from our birds we find the principle of 

 giving individual names has been long practised. Thus we 

 hiiwe: — No ctiia tengmalmi of Selby (Tengmalm's owl); Totanus 

 bartramia, Wilson (Bartram's sandpiper) ; Tringa schinzii, 

 Brehm (Schinz's sandpiper), — this bird is also called Tringa 

 bonapartii; Tringa temminckii, Leister (Temminck's stint). But 

 surely I have given sufficient illustrations ; if not I have only to 

 lift my head, as I write in my museum, and see before me the 

 fork-tailed petrel, Procellaria leachii ; or Jenyns' Bulwer's petrel, 



