﻿ON 
  TWO 
  EDITIONS 
  OF 
  DUMERIL'S 
  ZOOLOGIE 
  ANALYTIQUE. 
  

   By 
  Tom 
  Iuedalk. 
  

   Bead 
  14th 
  April, 
  1916. 
  

   I 
  HAVE 
  only 
  seen 
  one 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  work, 
  namely 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   JVauiilns, 
  vol. 
  xv, 
  p. 
  127, 
  March, 
  1902, 
  wliere 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Dull 
  wrote 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  frequently 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  ill-effects 
  of 
  

   the 
  absurd 
  European 
  proposition 
  that 
  names 
  such 
  as 
  Cyprinus 
  and 
  

   Cijprina 
  sliould 
  not 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  exist 
  in 
  nomenclature 
  simultaneously 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  Finding 
  the 
  name 
  i\^«.9S«/7'rt 
  challenged 
  on 
  this 
  p;round, 
  I 
  hunted 
  

   up 
  tlie 
  earlier 
  use 
  (1806) 
  in 
  Duineril's 
  Zoologie 
  Anahjtique, 
  and 
  took 
  

   the 
  occasion 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  full 
  list 
  of 
  Dumeril's 
  names, 
  wliich 
  all 
  end 
  in 
  

   -arias 
  and 
  are 
  all 
  synonyms. 
  Some 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  text, 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  

   the 
  Latin 
  index 
  only, 
  with 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  pages 
  where 
  the 
  French 
  

   equivalent 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  Among 
  tlie 
  latter 
  I 
  discovered 
  JPleuro- 
  

   tomarius, 
  Dumeril's 
  name 
  for 
  Plgnrotoma. 
  If 
  the 
  idiotic 
  rule 
  above- 
  

   mentioned 
  was 
  put 
  in 
  force 
  this 
  superfluous 
  synonym 
  would 
  deprive 
  

   us 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  use 
  Plearofomaria, 
  J. 
  Sowerby, 
  which 
  dates 
  only 
  

   from 
  1821, 
  and 
  perha])S 
  also 
  Plearotomarium, 
  Elainville, 
  another 
  

   rendering 
  of 
  Defrance's 
  French 
  name 
  which 
  dates 
  from 
  1825. 
  I 
  may 
  

   add 
  that 
  any 
  rule 
  admitting 
  anonymous 
  names, 
  taken 
  into 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  with 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  one, 
  would 
  upset 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  best-known 
  names 
  in 
  molluscan 
  zoology, 
  including 
  such 
  as 
  Olica, 
  

   Cyprcea, 
  etc." 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  sentence 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  written 
  in 
  a 
  hurry, 
  asCypraa 
  

   is 
  a 
  Linnean 
  1758 
  name, 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  judge 
  absolutely 
  

   unassailable, 
  while 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  any 
  danger 
  to 
  Oliva 
  from 
  

   either 
  of 
  the 
  causes 
  Dr. 
  Dall 
  has 
  quoted. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  quotation 
  Dall 
  does 
  not 
  discuss 
  the 
  validity 
  

   of 
  Dumeril's 
  names, 
  but 
  apparently 
  accepts 
  them 
  as 
  valid. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   them 
  were 
  quoted 
  in 
  synonymy 
  by 
  the 
  Adams 
  Eros, 
  in 
  their 
  

   Genera 
  of 
  Recent 
  Mollasca. 
  Scudder 
  also 
  records 
  most, 
  if 
  not 
  all, 
  

   of 
  the 
  names. 
  Consequently 
  they 
  liave 
  been 
  available 
  to 
  workers 
  

   for 
  many 
  years, 
  and 
  tliere 
  is 
  no 
  new 
  discovery 
  here. 
  It 
  seems 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  make 
  this 
  statement 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  hereafter 
  given. 
  Dall 
  

   afterwards 
  reconsidered 
  tlie 
  matter 
  of 
  rejecting 
  Dumeril's 
  nomen- 
  

   clature 
  as 
  not 
  acceptable, 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  U.S. 
  Geol. 
  Survey 
  Prof. 
  Paper 
  

   No. 
  59, 
  1909, 
  p. 
  46, 
  in 
  the 
  synonymy 
  of 
  Thais, 
  Bolten, 
  lie 
  wrote: 
  

   ^'' 
  Purpararias, 
  Dumeril, 
  Zool. 
  Anal., 
  p. 
  166, 
  1806: 
  nomenclature 
  not 
  

   Linnean: 
  Froriep's 
  German 
  transl., 
  p. 
  167 
  (P. 
  persica 
  cited), 
  1806." 
  

  

  I 
  cannot 
  accept 
  the 
  dictum 
  that 
  Dumeril's 
  "nomenclature" 
  is 
  "not 
  

   Linnean". 
  This 
  would 
  certainly 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  easy 
  solution 
  to 
  the 
  

   problem, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  maintained 
  in 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  

   Zoology. 
  Tlius, 
  in 
  Ornithology, 
  the 
  names 
  proposed, 
  when 
  available, 
  

   by 
  Dumeril 
  are 
  in 
  use. 
  I 
  believe 
  also 
  that 
  Ichthyologists 
  utilize 
  

   Dumeril's 
  novelties 
  without 
  question. 
  My 
  own 
  method 
  of 
  dealing 
  

   with 
  Dumeril's 
  names 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  advise 
  rejection 
  whenever 
  there 
  is 
  

   the 
  slightest 
  technical 
  cause 
  and 
  to 
  urge 
  the 
  strict 
  letter 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  

  

  