Miscellaneoua. 535 



parallel rows of ciiitinous corpuscles and by the fact, that the poste- 

 rior sucker projects by about one third of its diameter beyoud the 

 margin of the body. 



Breadth 12: length (including suckers) 15 miUim. 

 „ il'o ,, ,, ,, 14 ,, 



10 „ „ „ lO-o „ 



As T. coccmeam has been taken from the gills of Xiphias r/Iadins, 

 it is interesting to observe that an allied form is taken from an 

 allied tish. 



Note on the Authors of the Specific yames «« John Whites ' JohdiuI 

 of a Voyage to Xew South Walts,' 1790, 



The descriptions and names of animals discovered by John White 

 have usually been attributed by later writers to the discoverer. If, 

 however, wc closely examine the book this is found not to be the 

 case. 



In the Advertis-oraent (sig. a 2) the editor returns his grateful 

 thanks to Dr. Smith, Dr. 8ba\v, and John Hunter, whose abilities 

 and communications have enabled him to surmount those difficulties 

 that necessarily attended the description of so great a variety of 

 animals. 



With regard to the plants, the fact that they were described by 

 J. E, Smith seems doubtful if we read the sentence on p, 221 ; but 

 Mr, Carruthers kindly informs me that the evidence of Robert 

 Brown on this point is indisputable (Prod. Flor. X. Holland, 1810, 

 p. 382), Mr. Carruthers also suggests that the authors probably 

 sent their MS. descriptions to the editor (? unknown), who worked 

 them into his editorial text without individual acknowledgment. 



With regard to the animals, George Shaw, in his * General 

 Zoology,' expressly stated that he himself described the following 

 species for the first time in White's ' Journal' : — MotacWa auxtralis, 

 Lacerta sfincoides, L.murieata*, L. tcuniolata, L. platura, Falco albiis, 

 Cori'tts f/racidiniis, C'ottus australis ; and as these occur hei'e and 

 there among other species, we may reasonably assume the following 

 to be by the same author : — Fulica alba, Caprimuhjus cristaius, 

 Kana cctrulea, ProceUaria fuliyinosn, Lacerta varia, GhcutoJon arma- 

 tus, Motacilla superha^ M. pvMlla, Psittacus pusillus, P. discolor, 

 Lubrus cyprinactvs, Lophias dubius, Sparus compressus, Jlidlus 

 fasciatits, Balistes f/ramdatiis, Aiherina australis; for on p. 2()9 we 

 are told that John Hunter described the animals [MammalsJ which 

 follow, and to these no sjiecific names have been given. 



C. Davies Shkrhokx 



Natural-History Museum, (Index gen. ct spec. anim.). 



Cromwell Road, S.W. 



* 'General Zoology,' Amphibia, vol. iii. pt. 1, 1802, p. 211 ; only one 

 reference is given here, as sufficient to prove the case. 



