254 StLPHA, SIMTA. 



Stee. D. Lip emarginate, conic ; jaw bifid* Or 

 genus IPS. 1 6 species. 



Sfec. E. Lip cordate, emarginate, crenate. Or 

 genus NicROPHOitus. 5 species. 



Sec. F. Lip square, emarginate. Or genu 

 SfHJBRimuii. SO species. 



Sec. G. Lip long, entire ; antennae serrate. Or 

 genus HYPPOPHL^US. 6 species. 



The question seems lo be simply this : Is the 

 introduction of these six new names a valuable ac- 

 quisition to the science, without being accompa- 

 nied with a new discovery or a new thought of any 

 kind ; excepting that of a new combination of uu- 

 cooth sounds ? Nature decides in favor of some 

 subdivisions of the Linnean genera; but vanity 

 makes a score of new genera where nature and 

 expediency hesitatingly decide in favor of one. 

 Set MS. 1\ 



4 4. SILURUS. Spec. 28. 



glanis, (bearded-fish,) having six cirri or beards ; 

 dorsal iin single, unarmed ; head spatulate, 

 dusky-green. All sizes up to 300 pounds 

 weight. 

 See MS. P. 



1 2. SIMTA. Spec. 64. 



Section A. Without a tail Apes. 



satyrus, (orang-outang,) rusty-brown ; hair of the 

 fore-arms reversed, haunches covered ; body 

 erect generally. From three to five feet high. 



