EXPLANATIONS. 



IT is always customary with writers on Natural History to 

 affix to every genus and species the name of its founder and 

 describer, and for the sake of brevity, when it is long, to 

 signify the same either by the first letter or syllable, where 

 that name is well known, and by putting it in full in the op- 

 posite case. Thus SIMIA, Lin., or L. means that Linnaeus 

 is the founder of the genus Simia, and S. troglodytes, L. 

 means that he first described that particular species of Ourang. 

 Most frequently, however, the contracted name refers to the 

 discoverer and describer of the species which precedes it. 



L. or Lin. stands for . . Linnaeus. 



Fab., .... Fabricius. 



Lat., .... Latreille. 



Geoff., .... Geoffroy. 



Illig., .... Illiger. 



Cuv., .... Cuvier. 



Fr. Cuv., .... Frederick Cuvier. 



Buff., .... Buffon. 



Pall., .... Pallus. 



Lam., .... Lamarck. 



Gm., .... Gmelin, 

 &c. &c. &c. 



