Sept., '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 225 



It seems almost absurd to speak of the importance of nomen- 

 clature. A science is indeed at fault, if its language is not 

 accurate. Every word or term should have a solid foundation, 

 and should designate but one definite thing, in the clearest and 

 most concise way possible. They should be, ' ' So far as prac- 

 ticable, only such terms as are brief, simple, exact, significant, 

 of classical origin and capable of inflection." "Everything 

 in science ought to be real, ingenuous and open ; every ex- 

 pression that indicates duplicity or equivocation, reservation, 

 wavering or inconsistency is a reproach to it." There is cer- 

 tainly room for improvement in the science of entomology. 



The supplementary titles follow. 



1746. Linnaeus, Carolus. Termini Artis. Fauna Svecica Sistens Animalia 



Sveciae : Quadrupedia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, 



Vermes. Distributa per classes et ordines, genera et species, 



&c Lugduni. Edit. 2, Stockholmiae 1761. 



Defines 14 general terms in the first, anc 15 in the second, 



edition. 

 1800. Illiger, Karl. (J. K. W.) Versuch einer syslematischen voll- 



standigen Terminologie fiir das Thier u. Pflanzenreich. Helm- 



staedt, Fleckeisen. 432. pp. 



Valuable. Vide Illiger (1805). 

 1805. Illiger, Karl. (J. K. W.) Zusiitzezu der Terminologie derlnsek- 



ten. lUiger's Magazin f. Insektenkunde, Braunsvigse, V. pp. 



1-27. 



A good systematic discussion bearing on terminology, and 



Supplementary to Illiger (1800). 



1824. Samouelle, George. An Explanation of the Terms Used in Ento- 



mology. The Entomologists' Useful Compendium; or an Intro- 

 duction to the Knowledge of British Insects, comprising, etc. 

 a glossary of about 700 terms, conveniently grouped. 

 London, pp. 33S-356 



1825. Say, Thomas. 



Vide Psyche, Cambridge, Mass., IV, 1 883-1885, p. 145. The 

 original edition in separate binding, antedating Kirby & Spence 

 (1826). Very rare, and has not been seen. 



1826. Kirby, William, and William Spence. Definitions. 



Intro. Ent. : or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, 

 London, III, pp, 354-393, table, pis. 



Treats of about 230 terms used in reference to the external 

 anatomy of insects. Compare the rest of the volume. Im- 

 portant. 



