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animal is to be called Trionyx Phayrei or T. Jeudii ; for fortu- 

 nately the study of zoology is not all confined to the study of 

 nomenclature, which is but a means to enable us to determine 

 with some certainty the species on which one's observations 

 on structure, development, habits, and economy may be 

 recorded. 



XI. — Additions to the Australian Curculionidae. Part I. 

 By Feancis p. Pascoe, F.L.S. &c. 



Five or six years ago our knowledge of the Australian Cur- 

 culionidje was comparatively in a not much more advanced 

 state than it was left in by Schonherr* in 1845. This author 

 was acquainted with 229 species, including 10 from Tasmania, 

 Erichson, however, in 1842 (Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte) had 

 published 41 species, which were not noticed by Schonherr. 

 In 1848, Germar (Linntea Entomologica) added 24 to the 

 list. The number was slightly increased by Mr. Waterhouse 

 in 1853-54 and 1861 (Trans. Entomolog. Soc), by Boheman 

 in 1858 (Eugenics Resa), and by M. Jekel in 1860 (Insecta 

 Saundersiana) . In 1865, Mr. W. MacLeay published a very 

 large number of species belonging to the subfamily Amycte- 

 rinse, in the '■ Transactions of the Entomological Society of 

 New South Wales.' Hope, Blanchard, Perroud, Roelofs, and, 

 in 1867, Bedtenbacher (Novara-Beise) may be mentioned as 

 having contributed a few more. Many new genera and species 

 have been recently described by me in the ' Journal of the 

 Linnean Society ' and elsewhere ; so that now we may reckon 

 upon about 730 species. There are still, however, a great many 

 species new to science in my collection, and, thanks to some 

 of my friends in Australia, especially Mr. Masters, of Sydney, 

 and Mr. Odewahn, of Gawler, I am frequently adding to the 

 number. I purpose publishing some of these occasionally in 



* ' Genera et Species Curculionidum.' This elaborate work, in eight 

 volumes, each of two parts (volumes in themselves), included the Bru- 

 chidae, Brenthidse, and Anthribidre, as well as the Curculionidae. The 

 latter amounted to 6335 species (the whole number was 7141), and were 

 described by Boheman, Gyllenhall, Fahrteus, and Rosenschold, Schon- 

 herr only reserving to himself the descriptions of the genera. It is very 

 usual to quote Schonherr only, but 1 have invariably quoted the authors 

 whose names followed the specific descriptions. In the 229 species men- 

 tioned above, about 10 should be subtracted for Bruchidse, Brenthidae, 

 and Anthribidae. Rather more than 20 species of these families are now 

 known from Australia. 



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