464 THE ZOOLOGIS!. 
A List of the British Macro-Lepidoptera. Scientific and English 
Names with several hundred English Synonyms added by the 
Author, Montagu Browne. Second Edition; 8vo, pp. 28. 
Birmingham. 1877. 
Tus, a second edition of a List printed on one side only for 
labelling cabinets, and extending only to the end of the Noctue, 
is intended chiefly for the use of collectors of butterflies and large 
moths. Ina few lines of Preface the author informs us that “the 
system pursued in his list is that the scientific names should follow 
Doubleday’s arrangement, subject to a corrected spelling where the 
Greek or Latin root proves it to be necessary, in which case the 
name as it should be written appears first, followed by the name 
which years of error have now rendered admissible. The first 
English name is usually that adopted by Newman, while those 
which follow are merely local synonyms, useful perhaps for 
comparison, but not required in all cases.” 
From this it will be seen that Mr. Browne has set himself the 
task of revising the nomenclature, and of adding what he terms 
English “synonyms,” but by which he of course means English 
local names. As regards the first part of the undertaking, we are 
sorry to say that either a large number of typographical errors 
have been allowed to pass uncorrected, or there has been a want 
of care on the part of the author, of which he is evidently not 
sensible. In a second edition this is the more noticeable. If 
Sesia formiceformis be correctly altered to S. formiciformis, 
why do S. musceformis and scolieformis remain unchanged? 
Smerinthus and Heliophobus are no doubt correctly latinized in 
their terminations ; but why are Brephos, Ennomos, Thanatos, &c., 
uncorrected? Dipthera surely should be Diphthera, and Symyra, 
Simyra. 
We could point out other similar errors, which, although 
apparently trifling, become of some importance when the author, 
so to say, prides himself upon his skill in revision. 
As regards the second part of Mr. Browne’s self-imposed task, 
we have no doubt that many collectors whose hobby must often 
take them far afield will be glad to have the local names, especially 
of the rarer insects, with which this List supplies them. 
