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Rhineodon typus, which in accordance with the rules of priority 

 must be used. But why not Rhineodon, may be asked. It is 

 true that the printer in England mistook Smith's "e" for a "c," 

 and Smith being at the Cape of Good Hope, this error was uncor- 

 rected. But since the derivation is rhine, file 4- odous (odont) 

 tooth, it would be absurd to let the error stand, and hence the 

 present writer has used what seems to him the correct termin- 

 ology, Rhineodon typus. 



Since the above went to press I have found the following 

 statement by Giinther (1910) : "The name in this publication 

 [Zool. Jour. XVI. 1829] is Rhineodon; this appears, however, to 

 have been a typographical error, at least the original drawing, 

 which is in my possession, is labelled in Smith's own hand Rhi- 

 nodon typicus." This, however, does not negative the above 

 conclusions, since this finished drawing, first published in 1849, 

 was presumably not made until some time, possibly long time, 

 after 1829, and in the name Smith simply followed Miiller and 

 Henle (1841) „ 



Note: — Dr. David Starr Jordan, in Seience for March 26, 1915 (page 463), 

 records the receipt from Mr. W. F. Cameron, a correspondent of his at Zam- 

 boanga, Philippine Islands, of a photograph of a 20-foot specimen of the Whale 

 Shark, taken at the Island of Zebu. In its stomach were found a number of 

 shoes, leggings, leather belts, etc., a most incongruous mass of stuff in reference 

 to what we know of the feeding habits of this great shark. This adds another 

 to our short list of specimens, and the second for the Philippines. E. W. G. 



