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species were based. With all these we are able to fix as a type 

 locality Pernambuco, for Marcgrave stayed at " Moritzstadt," now 

 Recife, most of his time, 1640-1644, while even his excursions 

 were limited to the coast region between 5° 45' and 1 1° 1 1' S., thus 

 taking in little more than from Rio Giunde do Norte to Alagoas, 

 a region at the centre of which Pei-nambuco lies. 



Agaiii, with regard to species named fi'om the iigures in Seba's 

 'Thesaurus,' it would not be unjustifia,ble to suggest tha,t in the 

 case of all tropical South American animals, Surinam — the great 

 source of all Dutch collections—should be accepted as the type 

 locality, except when the presei'vation of the type specimen or 

 some incompatibility in the description shows this to have been 

 impossible. 



The alterations in nomenclature that have proved to be necessary 

 are fortunately comparatively few, certainly far fewer than 1 

 ha,d originally feared would be the case. Those not previously 

 published are (he following :^ — 



Simaa. Genotype not sati/rus but sylvanus. p. 125. 

 Anthropopithectcs satyrtis for Chimpanzee, p. 125. 

 Technical name of Barbary Ape, Simia sylvana. p. 125. 

 Fygathrix a distinct genus from Preshytis. p. 127 (footnote). 

 Macaca syrichta for M. philippinensis auct. p. 129. 

 Mania pentadactyla for M. dahnani iiund. p. 133. 

 Dasypus for Tatu; Eiiplwactus for '■'■ Dasypus" p. 141. 

 Arvicanthis striatus for A. jndchellus Gray. p. 148. 

 Pftyseter catodon for Ph. macrocephcdus Linn. p. 157. 



Other names here confirmed, which a,re unfamiliar, though 

 not now published for the first time, are those indicated for the 

 Whalebone Whales by Mr. F. W. True, those of certain monkeys 

 (Oebus, Mandrill, &c.), recently pointed out by Dr. Elliot, Preshytis 

 aygula for P. m.itratios, Cynocephalus t^olans for the Philippine 

 Colugo, Elej)has maximus for the Indian Elephant, and Myrmeco- 

 phaya tridactyla for M. juhata. 



In one respect the pi-esent paper does not complete the exami- 

 nation of all the Linnean 1758 species, for a certain number are 

 still unidentified pending the study of typical specimens formerly 

 in the " Museum Regis Adolphi Friderici,"and no doubt in many 

 cases still in existence. I would commend to my colleagues iri 

 Sweden an examination of the old collections there preserved, 

 with an identification of such types as are still extant. Perhaps 

 Dr. Einar Lonnberg may be able to forward this final completion 

 of the study of the " Zoological Bible " written by his immortal 

 compatriot. 



In the following pages the genera and species are ari-anged 

 as in the ' Systema,' while opposite the name of each species on 

 the right-hand side of the page I have placed" the name of the 

 recognized modein genus into which that species falls. 



