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venation in this type — well shown in the figure (Berl. Ent. 
Zeitschr, 1858 pi. iii., fig. 2) which, so far from possessing 
Thomson’s “ Framvingarnes cubitus utgar straxt ofvan midten 
af vena basalis, areolan ar nastan fyrkantig ” (Opusc. Ent. 
xx., 1895, p. 2276), shows little of the former and nothing 
whatever of the latter feature.’ 
ZEBRAS. 
That the entomologists are not the only sinners in the 
way of nomenclature is shown by the following remarkable 
instance, taken from ‘ Nature,’ of the needless multiplication 
■of technical names in zoology, that has recently occurred in 
the case of Grevy’s zebra. Some years ago, Mr. R. I. Pocock 
pointed out that this species was so markedly distinct from 
other Equid* as to be worthy of subgeneric separation, 
although he did not suggest a new subgeneric title. In 1912 
Dr. Max Hilzheimer (Abh. Senckenberg Ges., vol. xxi., p.85), 
proposed for this species the subgeneric name, Megacephalon, 
which is pre-occupied (1846) by a well-known genus of birds. 
In the same year, Mr. N. Heller (Smithsonian Misc. Collect., 
vol. lx., No. 8, p. 1), apparently without knowledge of Dr. 
Hilzheimer’s work, proposed the name Dolichoppus in a generic 
sense. Unaware of this, Dr. A. Griffini, in an article on zebras 
and quaggas, originally published in vol. iv. of Natura (Padua), 
but of which separately paged reprints have just reached this 
country, suggests the name, Ludolphozecora (from ‘ Zecora’ 
the designation by which Ludolphus alluded to the species) 
to replace the pre-occupied Megacephalon. 
BRITISH MAMMALS. 
A melancholy interest attaches to Part 15 of the History of 
British Mammals, which has just been received from Messrs. 
Gurney and Jackson, inasmuch as the editor, Major Barrett- 
Hamilton, and the artist, Dr. E. A. Wilson, have both perished 
in the Antarctic while carrying out scientific research in the 
interests of their native country. The services of Mr. A. C. 
Hinton have been secured to continue the work, and doubtless 
it will not seriously suffer from these severe losses. The 
present part, in addition to containing an excellent portrait 
of Major Barrett-Hamilton with an appreciation by Mr. 
Oldfield Thomas, deals with the Bank Mouse, the Scoma Bank 
Mouse, and various other species of these small, but neverthe- 
less very puzzling mammalia. There is an excellent coloured 
plate showing skins of Arvicola amphibia amphibia ; A. a. 
reta ; Evotomys glareolus ; E. skomerensis, as well as numerous 
other illustrations. We are kindly permitted to reproduce the 
block of Major Barrett-Hamilton (plate XII.) 
1914 May 1 . 
