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Some Overlooked Zoological Generic Names

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IN the course of my reading, I have found a few generic names of animals which have been overlooked in the preparation of the invaluable “Index Zoologicus,” recently published by the Zoological Society of London. It may be as well to direct attention to them, so that zoologists may take note of them, and avoid duplicating them for other animals. They are:—

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COCKERELL, T. Some Overlooked Zoological Generic Names. Nature 68, 526 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068526b0

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