Studies on the unpublished specimens of Japanese animals collected by Von Siebold and now preserved in the museums of the Netherlands. (2nd survey)

本项目旨在研究Von Siebold编辑出版的《Fauna Japonica》特别系列出版物中未描述的动物标本。我们尽了最大的努力，尽可能多地寻找他的标本，同时也寻找其他的自然史资料，以了解冯·西博尔德收集自然史标本的目的。昆虫标本；在1450个标本中发现350种。该标本的种类组成表明冯·西博尔德对日本昆虫区系很感兴趣。甲壳类标本；在2000个标本中检测了205个物种。这个收藏品的质量上乘。冯·西博尔德在准备标本时非常细心。我们在大多数物种中发现了两种不同的标本，干燥的和防腐剂的。这个收藏不仅包括在长崎附近收集的物种，还包括在北海道和琉球收集的物种。植物标本；在510张纸中检出75种。这些都是精心准备的。其中一些标本是在前往江户的途中采集的。软体动物和棘皮动物标本；鉴定工作已完成，并编制了保存在荷兰的标本的完整名单。化石;在地质博物馆发现了300个标本。然而，我们没有找到最重要的标本，如鱼的化石和象的牙齿。动植物画；我们检查了川原庆贺拍摄的许多照片，试图确定它们的种类。我们还研究了栗本佑宪、小内宗信等几位日本博物学家的手稿和照片。

This project aims to study the zoological specimens those are not described in the special series of publications, Fauna Japonica, edited and published by Von Siebold. We made our best effort to find his specimens as many as possible and also to find other natural hisotry materials to have a clue to understand Von Siebold's aim in collecting of natural historical specimens.1. Specimens of insects; 350 species in 1450 specimens were found. The species composition of this collection shows that Von Siebold was interested in insect fauna of Japan.2. Specimens of crustaceas; 205 species in 2000 specimens were examined. The quality of this collection is exellent. Von Siebold was very careful in the preparation of specimens. We found two different kinds of specimens, dry and in preservative, in most of species. The collection contains not only the species collected near Nagasaki but also those in Hokkaido and the Ryukyus.3. Specimens of plants; 75 species in 510 sheets were examined. Those were very beautifully and carefully prepared. Some of those were the specimens collected on the journey to Edo.4. Specimens of molluscs and echinoderms; identification was finished and complete list of the specimens preserved in the Netherlands was made.5. Fossils; 300 specimens were found at the Geological Museum. However, we could not find the most important specimens such as fossils of fish and teeth of elephant.6. Paintings of animals and plants; we examined numerous pictures by Kawahara Keiga and tried to identify the species. We also examined the manuscripts and pictures of several Japanese naturalists such as Kurimoto Suiken and Okochi Zonshin.