614 NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS PYTHIA, 



Pythia Lessoni, Blain.= Pythia savaiensis, Mousson, G. Neville, 

 in Hand List of Mollusca in Indian Museum at Calcutta, p. 223, 

 1&78. 



Pythia savayensis, Schmeltz, in Catalog, v., of Museum 

 Goddefroy, p. 87, 1874. 



Habitat. Savaii, Manua Islands, and Ovalau, Mousson, on tlio 

 authority of Grliffe ; Island of Savaii, Pease, in Pro. Zool. Soc. 

 p. 477, 1871. 



Unless considerable care is taken much confusion will take 

 place about this species — if a species it is, which I very much 

 doubt — owing to the name having been altered already twice in 

 its spelling. Originally spelt by Mousson Savaiensis it was altered 

 by Schmeltz in 1874 to Savayensis, and subsequently by Pease 

 in 1877 to Savaiiensis. Patel it will be observed considers the 

 species only a variety of panther •ina of Adams, while Neville 

 considers it a variety of Lessoni of Blainville. 



Neville records his specimens of Pythia Lessoni, Blain.=P. 

 savaiensis, Mousson, first from Vavan, which should read Vavau, 

 second from Mare Lifu, Loyalty Islands, both on the the authority 

 of Layard ; third Savay Ovalau, from Godeffroy. 



43** Pythia scarab.eus, Linneus. 



Helix scarabaus, Linn., — a perfect form — Syst. ed. 10, p. 768, 

 N. 571 ; Mus., Sud. Ulr., p. 663, N. 361, Syst. ed. 12, p. Till, 

 N. 655 ; Bom., Test. p. 365, 1780 ; Chemn., Conch., ix., 2, p. 

 179; Schrot, Einl. ii., p. 122; Gmel., Syst., p. 3613, N. 1; 

 Dillw., Descr. Cat. ii., p. 85, N. 1 ; Burr., Elem. t. 20, f. 1.? 



Helix pythia, Mull., Hist. Vern. ii., p. 88, N. 286. 

 Pythia helicina, Bolt., Mus., p. 105, N. 1346, ed. Nov. p. 74, 

 N. 1319. 



Pythia rictans, Schum. Essai, p. 229. 



,, imbrium, Morch., Cat. Yold. p. 37, N. 771. 



