BY H. LEIGHTON KESTEVEN. 481 



LoTORiUM BARTHELEMYi, Bemardi. 



This unlocalised species is, as stated by Pritchard and Gatliff 

 (o^j. cit.), a synonym of L. spengleri, Chemn. 



The following names proposed by Perry in 1811 (27) have lately 

 been reinstated by Mr. C. Hedley (le) : — 



Perry's specific name. Specific synonym in use heretofore. 



Lotoriutn cornutum. Lotorium exarcUum, Reeve. 

 ,, parkinsonianum ,, fusiforme, Kiener. 



,, ruhicundum ,, nodiferurn, Lamk. 



In the same paper Mr. Hedley says " Monoplex formosus, Perry, 

 is recognised by Deshayes as a synonym of Triton clavator, 

 Lamarck, 1822 ( — Murex clavator, 1817). Triton sinensis, Reeve, 

 seems to me identical." At my request he has gone over this 

 ground again with me, and, as far as our material allows us to 

 judge, we have come to the following conclusions : — 



(1) Triton clavator, Reeve, is not clavator, Chemn., 1795, 

 Dillwyn (9), Lamarck (21), and should be quoted as Lotorium 

 formosum, Perry. 



(2) Lotorium clavator, Chemn., (4) (a binonial name), is probably 

 the correct name for the form hitherto known as Triton sarcostoma^ 

 Reeve. 



(3) Lotorium sine^ise, Reeve (30), is a valid species. 



In conclusion I have to thank Mr. C. Hedley for a great deal 

 of assistance rendered me in my search through literature; and 

 the Curator, Mr. R. Etheridge, Junr., through whose kindness I 

 have been enabled to study Australian Museum material. 



Works Eeferred to. 



1. — Adams, H. & A. — Genera of Recent Shells, Vol. i. 



2. — Agassiz, L. — Nomenclator Zoologicus (Index Univers.), p. 51. 



3.— Baker.— Ann. New York Acad. 1897, Vol. ix. 



4.— Chemnitz.— Conch. Cab. xi., 1795, p. 110, pi. 190, figs. 1825-26. 



5.— Chenu. — Manuel de Conchyliologie. 



