BY C. HEDLEY. 703 



arranged the genus as having one member in the northern 

 hemisphere and another in the southern. 



EUMONTROUZIERA. 



Eumontroiiziei'a, nom.mut. for Montiouziei^a Souverhie, J ourn. 

 de Conch., xi., 1863, p. 282, PI xii., fig.5; Id., Hedley, Rec. Austr. 

 Mus., viii., 1912, p. 135; Id., Iredale, Proc. Malac. Soc, xi , 1914, 

 p. 175; not Montronziera Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (3), viii., 

 1860, p.224. 



It was recently pointed out by Iredale, that the name of Mon- 

 trouziera cannot be maintained for the shell, because it was pre- 

 viously appropriated in entomology. My friend invited me to 

 make the necessary correction, and, in accepting this privilege, I 

 desire to maintain a cherished link between this heroic traveller 

 and the science he loved so well. To that end I now propose 

 ^^Eitmontrouziera.^' 



So little has appeared in conchological literature about this 

 remarkable man, that I would take this opportunity to offer a 

 few notes on his career. 



Xavier Montrouzier was born at Montpellier, in France, on 

 December 3rd, 1820, and died in his 77th year, at St. Louis, 

 New Caledonia, on May 16th, 1897. 



After a brilliant collegiate career, he commenced scientific 

 study in Paris under the celebrated philosopher, Marcel de 

 Serres. From this he withdrew to take up missionary work. In 

 1844, he was dispatched to Woodlark Island, as one of a pioneer- 

 ing party organised by the Marist Society for service in M elan- 

 esia. This party suffered dreadfully; their leader was killed and 

 eaten, whilst Montrouzier himself carried the mark of a spear- 

 thrust to his grave. After most of them had either died of 

 fever or been massacred by cannibals, the remnant was with- 

 drawn. 



Even under these difficulties, he found means to gather and 

 publish notes on the Entomology, Ichthyology, Conchology, and 

 Ornithology of Woodlark Island. 



In 1846, he was transferred to the healthier, but not less 

 dangerous, post of Balade in New Caledonia, in which island he 

 remained for the rest of his life. As a man of strong character 



