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the Genera of Recent Mollusca of Henry, and Arthur Adams at 

 the same they quote Bulla australis, Quoy. Chenu in his Manuel 

 de Conch., figures a species at fig. 2938, as Bulla australis, the 

 species so figured is not the Bidla australis, Quoy, which is the 

 Bulla australis of Gray. Chenu also figures the Bulla oblotiya, A. 

 Adams, which is the Bulla australis, of Gray also Quoy. Mr. 

 Angas, in 1865, quotes Bulla australis, Quoy and Gaimard, from 

 South Australia, and in 1867, he quotes it SiS Bulla oblonga, A. 

 Adams, from Port Jackson. Reeve, in 1868, treats it as Bulla 

 ohlonga, A. Adams. The Bulla called Australis, and figured as 

 such in the Conch. Icon., as of Quoy and Gaimard, is not that 

 shell but a distinct species from Tahiti and other Pacific Islands, 

 Mr. A. Adams, in Sowerby's Monograph, gives Quoy and 

 Gaimard's description for a shell from New Holland, and figures 

 aiiother shell for it from Tahiti. In 1873, Professor Hutton 

 quotes it as Bulla oblonga, Adams ; in the same year Von 

 Martens, in his critical list of New Zealand, quotes it as Btdla 

 australis, Quoy, a common shell of New Holland. In the same 

 year it is quoted by Paetel in his catalogue as Bulla australis, 

 Quoy, from Adelaide, and Bulla oblonga, A. Adams, from the 

 Philippine Islands, the latter locality is an invention of Mr, 

 Cuming. In 1877, Tenison- Woods quotes it as Bulla oblonga, A. 

 Adams, and says that it has been confounded with Bulla australis, 

 Quoy, a shell found at Tahiti. In 1878, Professor Hutton quotes 

 it as Bidla oblonga, A. Adams, Bulla australis, Gray, he also 

 repeats tlie same error. In 1880, in the Manual of New Zealand 

 Mollusca, he quotes Dieflfenbach, New Zealand, for his informa- 

 tion, but his quotation is entirely wrong. The information that I 

 have found in DieiFenbach, New Zealand, Vol. 2, p. 243, No. 114, 

 1843, is Bulla australis, Gray, King's Voyage, so that it is quite 

 evident that Dr. Gray did not forget that he had mentioned it in 

 King's Vo^vage in 1827. 



The Bull% australis of A. Adams in Sowerby Thesaurus Conchy- 

 liorum from Tahiti, found on reefs Cuming is quite a distinct 

 species from the Bulla australis. Gray, and Quoy and Gaimard, 

 Adamsspecies requiresanewspecificname. B. australis, Gvaj isnever 



