SYNONYMY OF AND REMARKS UPON THE SPECIFIC 

 NAMES AND AUTHORITIES OF FOUR SPECIES 

 OF AUSTRALIAN MARINE SHELLS, ORIGINALLY 

 DESCRIBED BY DR. JOHN EDWARD GRAY IN 



1825 AND 1827. 



By John Brazier, C.M.Z.S., Ac, &c. 



In this paper I have endeavoured to give Dr. Gray credit for his 

 work done in 1825 and 1827, as far as regards his specific names. 

 Tliree of them have been put down as being described or figured by 

 Wood, Quoy and Gaimard, Sowerby and othei'S. 



First we have Nassa livida Gray, well described in Captain 

 King's Narrative of a Survey of the Coasts of Australia, Vol. 2, 

 Appendix p. 484, 1827. And from that date the shell has not even 

 been mentioned by those authors who have catalogued or mona- 

 graphed the genera, Reeve, Kiener, Marrat and Tryon. 



The next species in order is Stromhus australis Gray, always 

 quoted as of Sowerby. 



Then we have Bulla australis, Gray described in the Annals of 

 Philosophy, new series. Vol. 9, 1825. It is also mentioned again 

 by Gray in Captain King's Voyages, Appendix Vol. 2, p. 490, 1827. 

 It is always quoted as of Quoy and Gaimard. The shell figured both 

 by Reeve and Sowerby in their works as Australis of Quoy and 

 Gai(nard is a distinct species, and comes from Tahiti and other 

 Polynesian Islands. Quoy and Gaimard's Shell came from New 

 Holland and not Tahiti. 



The next in order is Bulla lineata Gray, described in the Annals 

 of Philosophy, new series, Vol. 9, p. 408, 1825. It is quoted by 

 all authors as being of Wood, who was the first to figure it in 

 1828. I append a list of the synonyms with their references and 

 dates of publication wherever I have been able to ascertain them. 



