NO. 3579 PORTLAND CATALOGUE — REHDER 33 



Each of the three figures cited represents a different species, and the 

 crudeness of their delineation forbids any exact identification. 



3973 "A very fine Hehx erubescens, a curious non-descript Land 

 Shell, the country unknown . . . Lister 24. 22." 

 Strophocheilus pudicus (Miiller, 1774) 

 Helix erubescens [Lightfoot, 1786], p. 187. 



Bequaert, in his study of the family Strophocheilidae (1948, p. 30) 

 is probably correct in assigning this name to the synonymy of Midler's 

 species. 



3982 "A very fine Trochus tectus, the only perfect specimen known, 



from the Island oj All Saints, in the West Indies. A. bad 

 specimenis Jigured in Lister, Q28. 14. . . . 'tis undescribed." 

 Astraea tecta (Lightfoot, 1786) 



Trochus tectus [Lightfoot, 1786], p. 187. 

 Trochus imbricatus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3581. 

 Astraea tecta tecta Solander, 1786. — Abbott, 1958, p. 30. 

 Not Trochus tectum Gmelin, 1791 (= Modulus tectum (Gmelin), 

 1791). 



As Abbott has pointed out (1958), Lightfoot's name does not pre- 

 occupy Gmehn's Trochus tectum, since the latter trivial name is a noun 

 (Latin tectum— rooi) in apposition to the genus, while Lightfoot 

 used the adjective ^edws(= covered or tiled). 



3983 "A very fine specimen of Patella Auricularia, figured Rumph. 



tab. 40. fig. N. and called by that author an operculum, it 

 comes from China, and is extremely scarce," 

 Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786) 

 See lot 3384. 



4000 '*A very large and fine specimen of Madrepora Agnus, or 



Lamb Madrepora from New Holland . . . extremely scarce. 

 Seba vol. III. tab. CXI. Jig. 6." 

 Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarclv, 1801) 



Madrepora agnus [Lightfoot, 1786], p. 188 [nomen oblitum]. 

 Fungia talpina Lamarck, 1801, p. 370. 

 Fungia talpa Lamarck, 1816b, p. 237. 

 Polyphyllia talpina.— Thial, 1932, p. 89. 



4001 "A large and perfect specimen of Murex Tribulus, L. var. 



Pecten, or the Venus's Comb, from China, exceedingly 



scarce. Rum. 26. 3." 



Murex pecten [Lightfoot, 1786] 



Murex tribulus var. pecten [Lightfoot, 1786], p. 188. 

 Murex histrix Reding, 1798, p. 145 (not Murex hystrix Linnaeus, 

 1758). 



