86 MB. S. HANLEY ON THE LINNEAN MS. IN THE ' MUSEUM ULBICiE.' 



labri interioris lobo explanato " and the only figure referred to was "Rumph. 

 t. 22, f. B." "Klein 13. Platystoma vitellum compressum" was also 

 mentioned. This description was suppressed, and the other species retained, 

 with the erroneous designation, and the faulty synonymy, attached. Nor 

 was this the only change. In order to include the Natica vitellus of authors 

 (" Rumph. t. 22. f. A. Valvata laevis prima s. vitellus " had been quoted 

 by our author) the " aut lutea", " aut macuUs albis ", had been added to 

 the earher description : so, likewise, had been " Apertura rotundata, semi- 

 cordata", and "glabrum,planiusculum, nitidum." I suspect, then, that whilst 

 the ideal of the albumen of the ' Systema ' was any hemispherical or flattened 

 Natica with a labial lobe (such as Nat. albumen, didyma, olla, Sfc), the 

 albumen of the 'Museum', as printed, was composed of Natica rufa 

 (" Rumph. 22. f. D.'' was quoted in the MS.) and vitellus (for A, not B, of 

 Rumphius was the letter indicated in the MS.). 



N. MAMMILLA. The entire account of this common shell was added in 

 the Linnean handwriting. The inappropriate " aut lutea " was not at first 

 present. 



N. CORONA. N. edentula, simplici spira spinosa. 



" Pet. Amb. t. 3. f. 4.", a mere copy of the Rumphian figure, was also 

 quoted. The 19 in the reference to d'Argenville was a misprint for the 

 written 10. N. spinosa was the intended designation. 



N. RADULA. N. edentula sulcata, tuberculis sequalibus. 



The valvata granulata of Rumphius (t. 22. f. M.) was refen-ed to as illus- 

 trative. 



N. CORNEA. iV. edentula, obsolete striata. 



N. BIDENS. iV. 



"Obsoletis" followed " duobus" : the name had been written subse- 

 quent to the description. 



N. viRGiNEA. N. subedentula ovata laevis. 



" Dentibus pluribus minutissimis " preceded " oris " ; " Pet. Gaz. t. 11 . 

 f 3" was in the place of the delusive figure of d'Argenville : the variety d 

 was a subsequent addition. 



N. POLiTA. N. laevis, labiis dentatis. 



The 1 in the synonym of Rumphius was a misprint for the written I. 



N. PELERONTA. N. Striata, labiis dentatis, interiore ])laniusculo rugoso. 



The erroneous synonym was added, along with the name pelerotita, to 

 the written details : N. rufa was the original appellation. 



N. ALBiciLLA. N. striata, labiis subdentatis, interiore tuberculato. 



N. HiSTRio. N. sulcata, transversim striata, labio interiore dentato. 



The name, and the synonym, were added by Linnaeus to the written 

 details. 



N. PLiCATA. N. sulcata, labiis profunde dentatis, interiore rotundato, 

 exteriore utrinque dentibus acutis conicis. 



The variety alluded to was a subsequent addition. The details of the 

 ' Museum ' had been quoted, in anticipation, for this sjiecies. 



N. GROSSA. N. sulcata labiis dentatis, interiore convexo rugoso. 



