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No specific name is used, but the locality is given as between 

 Plymouth and Madeira, off the coast of Spain, where, it is stated, 

 " the sea abounds with them." 



Gmelin (1790a, 3131) accepts Dagysa, with the single species 

 notata (based upon Banks and Solander, 1773, 2) which becomes the 

 type species of the genus. 



Ihle (1912a, 47) quotes "Dagysa notata (part) " as synonym 

 of Salpa vagina Tiles, 1791. 



Forskal (1775a, 112) proposed the genus Salpa, with generic 

 diagnosis, to contain maxhna, and 10 other species.^" 



Catesby (1743a, 17) had already described a fish under the name 

 Salpa purpurasens variegata, " The Lane-Snapper." As this ante- 

 dates 1758, the name does not come into consideration in nomencla- 

 ture. Sherborn (1902a, 856) quotes this as "Salpa G. Edwards in 

 M. Catesby, Carol. II, 1771, 17. — P." This latter reference has been 

 examined by the Secretary, and the list of Linnsean names has been 

 examined by Commissioner Skinner ; a transcript of the list for 

 the name in question makes it clear to the Secretary that Salpa 

 Catesby 1771 is not validated, hence it does not compete with Salpa 



1775- 



Poche (1907a, 109) rehabilitates Dagysa 1773 in place of Salpa 

 1775. changing the family name Salpidse to Dagysidse. 



Ihle (1911a, 586) states that on basis of the description in Hawkes- 

 worth the identity of Dagysa and Salpa is only a conjecture, but that 

 Home (1814) published a drawing of Dagysa which was made 

 during Banks' trip, and that this (Dagyza strumosa) is identical 

 with Salpa tilesii Sol. Ihle rejects Dagysa 1775 on the ground that 

 he considers it was not published in accordance with the Rules, and 

 in support of this view he quotes Hawkesworth's reference to " an- 

 other animal of a new genus they also discovered .... the genus 

 was called Carcinimn opalinum." Ihle does not, however, call attention 

 to the fact that Hawkesworth quotes many Linnsean names consis- 

 tently, and that the term " genus " in this case might easily be a lapsus, 



Dagysa Banks & Solander, 1773, 2-3, in Hawkesworth 1773a, mt., species 

 not named here. — Gmelin, 1790a, 3131, mt. notata. 



Salpa Forskal, 1775a, 112, 117, includes viaxima, pinnata, dcmocratica, 

 mucronata, punctata, confoederata, fasciata, sipho, africana, solitaria, poly- 

 cratica. — Apstein, 191 Sa, 186, cites maxima as type. 



Biphora Bruguiere, 1792a [1789, teste Sherborn, 1902a, 128], x, 178-183, 

 includes 9 original species (1775) of Salpa {maxima, pinnata, dcmocratica, 

 mucronata, punctata, confccdcrata, fasciata, africana, polycratica). 



Dagyza Home, 1814, 366. 



