518 REPORT — 1863. 



No. Platp. Fig. ^ «, , o 1 . r TT 7 



43 13,14 1. Buccinum lirafnm, Mart. St. George s Sound, most rare. l=F. de- 



cemcostatus (Say), Midd., =3IichIendo?-Jfii, Cooper.] 



44 13 2. Buccim(mpUcatt<m,Ma.Tt.[nonLmn.'] St. George's Sound, common. 



\_ = cnspatum, +compositum, Chemn., =lactuca, &c., Esch.] 



46 15 1. Buccinum lima, Mart. St. George's Sound, rare. [Probably P. decem- 



costata, Midd. ; the variety with numerous ribs and flattened spire.] 



47 15 2. Buccinum saturuin, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Like 



Chr. liratus, with keels evanescent.] 

 62 20 2. Jfaliotis jndcherrima, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare, [Pacific 



Is.] 

 66 24 \. Purpura foliata, 'M&ri. North-west Coast of N. America, rare. 

 76 26 4. Trockus puUigo, Mart. St. George's Sound, common. 

 80 28 2. Pecttmcidus coi-bis, Mart. Pulo-Condore, most rare. [ = Cardimn Kid- 

 tallii, Conr., teste Desh. Cum. The figure is not so accurate as most 

 of the others ; but the colouring is characteristic] 

 153 53 1. JPectenruhidus, Mart, [non lids.] Newfoimdland, rare, [ = P. /sfon- 

 dicus, MiilL] 

 Many of the figures of Martyn were reproduced by Chemnitz, in his com- 

 prehensive continuation of Martini's ' Conchylien Cabinet,' 17S0-1705. Un- 

 happily, though often quoted for generic and specific names, he did not adopt 

 the binomial nomenclature (excei)t in vol. xi.), but described each shell in 

 two or more words, as it happened. For this reason he appears to have had 

 no scruple in altering previous designations, as follows : — 



Fig. 



1.J.38, 1539, 3Iurex Purpura a lata, "Mart. Conch. TJn. vol. ii. f. 66, Leaved Purpura 

 foliata from N.W. coast of America." 



1634 ., Murex Glomus cereus, sen Cereus com/lomeratus, "INlart. vol. ii. f. 43, 

 Ridged Buccinum lii-atum from King Geoige's Sound." 



Vign. 21, f. A, B. Buccinum compositmn, '" Mart. L'^n. Couch, vol. ii. f. 44 ; Plaited 

 Buccimnn from King George's Sound." 



Vign. 2-3, f. A, B. TrocJius f/ibberosus Novcp Zelandice. "Forster's Cat. no. 1374; La 

 Eaboteuse de la nouvelle Zelande.— Mart. Un. Couch, vol. i. f. 31 ; 

 Rugged Trochus intequalis from Friendly Is.'' 



1579, 1580. Trochus doliarius, " Mart. vol. i. f. 32, Fluted I'rochus canaliculutus from 

 N. Zealand." 



1581, 1582, Trochus virgineus, "Favanne, Conch, pi. 79. f. 1. a'oI. ii. p. 342 ; id. Cat, 

 Rais. no. 1352, p. 260; Le Sabot ^lagellanique. — ISIart. Un. Couch, 

 vol. i. f. 33; Ringed Trochus anmdatus from N. Zealand. — Cab. Mus, 

 Portl. no. 1240; the Pui-pled-edged Trochus; item, no. 1070, a large 

 and fine specimen of the Purple-edged Trochus from tlie N.AV. coast 

 of America; rare," [=T. ca-latus, var, /3, Gmel., teste Dillw, vol. ii. 

 p. 800.] 



1802,1803. Buccinum crispatum. "The furbelowed Whelk," \_=.B. jdicatum, 

 Mart., non Ln,] 



1841, 1842, Murex amplustre. N.W. coast of America. [This erroneous localitv 

 is copied from the Portland Cat., The species is quoted from Buc- 

 cinum (Latirus) aplustrc, Mart., no. 3. pi. 1. f. 3, where it is riglitly 

 assigned to the Friendly Is. =M. argus, var. y. Gmel., teste IJillw. 

 vol, ii, p, 735.] 



The assignment of West American species to New Zealand, begun by 

 Martyn, has continued a source of error to the present time. It occurs in 

 Dr. Gould's ' Exploring Expedition Mollusca,' in the Cumingian Collection, 

 and in the British Museum, 



In the ' Travels in New Zealand,' by Ernest Dieffenbach, M,D,. London, 

 1843, vol, i. pp, 228-264, is given a " Catalogue of the Species of Mollusca 

 and their Shells, wliirh have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand," 

 &c., by J. E. Gray. The author ^jremises that some oi the speciw [_murked *j 



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