Historical Account of Testaceological Writers. 201 



admit of being completed ; we mean the " Conchology or Natural 

 Historij of Shells," which was published, anonymously, in folio 

 numbers, but never proceeded beyond tAventy-six pages of letter- 

 press and twelve plates. The shells figured are chiefly of the 

 genera of Patella, ITaliotis, and Serpula, — The Bj'itish Conchology 

 was the work that conferred most reputation on this writer; and 

 it certainly formed a valuable addition to the natural history of 

 our island. He has described many species not noticed by Pen- 

 nant, yet some of these are not well ascertained to be natives of 

 Great Britain; nor arc Linnajus's synonyms in every instance cor- 

 rectly applied. He follows the system laid down in his Elements 

 of Conchology . The descriptions are minute and accurate, and 

 calculated for both the English and the French reader, each of 

 those languages being employed throughout the volume. It is 

 much to be Avished that every species mentioned in it had been 

 figured, especially as the plates exhibit 124 species out of the 

 152. These plates are 17 in number, and coloured; but the accu- 

 racy neither of the engraving nor of the colouring is much to be 

 commended. For the most part, however, the subjects are pretty 

 readily recognizable. 



We are glad to have to record in these Testaceological memoirs 

 the name of a female physiologist, 



MASSON LE GOLFT, 



some remarks by whom on the re-production of parts of Muscles 

 occur in the Journal de Physique. 



The same work contains an account of lithophagoiis marine ani- 

 mals, Avritten by 



DICQUEMAUE. 



The locomotive faculty of certain Ostrea is treated of by the 



same author in the 28th volume of the abovcmentioned journal. 



VOL. VI J. 2d MOLINA, 



