246 SPECIES OF THE SYSTEMA. 
fest that Linneus confused more species than one under this 
appellation. Even in the ‘Museum Ulrice’ the “ Variat color 
fasciis flavescentibus”’ (“ Rumph. t. 25, f. 2” = C. zebra) and 
the “ Variat labio interiore papilloso” evidence that our author’s 
ideas of the comprehensiveness of this species were very latitu- 
dinarian. As these characters, however, were clearly intended 
for the varieties, and not for the typical or more fully described 
form, naturalists have not improperly confined the name to the 
shell figured by Rumphius (25, f. B, 1), from whom the specific 
epithet was borrowed. That Cassis, moreover, is the one indi- 
cated by the majority of the references (Rump. f. B, and 1.— 
Gualt. 39, f. H, not well—Seba 70, f. 8, 9—Argen. 18, f. I), 
and which best agrees with the additional “Testa varicosa: 
col(umella), explan(ata), rugos(a)” of the revised ‘Systema,’ 
where the deceptive “ quadrifariam” (which does not even suit 
the species confused with it in the synonymy) has been erased. 
Klein’s cited drawing was copied from Bonanni’s wretched 
engraving; both have been generally quoted for C. areola, and 
suit it as well as any other known species. Gualtier, f. G, has 
been referred by Lamarck to C. saburon; the figure, however, 
is more elongated than the saburon of Adanson, and looks more 
like the C. pila of Reeve’s Monograph. 
The Cassis areola of authors (Kien. Coq. Viv. pl. 10, f. 19) is 
still preserved in the Linnean cabinet. 
Buectwiun eriwaceus, 
The Cassis vibex, var. erinaceus of Reeve (Born, Test. Cas. 
Vind. vign. 238, f. D) is marked for this shell in the Linnean 
cabinet; and in the revised copy of the ‘ Systema’ “ List. 1015” 
is rightly added to the published synonymy, which, except that 
figure 11 in Seba represents the allied C. torquata of Reeve, is 
not inaccurate. Our author, who proposed to place this and 
vibex next to each other in his intended new edition, has added 
the following passage to his former description: ‘“ Col(umella) 
adglut(inata), p(e)rforat(a); lab(rum) extus maculatum.” 
I do not consider the Cassidea erinaceus of Bruguiére 
identical; it is the B. biarmatum of Dillwyn (Schroter, Hinl. i. 
