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with the ‘Systema, and are marked for the same species in 
his cabinet. As the Linnean name can only be retained by one 
of them, it becomes expedient to ascertain to which of the two 
that appellation should preferentially be awarded. Sowerby 
advocates the claims of the former; Reeve and Deshayes of 
the latter. The language of the ‘Museum Ulrice,’ upon the 
whole, favours guttatus; for although “ transversim striata” 
is more characteristic of the rougher Zamarckii, yet both have 
transverse (spiral) sculpture, whilst “‘fauce glabra” and “ exiens 
in acumen subcarinatum longitudine spire” can only conjointly 
be affirmed of its rival. The synonyms in the tenth edition of 
the ‘Systema’ stand thus: Argenville and Gualtier represent 
guttatus; Rumphius and perhaps, too, Klein (copied from 
Bonanni, f. 302), Lamarckw. In the twelfth edition of the 
same work, Seba in plate 61 exhibits the former, in plate 62 
the latter. In the ‘Museum,’ Rumphius, alone of the three who 
are cited, has delineated Lamarcku. On these grounds, and 
because the name was avowedly taken from Argenville (he calls 
it “ Oreille d’Ane”! a slight difference), and that Sowerby was 
the earlier in separating the previously confused species, it 
seems desirable to adopt his views. 
Strombus pugtlts. 
The Strombus pugilis of authors is marked (Sowerby, Thes. 
Conch. vol. i. pl. 8, f. 74) for this species in the Linnean 
cabinet. The cited figures of Bonanni, Gualtier and Argenville 
represent the species ; that of Klein (copied from Bonanni, f. 307) 
was apparently designed for the S. bituberculatus of Lamarck, 
which suits not the “testa crocea”’ of the description. Lister, 
whose specimen is still preserved, has delineated a monstrosity 
that has erroneously been made a species of by Leach in the 
‘Zoological Miscellany’ (S. Sloanw, Z. M. vol. i. pl. 22); the 
reference to his figure has been erased in the revised copy of 
the ‘Systema.’ The details of the ‘Museum Ulrice,’ and the 
expurgated synonymy of that work, easily enabled naturalists 
to identify so brilliantly a coloured shell. 
