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Velorita, 1840. 1842, p. 75. See note under Geloina. 



Vermilia, 1842. 1842, p. 62. See note under i/a^m«. 



Verticordia, 1840. 1842, p. 80. "The Verticordice are fossil shells, 

 allied to the latter [ Cr9/ptodo?t^.^' 



Wolfataria, 1840. Not again mentioned, either in 1842 or 1847. 

 Zaria, 1840. 1842, p. 60. See note under EcjUsia. 

 Zirfaa, 1840. 1842, p. 76. See note under Barnia. 

 Zlziphinm, 1840. 1842, p. 57. See note under Thalotia. 



In the Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, I find the following quoted as Gray, 

 1840, which 1 have not found in the Synopsis either of 1840 or 

 1842 : £rsina, Isthmia, Lauria, Philippia, and Sarmaiictis. 



It should be noted that Gray probably distributed shells between 

 the years 1840 and 1847 under these new generic names, and that 

 some of these may have been correctly introduced into literature by 

 other authors. 



I have observed that Philippi, in the Enum. Moll. Sic, vol. ii, 

 p. 90, 1844, recorded that Lucapina eJegans, Graj^ = Fissurella 

 cancellata, Sow., and that Pupillcea aperta, Gray = F. Idantula^ 

 Lamai'ck. This was only noticed through the misspelling of Pupillia 

 attracting the writer's attention. 



A name that seems to need rejection is Luona. In 1840 it is 

 a nomeii nudum ; in 1842 it is indeterminable ; in 1843 it is 

 associated with a shell which is certainly not the one selected as the 

 type ill 1847. 



In February, 1847, Philippi (Zeitschr. Malak., Jahr. iv, p. 21) 

 introduced Cittarium for Turho pica, and in November, 1847, that 

 shell appeared as type of Livona, Gray. Unless Livona can be traced 

 to an earlier legitimate introduction than the Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, 

 CM avium must replace it. 



Algoa and Jhtsica. Although neither of these names appears in the 

 tables in any edition of the Synopses the following notes are given : — 

 Ifnsica, 1840, p. 112. 1840a, p. 114. "In general the shell is 



covered with a distinct periostraca as Mitra, Voliita, and Ilusica." 

 Algoa, 1840, p. 113. 1840a, p. 115. "In Cyprcea, Algoa, and 



OvuJa the outer coat of the shell is polished." Algoa is never 



afterwards mentioned, but in the 1847 list Gray quotes Musica as 



of 1840. 



