On Zoology and Bolany. 385 



last instituted by the great Linnaus, though not published 

 under his name ; the honour must not therefore be conferred 

 on Lamarck. Four admirable figures are annexed. 



In conclusion. — Anxious as we are for the success and im- 

 provement of this work, we must again urge to the authors our 

 strong recommendation to give some descriptive or specific 

 characters to the shells they figure, and also to add references 

 to those authors who have previously figured or described 

 them. This is a tluty they owe, not only to the public, but to 

 the labours of those who "have gone before them, and whose 

 writings they must of necessity consult, before they can take 

 upon themselves to publish any subjects as hitherto undescribed 

 or misunderstood. 



Siva/nson's Zoological Illustrations. No. 26. 

 • PI. 125. Prtjy;7/o iV/V«/5, a well-known Linna^an species, but 

 verj- well figured. — PI. 1 26. Comis vitidinus, a remai-kable va- 

 riety of this shell not before figured. 



PI. 127 & 128. These plates form a complete illustration of 

 the beautiful cone, vulgarly called the Spanish Admiral. Four 

 distinct varieties are represented with great beauty ; the specific 

 character also has been drawn up with precision, and sufliciently 

 proves this shell to be distinct from C. general is, in opposi- 

 tion to the opinion of the Linnaean school : at the same time 

 we perfectly agree with Mr. S., that both Bruguiere, Lamarck 

 and even Dr. Solander, have created in this genus an unne- 

 cessary multiplication of species, — an error arising from the va- 

 riability in the colour and markings of all the cones. 



Pi. 129. Melliphaga torqnata, a species distinguished froni 

 M. lunata by these characters. M. olivaceo-fulva, infra alba ; 

 caj)ite auribusque nigris, torque nuchali lunato, albo ; super- 

 ciliorum cute rubra. The bill of this bird is very short; but 

 the nostrils at once point it out as belonging to the Australa- 

 eiau Honeys uckers. 



The Botanical Register. No. 93. 



Tliis Number is unusually rich in novelties. PI. 662. has 

 Gryimwlnma macnlatum, a new plant of this little-known genus, 

 from HraziJ, tlius defined. G. aspera,erecta [//;«"], ramis virgatls 

 4-gonis pictis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, subserratis ; floribus 

 erectis, tenninalibus, 1 — 3; pedunculis folio phninnun brevi- 

 oribus ; radio 8-floro. 



PI. 663. An unrecorded Ili/po.ris, from the Ca])c, with the 

 specific name of sleUi])ilis. II. rliizomate ovuto; foliis radi- 

 calibus plurimis trilariain fiisciculatis triquctro-subulatis, epilis 

 brevil)us stelhitis implcxis subtus tomentoso-candicantibus, gh- 

 naliculo carinatpie acutis : umbella pauci- (2) flora. This s})e- 



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