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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  wrote 
  (Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N.S.W., 
  vol. 
  xxxviii, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  324-5) 
  

   when 
  advocating 
  the 
  iisa^e 
  of 
  Zafra, 
  A. 
  Adams 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  genus 
  has 
  

   been 
  neglected 
  and 
  misunderstood. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Here 
  H. 
  Adams 
  referred 
  

   a 
  new 
  species, 
  Zafra 
  pupoidea, 
  thereby 
  misleading 
  Nevill, 
  Fischer, 
  and 
  

   Tryon 
  to 
  transfer 
  Zafra 
  to 
  the 
  Pleurotomidae, 
  with 
  Z. 
  pupoidea 
  for 
  

   type. 
  But 
  H. 
  Adams 
  emphasized 
  his 
  own 
  error 
  by 
  noting 
  that 
  

   Seminella 
  of 
  Pease 
  [type 
  Culumbella 
  garretti, 
  Tryon] 
  was 
  equivalent 
  

   to 
  Zafra. 
  Another 
  name 
  for 
  ' 
  the 
  minute 
  ribbed 
  Columbellidae 
  

   occurring 
  in 
  the 
  Indo-Pacific 
  region 
  is 
  Citharopsis, 
  Pease, 
  type 
  

   CohimheUa 
  lachryma. 
  Reeve 
  {Mifra 
  lachryma, 
  Reeve, 
  1845 
  = 
  

   CohimbeUa 
  pamila, 
  Chenu, 
  1848)'." 
  Hedley 
  then 
  gave 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  

   Australian 
  shells 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  Zafra, 
  and 
  on 
  p. 
  328 
  

   introduced 
  a 
  new 
  sub-genus 
  Retizafra, 
  with 
  Pyrene 
  gemmulifera, 
  

   Hedley, 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  This 
  necessitated 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  Seminella 
  and 
  Citharopsis. 
  

   In 
  the 
  Amer. 
  Journ. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  Jan. 
  2, 
  1868, 
  p. 
  233, 
  Pease 
  

   wrote: 
  "A 
  group 
  of 
  small 
  shells 
  inhabit 
  Polynesia, 
  represented 
  by 
  

   Cithara 
  or7iata, 
  Pse., 
  varia, 
  Pse., 
  etc., 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  referred 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Carpenter 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Anachis, 
  A. 
  Ad. 
  Species 
  also 
  occur 
  on 
  

   West 
  Coast 
  of 
  America 
  and 
  in 
  tlie 
  AYest 
  Indies, 
  which 
  differ 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  from 
  the 
  Polynesian. 
  Perfect 
  specimens 
  are 
  rarely 
  met 
  with. 
  

   Having 
  collected 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  each 
  species, 
  I 
  find 
  they 
  present 
  the 
  

   following 
  characters: 
  Smooth, 
  shining, 
  colours 
  sometimes 
  iridescent, 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  closely 
  ribbed 
  longitudinally, 
  and 
  striated 
  transversely 
  ; 
  

   ribs 
  continuous 
  ; 
  aperture 
  nari'ow, 
  outer 
  and 
  inner 
  lips 
  denticulate 
  

   or 
  lyrate 
  within, 
  inner 
  lip 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  slight 
  callosity, 
  outer 
  lip 
  

   sinuated 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  body- 
  whorl. 
  The 
  denticu- 
  

   lations 
  are 
  often 
  worn 
  off, 
  and 
  the 
  sinus 
  is 
  shallowed 
  or 
  entirely 
  

   disappears, 
  as 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  lip 
  is 
  sharp 
  and 
  thin." 
  p. 
  234 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  agree 
  

   with 
  Dr. 
  Carpenter 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  Columhellince, 
  

   but 
  not 
  with 
  Anachis, 
  A. 
  Ad., 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  conglomerate 
  

   genus. 
  C. 
  miser, 
  pacifica, 
  etc., 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  

   strongly-ribbed 
  Panamic 
  forms, 
  nor 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  iridescent 
  species 
  of 
  

   Polynesia. 
  I 
  would 
  therefore 
  propose 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  should 
  be 
  

   separated 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Seminella." 
  

  

  Apparently 
  no 
  Cithara 
  ornata 
  had 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  Pease, 
  but 
  

   Cythara 
  varia, 
  Pease, 
  had 
  been 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  

   1860, 
  p. 
  147. 
  Consequently 
  this 
  species, 
  by 
  monotypy, 
  became 
  the 
  

   type 
  of 
  Semifiella. 
  Carpenter, 
  in 
  the 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  1865, 
  p. 
  516, 
  

   observed 
  " 
  C[^ithara^ 
  varia, 
  Pse., 
  is 
  probably 
  an 
  Anachis 
  = 
  Columhella 
  

   virginea, 
  Gld. 
  (from 
  type)". 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  well-known 
  work 
  quoted 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  Donum 
  Bismarckianum 
  ", 
  

   1871, 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  changed. 
  In 
  the 
  introduction 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  appeared 
  as 
  a 
  paper 
  by 
  Langkavel 
  alone 
  in 
  the 
  

   Prograram 
  Friedrichs-Werderschen 
  Gymnasium. 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  

   quoted, 
  and 
  found 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  available 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  

   History) 
  Library. 
  I 
  indicated 
  my 
  want 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Rej-nell, 
  

   who 
  is 
  becoming 
  famed 
  for 
  his 
  craft 
  in 
  securing 
  rare 
  conchological 
  

   works, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  he 
  immediately 
  procured 
  a 
  copy, 
  from 
  which, 
  

   by 
  his 
  permission, 
  I 
  make 
  the 
  following 
  notes. 
  In 
  April, 
  1871, 
  there 
  

  

  