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  PROCKEDINGS 
  OF 
  THU 
  M 
  ALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIEXr, 
  

  

  to 
  as 
  many 
  Articles 
  as 
  the 
  I'ime 
  and 
  Abilities 
  of 
  the 
  Compiler 
  would 
  

   allow 
  ; 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  no 
  great 
  Trouble 
  for 
  him 
  to 
  cast 
  his 
  Eye 
  over 
  each 
  

   Day's 
  Sale, 
  as 
  it 
  occurs, 
  and 
  he 
  will 
  hardly 
  fail 
  to 
  meet 
  in 
  one 
  

   or 
  more 
  of 
  them, 
  with 
  the 
  Subjects 
  he 
  desires. 
  In 
  Order 
  therefore 
  

   to 
  his 
  more 
  ready 
  Understanding 
  the 
  various 
  Articles 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  Catalogue, 
  it 
  remains 
  only 
  to 
  subjoin 
  an 
  Explanation 
  of 
  

   the 
  lleferences 
  and 
  Abbreviations 
  made 
  Use 
  of 
  in 
  it." 
  

  

  Then 
  follows 
  a 
  bibliographj- 
  with 
  the 
  abbreviations 
  used, 
  which 
  

   stamps 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  as 
  available 
  as 
  a 
  reference 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  Histojy) 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  

   Catalogue 
  is 
  kept 
  which 
  is 
  priced 
  throughout. 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  

   that 
  Dall 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  Portland 
  Catalogue 
  as 
  available 
  to 
  him, 
  and 
  

   liave 
  noted 
  that 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  II. 
  Sykes 
  exhibited 
  a 
  copy 
  before 
  this 
  Society. 
  

   Mr. 
  Alex, 
  lleynell 
  showed 
  me 
  a 
  copy 
  in 
  liis 
  library, 
  and 
  later 
  

   obtained 
  the 
  copy, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  before 
  me, 
  which 
  he 
  generously 
  

   presented 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  As 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  references 
  in 
  this 
  work 
  

   are 
  given 
  may 
  be 
  cited: 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  J'age 
  1. 
  Lot 
  8. 
  A 
  fine 
  pair 
  of 
  Voluta 
  Yespertilio, 
  L., 
  or 
  Wild 
  

   Music. 
  

   ,, 
  1. 
  ,, 
  10. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Buccinum 
  Barbiton, 
  S., 
  or 
  Smooth- 
  

   ridged 
  Harp. 
  

   ,, 
  18. 
  ,, 
  400. 
  A 
  large 
  and 
  line 
  Helix 
  plicata, 
  nndescrihed, 
  

   Favatme, 
  pi. 
  61, 
  D. 
  10. 
  — 
  rare." 
  

   The 
  first 
  is 
  a 
  Linuean 
  name 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  a 
  nomen 
  miduin 
  ; 
  while 
  

   the 
  third 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  name 
  founded 
  on 
  Favanne's 
  pi. 
  Ixi, 
  D. 
  10, 
  and 
  

   under 
  the 
  present 
  nomenclatural 
  laws 
  is 
  certainly 
  an 
  acceptable 
  

   name. 
  I 
  only 
  deal 
  with 
  tliose 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  class. 
  

  

  I 
  might 
  note 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  from 
  this 
  published 
  source 
  and 
  the 
  

   acquisition 
  of 
  named 
  specimens 
  at 
  the 
  sale 
  that 
  so 
  raanj' 
  of 
  Solander's 
  

   names 
  crept 
  into 
  literature. 
  Dillwyn 
  constantly 
  synonymizes 
  the 
  

   notnina 
  nuda 
  observed 
  in 
  this 
  Catalogue, 
  and 
  this 
  could 
  onh" 
  be 
  done 
  

   through 
  named 
  specimens. 
  With 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  Solander 
  Manuscript 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  I 
  note 
  that 
  against 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  many 
  

   species 
  appears 
  the 
  letters 
  "M.P." 
  and 
  " 
  M.C.P.", 
  which 
  I 
  correlate 
  

   with 
  this 
  collection. 
  

  

  Contrary 
  to 
  my 
  general 
  usage 
  I 
  cite 
  the 
  names 
  from 
  this 
  Catalogue 
  

   as 
  of 
  Solander, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  obvious 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  extract 
  that 
  really 
  

   "the 
  Compiler" 
  is 
  responsible. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  as 
  Solander 
  drew 
  up 
  

   the 
  descriptions 
  and 
  named 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Portland 
  Museum 
  

   and 
  " 
  the 
  Compiler" 
  simply 
  saw 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  discrepancy 
  the 
  

   credit 
  must 
  belong 
  to 
  Solander. 
  Who 
  "the 
  Compiler" 
  was 
  is 
  not 
  

   accurately 
  known, 
  but 
  Dillwyn 
  has 
  recorded 
  "Humphreys" 
  as 
  the 
  

   compiler. 
  

  

  A 
  word 
  of 
  warning 
  must 
  be 
  here 
  inserted. 
  Noviina 
  nuda 
  which 
  at 
  

   first 
  si<^ht 
  appear 
  valid 
  commonly 
  occur 
  as 
  "p. 
  44, 
  Lot 
  1043. 
  Two 
  

   fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  Buccinum 
  ligatum 
  S. 
  a 
  curious 
  and 
  new 
  species, 
  

   from 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  very 
  rare, 
  Martyn, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  fig. 
  ". 
  No 
  

  

  reference 
  is 
  given, 
  since 
  Martyn's 
  second 
  volume 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  

   published 
  at 
  this 
  date."*^ 
  

  

  