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  MOLLUSCAN 
  NOTES. 
  III.^ 
  

  

  By 
  HuGU 
  C. 
  Fulton. 
  

  

  Bead 
  15th 
  April, 
  1917. 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  PllIORITY 
  OF 
  MUKEX 
  ADUNCUS, 
  SoW., 
  OVEU 
  MuEEX 
  

   FALCATUS, 
  Sow. 
  

  

  In 
  most 
  luonograplis, 
  if 
  not 
  all, 
  Murex 
  aduncus, 
  Sow., 
  is 
  placed 
  as 
  

   a 
  synouym 
  or 
  else 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  M. 
  falcatus, 
  Sow., 
  " 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc.," 
  

   1840, 
  but 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  0. 
  N. 
  Shaw 
  has 
  showu 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Troc. 
  Mai. 
  Soc. 
  

   Loud.", 
  vol. 
  viii, 
  p. 
  335, 
  that 
  part 
  62 
  of 
  Sowerby's 
  Couchological 
  

   Illustratious, 
  in 
  which 
  M. 
  aduncus 
  was 
  published, 
  appeared 
  June 
  30th, 
  

   1834, 
  and 
  has 
  therefore 
  about 
  six 
  years 
  priority 
  over 
  M.falcattis. 
  

  

  No, 
  11. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  TYPE 
  - 
  specimen 
  of 
  Partula 
  newcombianum, 
  

  

  Hartmann. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  shells 
  in 
  the 
  Layard 
  Collection 
  (acquired 
  by 
  Sowerby 
  

   and 
  Fulton, 
  November, 
  1911) 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  was 
  

   found 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  its 
  tablet 
  " 
  type 
  " 
  ; 
  this 
  find 
  is 
  important 
  

   since 
  in 
  Pilsbry's 
  monograph 
  of 
  Partula, 
  " 
  Manual 
  of 
  Conchology," 
  

   ser. 
  ir, 
  vol. 
  xx, 
  1909, 
  p. 
  306, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  "Dr. 
  Hartmann 
  has 
  

   recorded 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  shipwreck 
  on 
  its 
  return 
  

   voyage 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Garrett 
  at 
  Tahiti"; 
  a 
  quotation 
  is 
  also 
  given 
  from 
  

   a 
  letter 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Hartmann's, 
  " 
  I 
  received 
  tliis 
  shell 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Layard 
  

   through 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Garrett." 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  agrees 
  perfectly 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  dimensions 
  

   given 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hartmann, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probaVde 
  that 
  the 
  shell 
  was 
  

   returned 
  direct 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Layard 
  and 
  not 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Garrett, 
  and 
  

   therefore 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  lost 
  as 
  was 
  supposed. 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  — 
  CrpR^A 
  MiLiARis, 
  Gmel., 
  var. 
  diversa, 
  Kenyon. 
  

  

  This 
  variety, 
  which 
  links 
  up 
  miliaris, 
  Gmel., 
  with 
  ehurnea, 
  Barnes, 
  

   has 
  received 
  several 
  names 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1901. 
  Cijprcea 
  miliaris, 
  var. 
  diversa, 
  Kenyon, 
  Journ. 
  of 
  Conch., 
  

  

  vol. 
  X, 
  p. 
  184. 
  

   1909. 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  nivea, 
  Preston, 
  Nautilus, 
  vol. 
  xxii, 
  

  

  p. 
  121. 
  

   1913. 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  «H^cr;«<;^m, 
  Maxwell 
  Smith, 
  Nautilus, 
  

  

  vol. 
  xxvii, 
  p. 
  70. 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  almost 
  white, 
  with 
  orange- 
  

   coloured 
  interior 
  and 
  the 
  characteristic 
  spots 
  of 
  miliaris 
  just 
  

   discernible. 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  — 
  On 
  Murex 
  spinicosta, 
  Kiener. 
  

  

  Kienerin 
  his 
  " 
  Icon. 
  Coq. 
  Viv." 
  gives 
  Valenciennes 
  as 
  the 
  authority 
  

   for 
  this 
  species, 
  with 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  " 
  Coquilles 
  marins 
  bivalves 
  et 
  

  

  ' 
  For 
  Nos. 
  I 
  and 
  II 
  see 
  these 
  Proceedings, 
  vol. 
  xi, 
  p. 
  236 
  and 
  324. 
  

  

  