OF CONCHOLOGY. ' 177 



refers to me (Proc. Acacl., Phila., p. 451, 1862.) I acknowledge 

 the justice of his stricture in this instance, and regret that Mr. 

 Binney has not escaped giving like cause for censure in dealing 

 with the same species. 



Notes on Species of the Family Corbiculadce. By Temple 

 Prime. 



O. ammiralis, nov. sp. Cambodia. C. haronialis, Australia. 

 0. gubernatoria, " " 0. consularis, Malacca. 



0. Delessertiana, " Smyrna. 0. ejnseopalis, Cambodia. 



(7. imperialis, " Pondi cherry. Cyrena tribunalis, Ecuador. 



C. Amazonica, Anthony, nov. sp. Riv. Amazon. 



Proceedings Boston Society of Natural History. December, 1869. 



The 3Iolhiscan Fauna of New Haven. Part II. Acephala 

 and Bryozoa. By George H. Perkins. 



The author follows the very reprehensible practice of quoting 

 in most cases (though not always) the name of the systematist 

 who has made the latest generic change instead of the original 

 describer of the species. 



Mr. Conrad did not change Cytherea convexa, Say, to C. 

 Sayii, because convexa is preoccupied, as stated by Mr. Perkins, 

 but because the recent species is different from the fossil form 

 called convexa by Say. 



In accordance with a recent " rule " of the British Associa- 

 tion, Mercenaria violacea is changed to Crassivenus mercenaria, 

 and Totteniana (should be Tottenia) gemma is substituted for 

 Gremma Totteni. But the " rule " will, in this as in other cases, 

 doubtless prove the exception. Neither the original specific nor 

 generic name can be altered ; justice requires that 3Iercenaria 

 mercenaria, ^ndi Gtemma gemma shall stand, however inelegant, 

 and we can do nothing to prevent even the recurrence of such 

 inelegancies except to point them out as infelicitous names, and 

 recommend that they be avoided in the future. 



Astarte lutea, Perkins, nov. sp. 



In conclusion, the author gives a list of species reported from 

 Long Island Sound but not yet found in New Haven Bay. 



A continuation of Mr. Perkins' paper contains a list of 

 marine and fresh water Polyzoa of New Haven, and a catalogue 

 of species heretofore reported from Long Island Sound, but not 

 detected in New Haven Bay. 



Remarks on Distribution of Marine Animals. By Wm. H. 

 Dall, 



