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Marg. paUkJa, Sowb., Thes. Conch, i, 390, pi. 76, f. 108, 

 1846. Desh., Traite Elem. pi. 123, f. 4. 5, ? 1850. Orb- 

 Moll, de Cuba, ii, 100, 1853. 

 Volvaria pallida, Berge, Conclijlien-Buch, p. 241, pi. 42, f. 



6, 1855. 

 Volvaria pellueida, H. and A. Ad.. Gen. Rec. ^loll. i, 194. 



pi. 20, f. 5, a, 1858. 

 Volvaria pallida, Chenu, Manuel de Conch, i, 200, f. 1073. 



1859. 

 Marg. pallida, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Marginella, pi. 17, f. 86, 

 1865. Caribbean :* Bermudas, Baha)Nas to Guadeloupe. 

 ;M. pallida, Linn.j {BiHa), of 10th ed., and Voluta of 



12th ed., are doubtful species. 

 M. PALLIDA, Chiaje (Voluta), in Poll. Test. Sic, is a 

 doubtful species, possibly 31. monilis. (L.) 



139. M. Paumotensis, Pease, Am. Journ. Conch, iii, 281, pi. 



23, f. 22, Apr., 1868. /. Paumotus, Pacific Ocean. 



140. M. paxillus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Marginella, pi. 24, f. 



loo, a, b. 1865. Hab. unknown. 



141. M. Peasii, Reeve. 



M. cylindrica. Pease (preoccupied), Proc. Lond. Zool. Soc. 



1862, p. 244, 1862. 

 M. Peasii. Reeve. Conch. Icon. Marginella, pi. 21, f. 108, a, 



b, 1865. 

 31. polita, Pease (preoccupied), Am. Journ. Conch, iii, 280, 



pi. 23, f. 19, 1867. Kingsmill Group, Pacific 0. 



]NI. PELLrciDA. Sebum, (ffi/alina), is 21. pallida (Linn.) 



142. M. pellueida, Pfr., Wiegmann's Archiv. 1840, p. 258, 



1840.t 

 31. diaphana, Kiener. Coq. Yiv. p. 38, pi. 12, f. 3, ? 1840. 

 31. diaphana, Sowb. Thes. Conch, i, 387, pi. 76, f. 95, 96, 



1846. 

 31. co7ioidalis. Chenu (not Kiener), Manuel de Conchvl. i, 197. 



f. 1046. 1859. 

 31. diaphana, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Marginella, pi. 16, f. 76, 



1865. Kiister, Syst. Conch. Cab. v, part 4, pi. 2*, f. 



20, 21, 1865. Caribbean ; Bahamas to St. Thoinas. 



* This species, like 3/. cafenata. was by early English •wTiters errone- 

 ously referred to the British Seas, but its true habitat is now well known. 



t Hanley, in his Ipsa Linntei Conchylia. has well shown that none of the 

 Liunajau references can be applied to Donovan's M. pallida. 



X In cases of doubtful priority like this, the author who publishes with- 

 out date is justly placed afier the one who dates. 



