251 



151. M. Pouciieti,* Petit, Journ. de Conch, ii, 46, pi. 1, f. 3, 



1851. West Africa. 



152. M. pruinosa, Hinds, Proc. Lond. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 74, 



1844. 

 Sowb., Thes. Conch, i, 898, pi. 76, f. Ill, 1846. Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon. Mar^inella, pi. 18, f. 88, 1865. 



West Indies (Hinds, Sowb. and Reeve.) 



153. M. prunum (Gmel.) 



Martini, Conch, ii, 110, pi. 42, f. 422, 423, (good) 1773. 

 Voluta No. 97, Schroeter, Einleitung i, 269, 1783. 

 Valuta prunum., Gmel., ed. Syst. Nat. p. 3446, (in part) 1788. 



Encjcl. Meth. Vers. pi. 376, f. 8, a, b, 1798. 

 Voluta plumbea, Solander, ined. quoted by Dillwyn. 



" prunum, Dillwyn, Descr. Cat. p. 530, 1817. 

 Marginella coeruleseens, Lam. Anim. sans Vert. 1st ed. vii, 

 356, 1822. Defrance, Diet, des Sci. Nat. xxix, 142, 

 1823. 

 Voluta prunum, Wood, Index Testae, pi. 20, f. 68, 1828. 

 M. ca:rulescens, Desh., Encyc. Meth. Vers, ii, 411, 1830. 



Kiener, Coq. Viv. p. 13, pi. 1, f. 4, 1834. 

 (var.) 31. ghms, Menke, Synops, Meth. Mollusc, p. 146, 1836. 

 M. ecerulescens, Reichenbach, Conch, p. 62, pi. 37, f. 526, 

 527, (figs, reversed) 1842. Catlow, Popular Conch, p. 

 250, (wood cut) 1843. Desh., ed. Lam. Anim. sans Vert. 

 X, 437, 1844. Sowb., Thes. Conch, i, 383, pi. 77, f. 153, 

 154, 1846. Orb., Moll, de Cuba ii, 96, 1853. Berge, 

 Conchylienbuch p. 240, pi. 42, f. 4, 1855. 

 31. prunum, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Marginella, pi. 11, f. 45, a, 

 b, 1864. Kuster, Syst. Conch. Cab. v, part 4, pi. 1*, f, 

 9, 1865. 

 31. subcoerulea'f of some Catalogues. 

 Caribbean ; Jamaica to Gruadaloupe, a7id Cartagena to Curacoa ! 



154. M. pseudo-faba, Sowb., Proc. Lond., Zool. Soc. 1846, 



p. 96. 

 Sowb., Thes. Conch, i, 374, pi. 74, f. 21, 22, 1846. 

 31. f aba, (not Linn.) Chenu, Lecons. Element, p. 217, f. 720, 



* Nearly allied to M. glabella, but seems distinct. 



t This species is often catalogued as M. subcoerulea. Martini. A refer- 

 ence to Martini ii, p. 102, will show that the name is there employed only 

 as an explanatory phrase, and in no wise deserves precedence as a scien- 

 tific binomial. Another specimen of the saine species is in the same 

 passage called albida, with just as good reason for acceptance ! As to the 

 erroneous statements regarding its habitat, growing out of Gmelin's con- 

 founding two species, see Am. Journ. Conch, v, 90. 



