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tember, 1840, to his father, the late Dr. Amos Binney, by Dr. 

 Griffith. 



" H. fuUginosa, same as lucubrata, and this last name should 

 perhaps be adopted, as I never published, except in cabinets ; it 

 was well known by this name long before Say published, but 

 by the laws of nomenclature he is entitled to priority. There 

 has been some dispute as to the identity of this (fuUginosa), 

 inomata, and what is generally considered as glaphyra, but I 

 think they are distinct. II fuUginosa has five whorls, dark 

 colored, umbilicus large, lip internally white; inomata is 

 smaller, lighter colored, umbilicus partially covered, five 

 whorls, shell not shining; what is called glaphyra has five 

 whorls, horn colored, shining, umbilicus partially covered. 

 These three shells are closely allied, but I think distinct." 



" H. glaphyra, the original specimen of this shell, I have often 

 seen and studied, and always considered it as nitens. It was in 

 the collection of the Academy of Sciences, but being broken 

 was probably discarded when the Cabinet was arranged — the 

 shell usually known as glaphyra is that alluded to above." 



Dr. Griffith, it seems, at the date of the above letter, con- 

 sidered his fuUginosa and H. lucubrata Say to be identical — 

 referred to the species now known under the name of H. laevi- 

 gata Kaf. as II inomata Say, and to H. inomata Binney as 

 the species usually known as H. glaphyra, — at the same time 

 expressing his opinion that H. glaphyra Say was identical with 

 H. nitens, meaning H. cellaria. 



An amusing letter from Mr. J. G. Anthony informs me of his 

 discovery in 1830 of many specimens of II cellaria, at Pro- 

 vidence, R. I. (a species then unknown to him), of his visit 

 shortly afterwards to Philadelphia, and exhibition of the shells 

 at the Academy, where they were pronounced to be II glaphyra 

 Say. 



Mr. W. G. Binney, in his "Notes on American Land Shells" 

 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857), considers the testimony of 

 Dr. Griffith and Mr. Anthony conclusive as to the identity of 



