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SlSTRUM CANCELLATUM, Quoy. 



1832. Purpura cancellata, Quoy, Voy. d'Astrol. vol. ii, p. 563, 



pi. 37, fig. 15—16. 

 1832. Purpura fenestrata, Blain., Nouv. Ann. du Mus. p. 221, 



pi. 10, fig. 11. 

 1814. Purpura fenestrata, Desh., An. Sans Vert. vol. x, p. 90. 

 1846. " elongata, Rve., Conch. Icon. sp. 25. 

 1852. " " Gld., Am. Ex. Ex. p. 246, fig. 304. 



The above was plainly figured and described by Quoy. Au- 

 thors since have taken wide liberties with its name, not one 

 adopting it, though referring to it under other names. Blain- 

 ville registers and figures it in his Monograph, referring cor- 

 rectly to the original figure by Quoy, but names it P. fenestrata ; 

 rather a bold synonym. Deshayes adopts Blainville's name, 

 and also refers to Voy. d'Astrol. Kiener does not notice it, but 

 unfortunately changes the name atromarginata, which Blainville 

 had imposed on a species, to cancellata, for the reason that he 

 did not consider that name suited to the character of the shell. 

 Another bold synonym. Reeve abandons both names and fig- 

 ures, and describes it more correctly than had been done pre- 

 viously as P. elongata, Blain. We can find no description of 

 such a species, but on pi. 10, fig. 9 of Blainville's Monograph, a 

 shell is figured to which the name elongata is attached. 



Dr. Gould, in Report of Am. Expl. Exped., figures the shell 

 and animal, following Reeve in naming it P. elongata, Blain., 

 but refers to the description and figure, given by De Blainville, 

 of P. fenestrata, and also quotes P. fenestrata as of Quoy, who 

 made no mention of such a species. 



On comparing the above figures and descriptions, it will be 

 found that they all refer to P. cancellata, Quoy. The shell 

 figured by De Blainville as elongata is probably cariosus, Wood, 

 Ind. Test. Supp. pi. 5, fig. 22, as so classed there. 



Jopas sertum, Martini. 



1758. Seba, Thes. Nat. p. 149, vol. iii, pi. 53, fig. T. 

 1770. Buccinum brevirostrum, List., Syn. Conch, tab. 986, f. 45. 

 1777. " sertum, Mart., Conch. Cab. vol. iii, pi. 121, 



fig. 1115—16. 



1791. Buccinum coronatum, Gm., Sys. Nat. vol. vi, p. 3486, 



No. 68. 



1792. Buccinum sertum, Brug., Ency. Meth. vol. i, p. 262. 



" " Prancolinus, Brug., Ency. Meth. vol. i, p. 261. 



1816. " sertum, Lam., «* " pi. 397, fig. 2. 



1817. Stramonita hederacea, Schum., Nouv. Syst. p. 227. 



