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at the same time giving the following information with reference to it. 

 The publisher, Mr. Theodor Fischer, of Cassel, issued this part with 

 only two plates (43 and 44) instead of six (43 — 48) as indicated 

 in the text. Under the description of P. 2vieg)na7i7ii occurs a refer- 

 ence to plate 46, which is one of the missing ones. A copy of this 

 part (the only other which I have seen) is in the Natural History 

 Museum, Cromwell Road, a fact which indicates that copies were 

 distributed, and the part must therefore be considered as having been 

 duly published. The Museum copy is identical with that sent me by 

 Prof von Martens. 



Mr. C. F. Ancey published the same shell in 1895^ as a new 

 species under Dr. Boettger's MS. name Papuina tuomensis, which name 

 must be discarded, since under the circumstances just mentioned P. 

 iviegmanni has priority. 



Prof von Martens afterwards published the species under the same 

 name^, giving a literal transcription of his earlier description, but 

 without making mention of it. 



The shell was distributed by Mr. Staudinger under Dr. Boettger's 

 MS. name. It belongs to the group of Papuina tai/loriana, Ad. and 

 Rve., and should be placed next to P. louisiadensis. 



The synonymy should read as follows : 



1894. — Helix (Geotrochus) luiegmanni, v. Mts. : Conch. Mitth., iii, 

 3, p. 10. 



1895. — Papuina tuomensis, Ancey: Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2), 

 X, p. 374, t. 26, f 3. Var. heterochroa, Ancey: ibid., f. 4. 



1897. — Helix (Geotrochus) wiegmanni, v. Mts. : Arch, f Naturg., 

 Ixiii, p. 41, t. 8, figs. I — 4. 



1899. — Papuina wiegmanni, supra. 



Other species of Mollusca affected by the above mentioned circum- 

 stances are : 



Aerope heyriclii, v. Mts. : Conch. Mitth., 1894, iii, 3, p. i. Refer- 

 ence in text to pi. 43, figs, i and 2 is erroneous, the figures cited 

 representing Acliatina nitida, q. v. Arch, f Naturg., 1S97, Ixiii, i, 

 p. 35, t. 6, figs. I — 3. Pondo-Land. 



Helix cernua, v. Mts. : S. B. Ges. Naturf Fr. Berlin, 1889, p. 161; 

 Conch. Mitth., 1894, iii, 3, p. 2. Reference in text to pi. 44 is erro- 

 neous, the plate cited containing only a figure of Spatlia wissmanni, 

 q. V. Arch. f. Naturg., 1897, l-'^ii'; h P- 36, t. 7, figs. 8 — 10. Great 

 Namaqua Land. 



1 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1895 (2), x, p. 374. 



2 Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 1897, l.viii, p. 41. 



