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CRITKAL NOTES ON HERYIFR'S MONOGRAPH (I) 



OF THE COLUMBELLIDAE 



OF NEW-CALEDONIA, witli €. HERYIERI. nom. nov. 



By S. Page. 



Some few years ago the late M. Hervier very kindly 

 submitted to me for description the whole of his collection 

 of Pacific Columbellidae, but ill-health and the pressure 

 of other business unfortunately prevented me at Ihe time 

 from bestowing much attention to the collection; and, 

 leaving Europe shortly afterwards for a lengthy period, I 

 was obliged to return the shells practically unworked. 

 After the lamented death of M. Hervier which took place 

 soon after the publication of his elaborate monograph and 

 before my return to England, his collection was dispersed : 

 some portion fiuding its Avay ioto the British Muséum and 

 into my own collection ; while the actual types of the 

 numerousforms described by M. Hervier are, lunderstand, 

 preserved at the Monastery of the Société de Marie at 

 Lyons, but they do not appear to be readily accessible for 

 study (2). 



Despite ail that has been written on the subject, Ave are 

 yet far frum possessing a complète knoAvledge of the 

 Columbellidae occuring in the Pacific région. The work of 

 the late M. Hervier, giving évidence every wheie of 



(1) Journ. Conchyl., vol. XLVII, 30b, 391, pis. xm xiv. 



(2) Les TYPES ûesColumbella décrits par le R.P Hervierdans le«Jour- 

 nal de Conchyliologie » ne sont pas restés à Lyon comme le croit M. Pace, 

 L'auteur nous les a en effet généreusement offerts pour la collection du 

 Journal. La Rédaction. 



