XIV COXCHOLOGICAL AUTHORS. 



expressed his wonder at the exquisitely finished character 

 by Lirme, who describes it as being somewhat angular. 

 We shall also feel pleasure in convincing Mr. D. that some 

 species which he has thought proper to expunge from the 

 system, as unworthy of his notice, although they may be 

 of great rarity, have actual existence in our cabinet. 



In the transfusion from one language to another, Mr. 

 Dillvryn is often so entirely mistaken, as to destroy all spe- 

 cific identity. Thus, in the character of Solen Ensis, cardine 

 altero bhientato, is rendered " hinge with a double tooth in 

 each valve." In Solen amethystus, cardine altero bidentato, 

 is translated, " hinge with two teeth in each valve." In 

 Chiton Gigas, valvdprimd crenata, postremd dentatd, mcdils 

 emarginatis, is % rendered, "the first valve crenate, the last 

 toothed, and the intermediate ones entire." And we differ 

 both from Mr. D. and Mr. Wood, in their interpretation of 

 the character in Solen minimus, cardinibus later alibus, bi~ 

 dentatis, alterius bifido, "hinge lateral, with two teeth, one. 

 of which is bifid," rather supposing the meaning to be, that 

 there is a bifid tooth in one valve only. 



Mr. Dillwyn's work offering nothing more than a colla- 

 tion of different authorities, arranged upon his sole judge- 

 ment, must claim a credit in proportion to the diligence and 

 the fidelity with which these powers have been exercised. 

 \Vith means and facilities which can' fall to the lot of very 

 few writers upon natural history, and without the possession 

 of which, this compiler has condemned all others to igno- 

 rant obscurity, we were something surprised at his neglect 

 of the fine work on American cone hology, by Mr. Jay, in 

 the Philadelphia Encyclopaedia ; the beautiful plates of 

 Perry j and even the latter volumes of the Linnean So- 

 ciety. 



Of the celebrated manuscripts left by Dr. Solander, we 

 learn little more than what we have long known from the 

 Portland and Calonnian Catalogues. 



We will likewise venture to remark, that the diligence 

 was not well awakened, when it referred to Lister's plates 

 667. f. 11, and 670. f. luVbothforCypraeacinerea, and the 

 young of C. Vanelli; the plate 825. f.45, for Voluta rustics, 

 and also for V. Tringa ; the plate 852. f. 8, for Strombus 

 sulcatus, and again for Str. vittatus; the plate 1012. f. 7^> 



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