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518 REPORT 1863. 



No. Plate. Fig. 



43 13,14 1. Buccinum liratum, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [=-F. de- 



cemcostutm (Say), Midd., =MidckndorJfii, Cooper.] 



44 13 2. Buccinum plicatum, Mart. [nonLinn.] St. George's Sound, common. 



[=crispatum, 4- compositurn, Chemn., =lactuca, c., Esch.l 



46 15 1. Buccinum lima, Mart. St. George's Sound, rare. [Probably P. decem- 



costata, Midd. ; the variety with numerous ribs and flattened spire.] 



47 15 2. Buccinum saturum, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Like 



Chr. liratus, with keels evanescent.] 

 62 20 2. Haliotis pulcherrima, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Pacific 



Is.] 



66 24 1. Purpura foliata, Mart. North-west Coast of N. America, rare. 

 76 26 4. Trochus pulligo, Mart. Sfc. George's Sound, common. 

 80 28 2. Pectunculus corbis, Mart. Pulo-Condore, most rare. [=Cimft'm JVwtf- 



fo/&Y, Conr., teste Desh. Cum. The figure is not so accurate as most 



of the others ; but the colouring is characteristic.] 

 153 53 1. Pecten ruUdus, Mart, [non Hds.] Newfoundland, rare. [=P. Islan~ 



dicus, Mull.] 



Many of the figures of Martyn were reproduced by Chemnitz, in his com- 

 prehensive continuation of Martini's ' Conchylien Cabinet,' 1780-1705. Un- 

 happily, though often quoted for generic and specific names, he did not adopt 

 the binomial nomenclature (except in vol. xi.), but described each shell in 

 two or more words, as it happened. For this reason he appears to have had 

 no scruple in altering previous designations, as follows : 



1538, 1539. Murex Purpura alata, " Mart. Conch. Un. vol. ii. f. 66, Leaved Purpura 

 foliata from N.W. coast of America." 



1634 . . Murex Glomus cereus, seu Cereus conglomcratus, " Mart. vol. ii. f. 43, 

 Ridged Buccinum liratum from King George's Sound." 



Yign. 21, f. A, B. Buccinum compositum, " Mart. Un. Couch, vol. ii. f. 44 ; Plaited 

 Buccinum from King George's Sound." 



Vign. 23, f. A, B. Trochus gibberosus Nov& Zelandics. "Forster's Cat. no. 1374; La 

 Raboteuse de la nouvelle Zelande. Mart. Un. Conch, vol. i. f. 31 ; 

 Rugged Trochus inesqualis from Friendly Is." 



1579, 1580. Trochus doliarius, " Mart. vol. i. f. 32, Fluted Trochus canaliculatus from 

 N. Zealand." 



1581, 1582. Trochus virgineus, "Favanne, Conch, pi. 79. f. 1. vol. ii. p. 342 ; id. Cat. 

 Rais. no. 1352, p. 269; Le Sabot Magellanique. Mart. Un. Conch, 

 vol. i. f. 33; Ringed Trochus annulatus from N. Zealand. Cab. Mus. 

 Portl. no. 1240; the Purpled-edged Trochm; item, no. 1970, a large 

 and fine specimen of the Purple-edged Trochus from the N.W. coast 

 of America; rare." [= T. ccelatm, var. /3. Gmel., teste Dillw. vol. ii. 

 p. 800.] 



1802,1803. Buccinum crispatum. "The furbelowed Whelk." [=j&. pticatum, 

 Mart., non Ln.] 



1841, 1842. Murex amplustrf. N.W. coast of America. [This erroneous locality 

 is copied from the Portland Cat.. The species is quoted from Buc- 

 cinum (Latirus) aplustre, Mart., no. 3. pi. 1. f. 3, where it is rightly 

 assigned to the Friendly Is. =M. araus. var. y. Gniel., teste Dillw. 

 vol. ii. p. 735.] 



The assignment of West American species to New Zealand, begun by 

 Martyn, has continued a source of error to the present time. It occurs in 

 Dr. Gould's 'Exploring Expedition Mollusca,' in the Cumingian Collection, 

 and in the British Museum. 



In the l Travels in New Zealand,' by Ernest Dieffenbach, M.D.. London, 

 1843, vol. i. pp. 228-264, is given a " Catalogue of the Species of MolluBca 

 and their Shells, whi<-h have hi>horto been recorded as found at New Zealand," 

 &c., by J. E. Gray. Ihe author -jjrwnisea that some oi' the species [marked *] 



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