518 REPORT— 1863. 



JBiirct'nutn lirafmn, Mart. St. George's Po»nd, most rare. [ = ^. <^e- 



Cfntcusfatiit (Say), Midd., =3Ii<IdimlorJfii, Cooper.] 

 Huccinum plicatum, Mart, [nou Linn.] !St. ( itoig'e's Sound, common. 



'^=crispa(um, -i-coiupositutn, Chemn., =l(ictuca, &.C., Esch.j 

 Bucchmm limn, Mart. St. Georp-e's Sound, rare. [Probably /'. dtci'm- 



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

 Huccinum saturu/n, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Like 



Chr. lii'atug, with keels evanes<-ent.] 

 TIaliotis pulcherrima, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Pacific 



Is.] 

 Purpura fohata, ISlart. North-west Coast of N. America, rare. 

 Trochus pulliffo, Mart. St. George's Sound, common. 

 Pectunculus corbis, Mart. Pulo-Condore, most rare. [ = Curdium Xut- 



tallii, Conr., teste Desh. Cum. The figure is not so accurate as most 



of the others; but the colouring is chai'act eristic] 

 153 53 1. Pecten rttbidus, Mart, [uon lids.] Newfoundland, rare. [_ = P- Islari' 



dicus, Miill.] 



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

 prehensive continuation of Martini's ' Conchylien Cabinet,' 17S0-17!'5. 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 : — 



Fig. 



1538, 1539. Murex Pur/mra a/afa, "IVIart. Conch. Un. vol. ii. f. 66, Leaved Purpura 



foliata from N.W. coast of America." 

 1634 ., Murex Glomus cereu% "e" Cereus conglomeratus, "^lart. vol. ii. f 43, 



Ridged Huccinum liratum from King George's Sound." 

 Vign. 21, f. A, B. Buccitntm comp<mtum, " Mart. I'u. Conch, vol. ii. f 44 ; Plaited 



Huccinum from King George'.s Sound." 

 Vign. 23, f. A, B. Trochus gihberosus Novte Zclandiee. "Forster's Cat. no. l-'574; La 



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



Rugged Trochus inteipailis from Friendly Is."' 

 1579, 1580. Trochus doliarius, " Mart. vol. i. f. 32, Fluted J'rochtts camdiculatm from 



N. Zealand." 

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



Rais. no. 13r)2, p. 269; Le Sabot Magellanique.^ — Mart. Un. Conch. 



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



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



and tine specimen of the Purple-edged I'rochus from the N.A\'. roust 



of America; rare." [=7". c<e/a/MJ), Aar. j3. Guiel., teste Dill w. vol. ii. 



p. 800.] 

 1802,1803. Biwcinum crispatum. "The furbelowed "Whelk." [=i?. 2>licutuin, 



Mart., non Ln.] 

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



is copied from tlie Portland Cat.. The species is quoted from Ihic- 



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



assigned to the Friendly Is. =M. argu^, var. y. Gmel., teste jjilhv. 



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 

 l)r. Gould's ' Exploring Expedition MoUusca,' in tlie Cumingian Collection, 

 and in the British Museum. 



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

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

 and their Shells, wliieh have bitliorto been roeorded as fi-imd at New Zealand. " 

 &c., by J. E. Gray. Tke auclior premises that some ot the s^ccea [_murLud *j 



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