98 THE NAUTILUS. 
but most of them depend for their status on the citation of 
figures. 
The anonymous editor of the Catalogue added a few names on 
his own account and was apparently a conchologist of some 
note, but from his classification evidently not E. M. Da Costa. 
According to Dillwyn (1817) it was George Humphrey. 
The following list comprises all the American species receiv- 
ing names in the Catalogue. Those followed by an 8 are 
Solander’s, the others are by the anonymous compiler. I have 
included the references to the figures which appear in the 
Catalogue. 
It is curious that in the British Cyclopedia of Biography, in 
which so many nonentities find a place, no reference is made to 
the Duchess who was such a munificent patron of art, archae- 
ology and science in her day. 
The only typographical error to be noted in the work is the 
confusion by the printer of the names of Martini and Martyn, 
but the references make it clear in every case which is meant. 
None of these names are included in Sherborn’s Index Animal- 
ium, 1758-1800. 
Arca fusca S., p. 42, No. 1001, Jamaica, W. I. Gualtieri 
87-G. 
+ Arca fusca Bruguiére, 1789. 
Buccinum monodon S., p. 17, No. 372, Tierra del Fuego. 
Also p. 189, No. 3093. Martyn, Un. Conch., f. 10. 
= Buccinum calcar Martyn, 1784. 
Buccinum neptuni 8., p. 29, No. 668; p. 35, No. 859; p. 174, 
No. 3746. The West India Trumpet shell. 
Murex tritonis Lin. ex parte, + Tritonium neptunt Bolten, 1798. 
Buccinum testudo S., p. 98, No. 2148. Seba ITI, t. 70, f. 2-4. 
+ Cassis inflata Shaw, 1790. 
Bulla vesicaria 8., p. 1386, No. 3030; p. 142, No. 3158. West 
Indies. Seba III, pl. 38, f. 46, 48. 
= Hydatina physis L., 1758. 
Cardium robustum 8., p. 58, No. 1858; p. 162, No. 3517. 
Great American Cockle from Florida. Lister, Conch. 
328, 165. 
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