Mr. Sowerby's Notes on Cyprcea. 217 



Art. XXIV. Notes on Mr. Gray's Additions and Correc- 

 tions to a Monograph on Cyprcea, (Zoological Journal, IV. 

 p. QQ,) in a Letter addressed to W. J Buodkrip, Esq., by 

 G. B. SowKKBY, F. L. S., 8)C. 



Dear Sir, 



I feel convinced that you will excuse the liberty I take of addressing 

 to you the few observations which I think myself called on to make on 

 the above-mentioned paper ; while I am also fully assured that your love 

 of science will induce you to coincide mth me in the propriety of my 

 observations, and satisfy you of the necessity of making such remarks 

 on this paper as may prevent its misleading those who are not so fully 

 informed on the subject on which it treats as yourself. I wish it had 

 fallen to the lot of any other person to have prepared these observations, 

 because, coming from me, they may be deemed invidious; I must 

 therefore disclaim all personal feeling, and declare that I am only ac- 

 tuated by a vnsh to render as correct as possible the information contained 

 in the pages of the Zoological Journal. 



Before I proceed any further, I must, however, assure you that 1 en- 

 tirely concur with Mr. Gray in his remarks on the observations of M. 

 Duclos : and I am fully satisfied that as soon cis M. Duclos shall become 

 acquainted with the various species in question, he will be convinced of 

 Mr. Gray's correctness. 



My first observation is on the subject of C Princeps, the name of 

 which Mr. Gray says, " must be changed, as it is C. Valentia of Perry, 

 " t. xxiii, f. 2, where the individual specimen here described is well 

 figured." I shall content myself, as far as regards the name, with ob- 

 serving, that " Valentia,'" as a specific name, is incorrect, and should 

 be " Valentiana,'" which would be englished by " Lord Valentia's 

 Cowry." However properly this name might be given to this particular 

 species of Cowry, as having been first obtained by Lord Valentia (the 

 present Earl of Mount-norris) and however entitled his Lordship may be 

 to such an honour, as having formerly stood forward as a noble patron of 

 science, I am persuaded his Lordship cannot consider himself honoured 



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