94 MR. G. NEVILL ON THE [Feb. 17, 



Hamburgi, d. xxi. October, 1/93, auctionis lege distrahendarum,' 

 with preface by M. Ant. Aug. Hen. Lichtenstein, Rector der 

 Johannis-Schule, Berlin. A copy of the latter catalogue exists 

 in the Banksian Library ; and in it the Western Crowned Crane is 

 included under the generic name of Ardea, and the Kaffir Crane is 

 described as follows : — 



" 284 A. ! ! Ardea chrysopelargus, nobis. Ardea oculorum area nuda ; 

 corpore supra item coUo et pectore ex fusco ceneo ; suhtus albo. 

 Rostrum fere \0 pollices longumrubrumbasiexalbidum. Nares 

 lineares ultra 4 pollices longce, mandibulam superiorem in medio 

 quasi sulco pervio dirimunt. GencB et collum purpurea nitore 

 fulcjent, reliquum corpus, quatenus ex ceneo fuscum est viridi 

 splendore renidet. Remiges nigra ; rectrices supra sunt cenece, 

 infra ut venter et crissum albent. Pedes 29 pollices longi, pallide 

 rubri. Digiti antici basi palmati, posticus brevis terram tamen 

 attigens. Longiludo universa A pedum G| poUicum. Habitat in 

 terra Cafrorum." 



Consequently it appears that, if the rules of the usually accepted 

 code of nomenclature are to be carried out, the name of this species 

 must be changed from JB. regulorum to Baleariea chrysopelargus 

 (Licht.) — the meaningless name regulorum being apparently, as 

 suggested by Mr. Sclater, a corruption of the term oculorum in 

 A. A. H. Lichtenstein's description. 



5. On the Land -Shells, extinct and living, of the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes) ; with Descrip- 

 tions of a new Genus and of several new Species. By 

 Geoffrey Nevill, C.M.Z.S.* 



[Eeceived February 13, 1880.] 

 (Plates XIII., XIV.) 



I cannot do better than commence by acknowledging, in the 

 warmest manner, the great obligation I am under to two gentlemen 

 for their cordial assistance and cooperation in collecting and de- 

 termining the material of this paper. In the first place my thanks 

 are due to my friend Mr. T. B. Coombe Wilhams, M.A., who during 

 the winter and spring of 1878-1879 was good enough to collect for 

 me the land-shells living on the high peaks of the Alpes Maritimes 

 surrounding Menton, where I was unable to go myself on account of 

 my health, and to whom also I owe the discovery of the first Acme 

 foliniana, Daudebardia isseliana, &c., as well as of many of the spots 

 where we afterwards together collected the interesting extinct land- 

 shells, to describe which is my principal object in writing this paper. 



To my distinguished friend Monsieur J. Rene Bourguignat, the 

 well known author of numerous papers on the faunas, extinct and 

 living, of the Quaternary Epoch, my best thanks are also due 



* Communicated bj Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, F.Z.S. 



