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PROF. F. J. BELL ON THE TEMNOPLEURID^. [Juiie 1, 



higher than the connecting ridge. The sutural furrows are barely 

 indicated ; there are pores, not pits, in the middle line. 



Australia (coll. J. B. Jukes). E. coast Australia (Stutchbury ?). 



IV. Mespilia. 



1. Mespilia globulus. 



I have not the time to notice in detail the bibliography of another 

 writer; but there are some omissa of references and misprints in the 

 bibliography and synonymy of this genus, as given in the ' Revision 

 of the Echini,' that, to save future students a labour similar to that 

 which has been imposed on myself, I will for a moment turn aside 

 to point out. 



On p. 143 Mespilia is ascribed to Agass., on p. 1 93 to Des. {i, e. 

 Desor) ; a reference to the Catal. llaisoune (p. 357^) shows that the 

 latter authority is the correct one^. In the reference to Klein the 

 page (p. 16) is omitted ; in that to Leske the page is again omitted 

 (it is p. 152) : pi. x. is a misprint for pi. xi., in the case of both these 

 authorities. It is impossible to discover whether the MS. name of 

 versicolor, first used by Agassiz in his ' Observations,' &c. published 

 in the 2^'^ Monograph, des Echinodermes (1841), p. 7^ is to be 

 ascribed to Valenciennes, who did name a number of Echinids, or to 

 Valentin, who was a valuable collaborateur of Prof. Louis Agassiz. 

 With such confusion, due to the adoption, without definition, of a 

 MS. name, it is surprising that Mr. Agassiz should complete his 

 synonymy with giving publication to a manuscript name by Michelin. 



It is not the purpose of the present communication to give fresh 

 definitions of all the genera or species, or there would be much to 

 say of this interesting and beautiful form. The accessions to the 

 Museum since the time when the geographical range of the species 

 was stated in the ' Revision of the Echini ' have been from three 

 sources— (1) the Rev. S. J. Whitmee, (2) the collection of H. M.S. 

 ' Challenger,' and (3) the collection of the late Dr. Bleeker, — these 

 being. (1) Samoa and Savaii, (2) Zamboanga, and (3) Celebes 

 and New Guinea respectively ; but they do nothing to increase the 

 extent of its area. A specimen from the island of Masbate has long 

 been in the collection of the Museum. An examination of the 



1 Ann. de Sc. Nat. (3) 1846, vi. 



- Cf. also Desor, 'Reponse a M. Agassiz' (Syn. d. Echiu. foss. p. xv). 

 •'* This is ordinarily quoted by Prof. A. Agassiz as Int. Mon. Scut. ; on this 

 occasion, however, he prefers to refer to it as " Monog. Scut." 



