520 REPORT—1863. 
9 4. Polyplex gracilis | = Trophon malticostatus, Esch.]. N. Zealand. 
29 5, Mclania striata. New California. {All the figures of ‘ Melania’ on this plate 
represent large Bulimi, perhaps from 8. America. ] 
35 4. Cerithium reticulatum. New California. 
44 2. Haustrum pictum [= Purpura planospira]. East Indies. 
44 3. Haustrum dentex [ =P. columellaris|. Nootka Sound: only 2 sp. known. 
44 4. Haustrum tubereulatum [ =P. patula, jun.).  ?— 
41 3. Oliva Leveriana [ =O. porphyria}. ?— 
47 2. Trochus decarinatus a Calliostoma canaliculatum)]. N. Zealand. 
58 2. Venus radiata | = Callista lupinaria)., N. Zealand. 
The common Califotnian Haliotis was, it seems, first described in the 
‘Zoological Miscellany,’ by Dr. W. E. Leach, vol. i, 1814 *. 
Page 131, pl. 58. Haliotis Cracherodii, Leach. California. 
Solander made use of the materials he had collected in Cook’s Voyage, in 
compiling a work on Conchology of considerable merit. Dillwyn made a copy 
of it, and used it in preparing his own, allowing priority to its specific names ; 
but it was never published. The types were lately parted-with by the Lin- 
nean Society, who had determined not to keep any collections except those of 
Linneus. The ‘ Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells,’ &e., by L. W. Dill- 
wyn: London, 1817, is considered by Dr. Gray to be the best conchological 
work arranged according to the old system. ‘The following are quoted from 
the West Coast :— 
Vol. Page. 
i. 301. Mytilus frons, Linn.= Ostrea frons, Sol. Callone. Acapulco, Humphreys; 
West Indies, auct. 
i. 469. Cyprea pustulata, Sol. Acapulco. 
ii, G17. Buccinum plumbeum, Chemn. California. [Monoceros, ?S. America. ] 
Following Dillwyn, and nearly eclipsing his fame through the originality 
and excellence of his classification, appeared Lamarck’s ‘ Animaux sans Ver- 
tebres,’ 1818-1822. Coordinate with or preceding this work are his Articles 
in the ‘ Annales du Muséum’ and the ‘ Encyclopédie.’ The fresh sources of 
his information are quoted in the first Report, p. 169, 
In Delessert’s ‘ Recueil,’ 1841, are figured 
Pl. 2, fig. 1. Solen ambiguus, Lam. [=S. rudis, C. B.Ad.] “Les mers d’Amérique.” 
Pl. 19, fig. 2. Cytherea semilamellosa, Gaudichaud [= C. lupinaria). China Seas. 
In Deshayes’ invaluable edition of the ‘An. s. Vert.,’ Paris, 1835-45, are 
quoted a variety of West Coast species which have already appeared under 
their original authorities. The following may be added :— 
Vol. Page. 
vill. 232. Bulimus Mexicanus, Lam. = Helix vittata, Fér. Mexico. 
ix. 383. Haliotis Californiensis, Swains.= H. glabra, Desh. California. 
ix. 357, Pleurotoma tuberculifera, Br. & Shy. California. 
ix, 584. Murex radix, Gmel.=M. melanomathos (pars), Dillw. Acapulco. 
ix. 605, Murex foliatus, Gmel.=M, tripterus, Kien. N.W. America. “? India.” 
The last of the early writers whose works should here be quoted, and whose 
ideas on the relations of genera were considerably in advance of the age, though 
somewhat fanciful, is Swainson, in his ‘ Zoological Illustrations,’ 1820-1833 ; 
« Appendix to the Sale Catalogue of Mrs. Bligh’s Shells,’ 1822; and ‘ Exotic 
Conchology,’ 1821-1835, reissued by Hanley, 1841. These works contain 
the following West Coast species :— 
* This work has been translated into French, and republished, by Chenu; where the 
same species is found on page 8, pl. 3. f. 2. 
