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BULLETIN OF THE 



eale of the magnificent collection of M. de Calonne. The catalogue was printed 

 in May, 1797. A few copies were sent by Hvass to his correspondents,* and 

 others were distributed or sold by Humphrey. It is one of the rarest of con- 

 chological books, among those which have influenced nomenclature.! In the 

 present case there can be no possible doubt whatever as to the group intended. 

 It is placed between Phasianella and Turrilella {Eutropia and Terebra of 

 Humphrey), and divided into two sections with three species each. The first 

 species (Scala maculatd) is stated to come from Normandy, and Turho clathrus 

 L. is given as a synonym. The second (S. notha) is the "Bastard Wentle- 

 trap," from the West Indies {Scalaria lamellosa L.?); the third is not identifia- 

 ble. The second section is stated to be "umbilicated," an approach toward a 

 diagnosis. Two of the species cannot be determined, the last (S. grandis) is 

 the " Great or true Wentle-trap," from " Japan ? " 



The next discrimination of the group, as such, appears in a posthumous pub- 

 lication, also for an auctioneer's purposes, — a catalogue, J supposed to be by 

 Dr. J. F. Bolten of Hamburg, of the collection of shells belonging to him which 

 his family desired to dispose of after his death, but which at that time (1798) 

 was not sold. This catalogue, of which only three or four copies are known 

 to exist, was reprinted in 18I9,§ when the collection was again offered for sale. 



* The copy in my possession was sent to Spengler, and given by one of his heirs 

 to Beck, and from bira, through other hands, to the late O. A. L. Morch. By a con- 

 temporary note of Beck, it appears not to have existed in the public libraries of 

 either London or Paris, in 1835-36. The genera are not characterized, nor is any 

 species mentioned as type, but some Linnean names without references are intro- 

 duced as synonyms of the names of the author. 



t As a bibliographical curiosity the collation may be of interest : — 



Museum Calonnianum. | Specification | of the I various articles | which 

 compose the | Magnificent Museum | of | Natural History | collected by | M. De 

 Calonne in France, | and lately his property : | consisting of an assemblage | of the 

 most I beautiful and rare subjects | in | entomology, conchology, ornithology, | min- 

 eralogy, &c. I Among which are | [etc., 10 lines] | all of wliicli are now exhibiting 

 at Saville House on the north side of | Leicester Square, previous to the sale 

 thereof. | London, May 1, 1797. | 8vo, pp. viii, 84. At end of last page, "End of 

 the first part." The generic and specific names in Latin, French, and English ; re- 

 marks in English only. There is a copy with annotations in Humphrey's own 

 writing in the Smithsonian Library, deposited in the Library of Congress. 



X The first part I liave never seen, and it related to the anatomical and alco- 

 holic collection ; the remainder is entitled : Museum Boltenianum | sive | 

 Catalogus cimeliorum | e tribua regnis naturae | quae | olim coUegerat | Joa. Fried. 

 Bolten, M. D. p. d. | per XL. annos protophysicus Hamburgensis. ] Pars secunda | 

 continens | Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, | bivalvia & multivalvia. | Ham- 

 burgi, I Typis Johan. Christi. Trappii. | Sm. 8vo, n. d., pp. viii, 199. The Preface 

 is dated September. 1798. 



§ Museum Boltenianum. | Verzeichniss | der | von dem verstorbenen 1 

 Herrn Joachim Friedrich Bolten | M. D. und physicus in Hamburg | hinterlassenen I 

 vortrefflichen Sammlung | Conchylien, MineraUen | und | Kunstsachen | die | am 



