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of these plates ; these gives the names and references to the Museum 

 Calonnianum, and may be even in the handwriting of George 

 Humphrey himself. On the plate lettered "Fig. 47" are two 

 paintings of a shell which were not published by Martyn, and there 

 is a note " Genus not determined by G. H." 



I at first intended to give a resume of the paintings with the 

 pencilled notes, but upon consideration concluded that more con- 

 fusion to future synonymy collators would ensue than benefit to 

 present enthusiasts. Hence I will only cite a few of the interesting 

 items without introducing nomenclatural puzzles. Such are : On 

 the plate numbered Fig. 57 there appears two views, back and front, 

 of the common Black Nerite of East Australia and the North Island 

 of New Zealand, labelled, " Inky Nerit, Port Jackson, New S. 

 Wales." These figures were not published by Martyn, and the name 

 given on this plate was not correctly introduced into literature, so 

 that the scientific name given by E. A. Smith in 1884, exactly one 

 hundred years later, must still be maintained. On the plate lettered 

 Fig. 58 two views of the common Calyptrcea {SigaqMtella) of New 

 Zealand are given, above and below, and it is called the " Thick- 

 coated Vault Limpet, New Zealand". This was not published by 

 Martyn, and its present scientific name was not proposed until 

 fifty years later, while Humphrey's generic names are not acceptable. 

 Another item of interest is seen in connexion with the plate lettered 

 Pig. 43, where the paintings of Buccinum succinctum, Martyn, are 

 very different from those published, and while Martyn cites New 

 Zealand as the locality, it is here given as the " Waggon Road 

 Scoop, Port Jackson, New S. Wales". This shell lives in both 

 localities, but is far more common in the latter. Much has been 

 recently written regarding the name " Patella tramoserica Martyn ", 

 from the " North- West Coast of America ", which has been used for 

 a common Australian limpet. Its occurrence on the North- West 

 Coast of America is denied, and it has now been rejected from the 

 Australian fauna. In this place the pencilling reads : " Sattin 

 Limpet S. Sea r.r.," which seems to confirm the justice of recent 

 conclusions. 



Some of the paintings are of species, as will be noted already, 

 never published by Martyn, and students of the literature 

 surrounding Martyn's work will remember Gray's note of five 

 volumes, the fifth volume having so far escaped recovery. It is 

 possible, therefore, that such a copy may exist, including all the 

 rejected unpublished drawings made by Martyn's pupils. The second 

 volume shown me by Mr. Reynell included 172 plates, the full 

 160 as published by Martyn and eight additional ones agreeing with 

 eight in the copy above which were never published, and four 

 paintings by other artists. 



The last-mentioned copy secured by Mr. Reynell simply has the 

 word "Shells" on the back, has no letterpress whatever, and includes 



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