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Neritiles, Strombites, Solennites, Pholadites, Mytulites, and Volutites. 

 In 1820 Schlotheim (sic) added a few more, and then Kruger in the 

 " Geschichte der Urwelt ", vol. ii, 1823, continued the series by adding 

 -ites to almost every known genus name, fifty-five being collated 

 by me, including the present one, Crassatellites. The rejection of all 

 these as applicable to recent conchology is advisable, but the means 

 of doing so needs consideiation. Thus, one instance of the com- 

 plexity of the problem appears in connexion with Bullites, 

 Schlottheim, 1813. If this be regarded as a substitute name only 

 for Bulla L., it has priority over Bullaria, Rafinesque, 1815, but its 

 usage would be paradoxical, and the fossil " Bullas " included under 

 Bullites appear to have little relationship with the recent sj)ecies we 

 know under the name of " Bulla " — Bullaria of recent usage. 



BUCCINULUM, SWAINSON. 



Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin showed me a little book and allowed me to 

 make the following notes. The cover and title page reads : 

 " Catalogue | of the | Foreign Shells | in the possession | of | the 

 Manchester Natural History Society, | arrajiged according to 

 the system of Lamarck. | 1837." No author's name appears, and 

 the list extends to 99 pages, names sometimes accompanied by 

 localities, generally ■R'ithout authorities, sometimes the latter, and 

 in a few cases " MSS." added. 



It may have been drawn up from Swainson's manuscripts, since 

 most of the novelties are accredited to him. Moreover, mis-spellings, 

 the hall-mark of Swainson's touch, commonly occur; such as p. 37, 

 Moretsia, Sowerby, for Mouretia. Only three names appear to be of 

 importance : thus on p. 67, under the genus Turbinella, against a 

 series beginning with T.capitellum, there is noted in brackets Plicatella, 

 Swainson, and on p. 75, in the same manner, Lohatus, Swainson, is 

 recorded for Stromhus bituberculatus ; and on p. 81 Buccinulum, 

 Swainson is referred to in connexion with Buccinum lineatum, 

 lineolatum, maculosum and coromandelianum. Similarly introduced 

 names have been accepted, so it appears that the above three names 

 should be made use of. The only one needing consideration is that 

 used as the heading of the note, and I herewith designate Buccinum 

 lineatum as type. This may be regarded as indeterminable, or 

 otherwise the name Buccinulum will come into use for the New 

 Zealand shell, now known as Euthria linea (Martyn), which, however, 

 would bear the name of Evarne linea (Martyn) if my conclusions as 

 to its separation were accepted. Under the present circumstances 

 the name would become Buccinidum linea (Martyn), and Euthria 

 would be preserved for the European cornea, L. These species were 

 discussed in a previous number of these Proceedings [antea, vol. xiii, 

 pts. 1-2, p. 33, 1918). 



