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Gray (1824), was described as var. of arahica, and can be 

 regarded neither as a species nor a subspecies. Intermedia, 

 Redfield (1847), described as var. of reticulata, is not quite 

 identical, and also contains arahica subsp. gillei. Reticulata 

 var. intermedia, Roberts (1885), is a synonym of gillei. 



minor, Grat. (1845) : Described as a variety of Cyprcea spcericulata, 



is raised to the rank of a distinct species by Sacco (1894) ; 



it is preoccupied by two varietal names given by its author 



(see note on Cyprcea minor, Grat.). 



I add to the preceding list three names, the older homonyms 



of which are the result of typographical mistakes and can scarcely 



hinder the validity of the following. 



C. amygdalina, Grat. (1845) : This spelling was not used by 

 Brocchi, and is perpetrated only once by Brongniart (1823) 

 instead of amygdalum, Broc. ; but Brongniart also wrote 

 amygdalum correctly. 



C. lucida, Grat. (1847) : Lucida, Linn., cited by Blainville (1830), 

 is evidently printed by error instead of C. lurida, Linn. 



C. pumila, Koenen (1890) : Pumila is wrongly written by 

 Weinkauff (1881) instead of pumilio, which is the name given 

 by Brasina to a new species of Voluta, now considered to be a 

 young shell of Cyprcea. 



II. On some Varietal Names given by Gray. 



The first " Monograph on the Cyprseidas " was published by J. E. 

 Gray in seven parts, which were issued as follows : — 



(A.) Zoological Journal, i, pp. 71- 80, 1824 (March). 

 (B.) „■" „ i, pp. 137-152, 1824 (June) 



(C.) 

 (D.) 

 (E.) 

 (F.) 

 (G.) 



i, pp. 367-391, 1824 (October). 



i, pp. 489-518, 1825 (January), 

 iii, pp. 363-370, 1827 (November), 

 iii, pp. 567-576, 1828 (April), 

 iv, pp. 66- 88, 1828 (July). 



These are abbreviated in this paper by the letters A. — G., which, 

 in conjunction with a figure and page, will make it easy to find the 

 original passage in any of the above three volumes. 



Gray described in this monograph 127 species of recent and fossil 

 Cyprcea, some of which now belong to the genera Trivia and 

 Gisortia. Of these, thirty-eight were new species as stated by Gray. 

 He also described the young, incomplete, and decorticated shells 

 of most of the species, and many colour, shape, and size varieties. 



Since Sowerby (1832-7, Conchological Illustrations), subsequent 

 authors have cited the varieties described by Gray as " . . ., var. 

 Gray ", as if being nameless in his monograph ; but I venture to 

 point out that Gray called many by proper varietal names. Only 

 one previous writer was of the same opinion as myself, Redfield 

 (1847, Ann. Lye. Hist. Nat. New York^ iv, p. 477, etc.), but he 

 mentioned only the varieties of Cyprcea arahica, and therefore 



