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  NOTE 
  ON 
  SCULFTAEIA, 
  PFEIFFEE. 
  

   Ey 
  JuJiN 
  H. 
  PoNsOiXBr, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Read 
  V2th 
  Xoionher, 
  1909. 
  

  

  Thk 
  name 
  Sculptaria 
  first 
  appears, 
  without 
  definition, 
  in 
  Malak. 
  Bliitt., 
  

   1855, 
  p. 
  135, 
  in 
  Pfeiffer's 
  synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  Helicidje, 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  then 
  

   only 
  species 
  being 
  sculpturata, 
  Gray. 
  In 
  1859 
  (Mon. 
  Hel., 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  

   p. 
  2) 
  he 
  quotes 
  Sculptaria 
  amongst 
  other 
  " 
  novae 
  sectiones 
  in 
  geneie 
  

   Helice", 
  and 
  again, 
  p. 
  299, 
  in 
  his 
  reference 
  to 
  H. 
  sculpturata. 
  The 
  

   name 
  reappears 
  in 
  Paetel's 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Family 
  and 
  Generic 
  Names, 
  

   1875, 
  p. 
  187, 
  as 
  a 
  "section 
  of 
  Helix", 
  and 
  in 
  Clessin's 
  Nomenclator, 
  

   1881, 
  p. 
  105, 
  as 
  a 
  subsection 
  of 
  Gonostoma. 
  In 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pjetel 
  Collection, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  121, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  1889, 
  p. 
  82, 
  it 
  occurs 
  

   as 
  a 
  "section 
  of 
  GonoHtoma^\ 
  Tryon, 
  in 
  Structural 
  and 
  Sydematie 
  

   Conchology 
  , 
  1884, 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  33, 
  quotes 
  it 
  as 
  " 
  uncharacterised 
  ", 
  

   while 
  in 
  his 
  Manual, 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  138, 
  it 
  figures 
  as 
  a 
  subsection 
  of 
  the 
  

   group 
  Anchistoraa. 
  Von 
  Martens, 
  in 
  Nachr. 
  Bliitt. 
  deutsch. 
  Malak. 
  

   Ges., 
  culls 
  Sculptaria 
  a 
  "small 
  natural 
  group" 
  of 
  Helix 
  (1889). 
  

   Pilsbry, 
  having 
  referred 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  Manual, 
  vol. 
  viii, 
  p. 
  152, 
  as 
  

   "a 
  group 
  of 
  unknown 
  affinities", 
  proceeds 
  in 
  vol. 
  ix, 
  p. 
  39 
  (1894), 
  to 
  

   define 
  the 
  ? 
  subgenus 
  with 
  his 
  usual 
  care 
  and 
  accuracy. 
  Guided 
  

   perhaps 
  by 
  geographical 
  considerations, 
  he 
  places 
  it 
  next 
  to 
  Fhasis, 
  

   Alh., 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  volume, 
  p. 
  340, 
  he 
  recognizes 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  genus, 
  

   remarking 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Protogona. 
  The 
  anatomy 
  being 
  

   still 
  unknown 
  in 
  1895, 
  he 
  was 
  obliged 
  to 
  leave 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Synopsis 
  

   of 
  Families", 
  etc., 
  published 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Index 
  to 
  the 
  Helices, 
  

   p. 
  123, 
  with 
  a 
  ' 
  ? 
  ' 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  position, 
  and 
  here 
  it 
  must 
  remain 
  till 
  

   an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  part 
  determines 
  the 
  generic 
  position. 
  The 
  

   same 
  view 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Sturany, 
  who, 
  in 
  his 
  Siidafrik. 
  Moll., 
  1898, 
  

   p. 
  48 
  of 
  reprint, 
  classes 
  Sculptaria 
  as 
  a 
  subgenus 
  of 
  PJiasis. 
  There 
  

   are 
  at 
  present 
  four 
  species 
  known, 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  south-west 
  of 
  Africa 
  

   (Damaraland 
  and 
  thereabouts) 
  : 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  may, 
  it 
  is 
  hoped, 
  

   help 
  to 
  clear 
  up 
  the 
  somewhat 
  confusing 
  sj^nonymy. 
  A 
  word 
  of 
  

   thanks 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Edgar 
  Smith, 
  I.S.O., 
  whose 
  ever 
  ready 
  assistance 
  and 
  

   valuable 
  advice 
  are 
  gratefullj' 
  acknowledged. 
  

  

  ScuLPTAKiA 
  sccJLPiDKATA 
  (Gray). 
  

  

  1838. 
  Alexander' 
  s 
  Expedition 
  into 
  the 
  Interior 
  of 
  Africa, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  p. 
  268 
  

  

  {JSelicodonta). 
  

   1845. 
  Pfeiffer, 
  Zeitsch. 
  f. 
  Malak., 
  p. 
  86. 
  

   1848-76. 
  Pfeiffer, 
  Mon. 
  Hel., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  p. 
  408 
  ; 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  p. 
  299 
  ; 
  vol. 
  v, 
  

  

  p. 
  400 
  ; 
  vol. 
  vii, 
  p. 
  453. 
  

   1854. 
  Peeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  fig. 
  1471. 
  

   1868. 
  Morelet, 
  Yoyage 
  Welwitsch, 
  Mollusques, 
  p. 
  43. 
  

   1881. 
  Clessin, 
  Nomencl., 
  p. 
  105 
  {Sculptaria), 
  

   1885. 
  Kobelt, 
  Conch. 
  Cab., 
  p. 
  621, 
  pi. 
  clxxviii, 
  figs. 
  26-8 
  (withsyn. 
  

  

  collar 
  is, 
  Pfr.\ 
  

  

  