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  NOTES 
  OX 
  THE 
  GENUS 
  ERATO, 
  WITH 
  A 
  LIST 
  OF 
  THE 
  KNOWN 
  

   R'ECENT 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  By 
  Edgak 
  a. 
  Smith, 
  I.S.O. 
  

  

  ■ 
  Eeacll2th 
  JSfovemler, 
  1909. 
  

  

  (Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.) 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Erato 
  has 
  been 
  monographed 
  several 
  times, 
  and 
  consisting 
  

   of 
  such 
  small 
  shells, 
  mostly 
  without 
  any 
  very 
  striking 
  features, 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  surprising 
  that 
  various 
  errors 
  of 
  identification 
  have 
  occurred. 
  The 
  

   object 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  is 
  an 
  endeavour 
  to 
  clear 
  up 
  such 
  mistakes, 
  

   and 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  species 
  up 
  to 
  date. 
  Having 
  the 
  Cuming 
  

   Collection 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  I 
  am 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  to 
  offer 
  some 
  criticism 
  

   upon 
  the 
  monographs 
  by 
  Sowerby 
  and 
  lieeve, 
  as 
  both 
  were 
  based 
  upon 
  

   that 
  collection. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  monographs 
  and 
  

   catalogues 
  of 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1832. 
  Gray: 
  Descriptive 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Shells, 
  Cyprceidm, 
  ^^.\Q)-\1 
  , 
  

  

  no 
  figures. 
  Printed, 
  but 
  not 
  published, 
  fide 
  C. 
  Davies 
  

  

  Sherborn. 
  

   1837. 
  Sowerby, 
  sen. 
  (a) 
  : 
  Conch. 
  Illust., 
  Cyprceadce, 
  pp. 
  16-18, 
  figd. 
  

   1842. 
  Eeeve 
  {a) 
  : 
  Conch. 
  System, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  pp. 
  259-61, 
  pi. 
  285. 
  

   1859. 
  Sowerby, 
  Jun. 
  {h) 
  : 
  Thesaurus 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  pp. 
  81-4, 
  

  

  pi. 
  219. 
  

   1865. 
  Reeve 
  {h) 
  : 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  xv, 
  three 
  plates. 
  

   1870. 
  Eedfield: 
  Amer. 
  Journ. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  Appendix, 
  pp. 
  216-20. 
  

  

  A 
  synonymic 
  list 
  of 
  species. 
  

  

  1879. 
  Weinkauff 
  : 
  Conchyl. 
  Cabinet, 
  Marginella 
  scndi 
  Erato, 
  pp. 
  145- 
  

  

  56, 
  pis. 
  XXV, 
  xxvi. 
  

  

  1880. 
  Weinkauff 
  : 
  Jahrbiich. 
  deutsch. 
  Malak. 
  Ges., 
  1880, 
  vol. 
  vii, 
  

  

  pp. 
  107-8. 
  List 
  of 
  known 
  species. 
  

   1883. 
  Tryon: 
  Manual 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  v, 
  pp. 
  7-12, 
  197-8, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  the 
  above 
  references 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  full, 
  

   but 
  merely 
  quoted 
  under 
  the 
  authors' 
  names. 
  The 
  monograph 
  by 
  

   Gray, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Davies 
  Sherborn, 
  exists 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   proof-sheets 
  printed 
  in 
  1832, 
  but 
  never 
  issued 
  as 
  a 
  publication. 
  It 
  is 
  

   quoted, 
  however, 
  by 
  Eedfield, 
  who 
  evidently 
  must 
  have 
  had 
  access 
  

   to 
  the 
  work, 
  for 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  copied 
  the 
  references, 
  since 
  they 
  do 
  

   not 
  appear 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  monograph. 
  

  

  If, 
  therefore, 
  Gray's 
  monograph 
  be 
  disregarded, 
  it 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  assign 
  another 
  author 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  described 
  in 
  his 
  unpublished 
  

   work. 
  Sowerby 
  in 
  his 
  Conch. 
  Illust. 
  adopted 
  all 
  the 
  four 
  new 
  

   species 
  founded 
  by 
  Gray, 
  giving 
  him 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  their 
  authorship. 
  

   Under 
  these 
  circumstances 
  perhaps 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  advisable 
  to 
  allow 
  

   Gray's 
  name 
  to 
  be 
  quoted, 
  since 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  all 
  subsequent 
  

   works. 
  

  

  