234 JORDAN: ON THE GENUS FUSUS. 



and shortly after vol. iv of ' British Conchology ' was published 

 and the species was described, erroneously, as Fiisus huccinattts 

 Lamarck. This mistake originated at the British Museum 

 where I found — in the British section — a tablet with my shell 

 Wo^sS.&di'' Fiisiis buccinatus.'' In the general collection I came 

 across another tablet also labelled '■ Fusiis Imccinaiiis^ but in this 

 case correctly, with Lamarck's species. The learned author of 

 ' British Conchology' had only seen the former specimens, hence 

 the mistake being continued in that work. 



The French conchologist, Fischer, almost simultaneously 

 noticed the error and promptly re-named the species '■ F. Jeffrey s- 

 ianus^ which is now the correct designation.' 



9. — Fusus Berniciensis, King. 



A somewhat larger number of specimens have come from 

 the Dogger Bank lately. This species has an extensive range. 

 It was taken in the ' cold ' and ' warm ' areas of the Faroe 

 channel, the bottom temperatures being 30"o° and 457° Fahr. 

 respectively. Also in the Bay of Biscay, ' Travailleur ' expe- 

 dition. Slopes of the channel 257 — 539 fathoms, bottom 

 temperatures, 50*0° and 48 "o" Fahr. respectively. Also North 

 Atlantic, lat. 56°i' N., long. 34"42' W., 690 fathoms, bottom 

 temperature, 38 '2" Fahr. This locality is about equidistant 

 from the Irish and Labrador coasts. 

 F. Berniciensis var. elegans. — Faroe channel, 'cold area,' 



640 fathoms, bottom temperature, 3o"o° Fahr., 'warm area,' 



530 fathoms, bottom temperature, 46"5° Fahr. 



I obtained one specimen of this variety fiom the long 



line fishermen, from the north of Unst. 



10. — Fusus fenestratus, Turton. 

 This species has a very extensive range and occurs at 

 occasional intermediate localities from Finmark to the coast of 

 Portugal, a distance of thirty degrees of latitude, or about two 

 thousand geographical miles. The late Mr. Stutchbury, of Bristol, 

 more than thirty years ago gave a dredge to a friend of his, the 



J.C, vi., July, iSgo. 



