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if there is anything final or decisive in nomenclature, it seems 

 to me that this case is perfectly clear. The newer name must 

 give way. The newer name is Lioconcha ; about this there is 

 no doubt. There is no doubt that Goiddia Adams was properly 

 proposed, described, and published. There is no doubt that 

 the new thing in the pair of organisms included by the describer 

 under his name was a shell which (except in size) does not 

 differ from the species called Lioconcha by Morch. 



From my point of view I cannot see that the absolute rank 

 assigned to the name has anything to do with the question any 

 more than that " patriotism " with which my friend has (I hope 

 and believe not mistakenly) endowed me. 



It is true, as a conchologist and pupil of that loveable and 

 wise old man whose name is thus perpetuated, I felt pleasure 

 in firmly establishing its claim to priority, just as an ornitholo- 

 gist would if it had been the distinguished artist and naturalist 

 who gave us the marvellous " Humming-birds." It is perhaps 

 to my expression of this natural pleasure that Mr. Watson refers 

 jocosely. However it is hardly necessary to say that systematic 

 biology, like mathematics, occupies a position which can in no 

 way be affected by political geography any more than it should 

 be by considerations of familiarity with wrong uses of names. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Les Mollusques Marins du Rousillon. Descriptions 

 et Synonymie (The Marine Mollusca of Rousillon, France, 

 with descriptions and synonymy). — By E. Bucquoy, Ph. 

 Dautzenberg and G. Dollfus. Fascicules 2 and 3. 



The second fascicule is devoted to the families Buccinid^ 

 and Coninae, embracing the genera Nassa, Amycla, Neritula, 

 Purpura, Cassis, Cassidaria, Coliimbella and Conus. A new 

 subgenus, Coluj/ibellopsis, is erected for C. minor Scacchi. Three 



