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JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



Vol. 15. APRIL, 1916. No. 



NOTES ON THE GENUS HARPA.? 



{Concluded from p. J2). 

 By JAMES COSMO MELVILL, M.A., D.Sc. 



(Read before the Society, loth March. 1915). 



4- — Harpa davidis Bolten. 



Harpa davidis Bolten, Mus. Boltenianum, p. 150 (179S). 



Harpa aiticularis Lamk., Anim. Sans Vert., vii., p. 256, no. 5. 



Harpa vcfitricosa Lamk. ^ Desh., Encycl. Method,, Yqx?,, ii., p. 1S6. 



Harpa articularis Kiener, Coq. Viv., p. 8, no. 2, t. 2, f. 3. 

 )) » Reeve, Conch. Icon., no. 4, pi. ii., f. 4. 



!> 5, Sowb., Thes. Conch., iii., t. 232, f, 20, 22. 



Harpa conoidalis Lamk. var. Tryon. Man. Conch., v., p. 98, f. 62. 



Harpa fiabltutii Martint, Conch. Cab., iii., f. 1092. 



Harpa ligata Menke, A. Sutor, Jahrb. Malak. Gesell., iv., 107, 1877. 



Habitat : Lidian Ocean, Philippines, Mauritius, Moluccas. 



Bolten refers to the figure in Martini, Conch. Cab., iii., t. 119, 

 f. 1092, leaving no doubt as to' the species intended by his davidis,^ 

 which name has priority. This species is by many authors now con- 

 sidered a variety only of the last {conoidalis), but differs in the painting 

 mauily of the ribs. These are transversely conspicuously articulated 

 with clear dark lines. Form much the same as conoidalis. 



I take H. nahlium Mart. = Bucc. antiquatum Chemn. to be a fine 

 variety, broadly transversely banded on the thickened longitudinal 

 costas. I have one example of this species, though not so pro- 

 nounced in marking as fig. 14 in Sowerby's Thes. Conch. 



H. ligata Menke, allowed as a species by Dr. Aug. Sutor, seems 

 intermediate between nabliuvi and articularis type. 



5-— Harpa nobilis (Rumph.) Bolten. 

 Harpa nobilis Rumphius, Mus, t. 32, f. l, 1705. 

 Harpa ?wbilis Martini, Conch. Cab., iii., t. 119, f. 1091. 



I presume the name now to be adopted was given in honour of the harp of King David. 



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