MELVILL: THE PRINCIPLES OF NOMENCLATURE. 44i 
Lrcati, of Bologna, published the account of the ‘ Museo 
Cospiano’ in 1677; it contains the collection of Signor Fer- 
dinand Cospi, and includes that of Aldrovandus. 
Dr. NEHEMIAH GREW, 1681, gave, in an account of the 
Museum of the Royal Society, about thirty-five figures of 
shells, with their English vernacular names. Linnzus named 
the genus Grew7a, in botany, in his honour. 
The important work of Buonanni, 1681, follows. Origin- 
ally printed in Italian, it was republished in Latin under the 
title ‘‘Recreatio mentis et oculi in observatione animalium 
testaceorum.” Linnzeus often quotes the 550 figures of shells 
in his “‘Systema.” This makes the work of Buonanni valuable 
for reference. His arrangement and descriptions are much 
criticized by Bergen and others. A want of uniformity is per- 
ceptible throughout, and also a lack of power of classification. 
At this period two of our countrymen brought to light 
some conchological matter, the first in the “Scotia illustrata ” 
of Sir Robert Sibbald. Here the land and freshwater shells 
are separated, as a different class, from the marine. 
Mr. W. Cote also published in 1689 a treatise on the 
Purpura (Buccinum Jlapillus L.) in the Transactions of the 
Royal Society. Dr. MArTIN LISTER, a third, and more distin- 
guished British subject now follows. His chief work, “‘ Historia 
sive synopsis methodica conchyliorum,” was begun in 168s, 
and concluded in 1692. It was the outcome of many shorter 
essays and pamphlets published previously. He divides his 
treatise under four heads :— 
(2) De turbinibus terrestribus. 
(6) De turbinibus aguae dulcis et bivalvibus aquae dulcis. 
(¢) De bivalvibus marinis et conchis anatiferts. 
(2) De patellis dentalibus et de buccinis marinis. 
There are many plates and figures executed by Susannah and 
Anne Lister, his daughters, with much boldness and fidelity. 
Another work by the same author, which is especially 
interesting to Englishmen, is his ‘Historia animalium Angli- 
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