Olservations on a Shelly &fc. 65 



of the figure seems to have been referred to by most 

 authors as the correct standard, 



RumphiuSj in his "Thesaums imaginum Pisciuni; Tes- 

 taceorum/' etc., gives a figure probably intended for the 

 same shell. I have not seen the text of his work, but 

 notice through quotations in other works, that he states its 

 habitat to be the Island of Am. Figures are also to 

 be found in the work of Martini and Chemnitz, and in 

 Favanne's Dictionary; but as there are no copies of these 

 works in this city, I have not been able to refer to them. 



The shell figiu^ed by these authors^ was described by 

 Linnaeus under the name of Murex Aruanus. His de- 



giires 



and 



believe that he had never seen the species to which he 



It is probable indeed, that he never 



name 



saw many of the shells which he described. The cabinets 

 to which he had access must have been poor and uninter- 

 esting, formed more for display than for scientific utility, 

 and in his great desire to give a place to every created 

 object, he was often obliged to satisfy himself with maccu- 

 rate representations. His descriptions of course partook 



and 



cannot 



and ample collections. His description, as given 



his 



caudata ; spira spinoso-coronata. Habitat ad Novam 



Guineam 



mdis 



•coemlea 



The 



Deterville 



part 



He contents him- 



wth a simple translation of the a 

 nch; and is equally silent as to th< 



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