A CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



RECENT SPECIES OF C ANCELL ARI^E , 



The scientific Public and Conchologists are already aware 

 that it is intended to introduce in this work figures and des- 

 criptions of all the new species which have been collected 

 by Mr. H. Cuming. They will be brought in under the va- 

 rious Genera to which they belong ; and several have already 

 appeared among the Cypraeadce. I take this opportunity of 

 drawing the attention of Naturalists to this subject, in this 

 place, because it will be seen that half the number of species 

 of the beautiful Genus Cancellaria at present known have 

 been discovered and first brought to England by that Gen- 

 tleman, to whose indefatigable industry we are indebted for 

 the knowledge of at least 500 species of various Genera, 

 among which are several new Genera and a great variety 

 of the most interestuig and remarkable species. The care 

 and precision with which Mr. Cuming has preserved all the 

 particulars relative to localities and habitations of the various 

 subjects collected by him, entitle him to our warmest admi- 

 ration and praise, and I shall gladly avail myself of the ad- 

 vantages afforded to me by this circumstance, not only in 

 stating the localities and habitats of such Shells as have been 

 first discovered, by Mr. Cuming, but of such others as we 

 were previously acquainted with, though we knew not those 

 particulars. The descriptions of all the species discovered 



