518 REPORT— 1863. 



No. Plate. Fig. r ly , 



43 ly,14 1. Buccinum liratvm, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. \_=F. de- 



cemcostatus (Say), Midd., :=Middendorffii, Cooper.] 



44 13 % SiKcimimplicatiim,'hl3xt.{yionLimi.'] St. George's Sound, common. 



\_=aispatum, + compositum, Chemn., =lactuca, &c., Esch.] 



46 15 1, Buccinum lima, Mart. St. George's Sound, rare. [Probably P. deeem- 



costata, Midd. ; the variety witli numerous ribs and flattened spire.] 



47 15 2. Buccinum saturum, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Like 



Chr. liratus, witli keels evanescent.] 

 62 20 2. Haliotis ptdcherrima, Mart. St. George's Sound, most rare. [Pacific 



Is.] 

 G6 24 1. Purpttra foKata, Mart. North-west Coast of N. America, rare. 

 76 26 4. Troclms pulligo, Mart. St. George's Sound, common. 

 80 28 2. Pectuncidtis corbis, Mart. Pulo-Condore, most rare. [= Carf^mm JVai- 



tcdlii, Conr., teste Desh. Cum. The figure is not so accurate as'most 



of the others ; but the colouring is characteristic] 

 153 53 1, PectenrubidtiSjMai-t. [nonKds.] Newfoundland, rare. l=P.Islan- 



dicus. Mull.] 



Many of the figures of Martyn were reproduced by Chemnitz, in Ms com- 

 prehensive continuation of Martini's ' Conohylien Cabinet,' 1780-1795. Un- 

 happily, though often quoted for generic and specific names, he did not adopt 

 the binomial nomenclature (except in vol. xi.), but described each shell in 

 two or more words, as it happened. For this reason he appears to have had 

 no scruple in altering previous designations, as follows : — 



Fig. 



1-538, 1539. Murex Purpura alata, "Mart. Conch. Tin. vol. ii. f. 66, Leaved Purpura 

 foliata from N.W. coast of America." \ 



1634 . . Murcx Glomus cereus, seu Cereus conglomeratus, "Mart. vol. ii. f. 43, 

 Ridged Buccinum Uratum from King George's Sound." 



Vign. 21, f. A, B. Buccinum compositum, " Mart. Un. Conch, vol. ii. f. 44 ; Plaited 

 Buccinum from King George's Sound." 



Vign. 23, f. A, B. Trochus gibberosus Nov(P Zehndice. "Forster's Cat. no. 1374; La 

 Raboteuse de la nouvelle Z^lande. — Mart. Un. Conch, vol. i. f. 31 ; 

 Rugged Trochus incequalis from Friendly Is." 



1579, 1580. Trochus doliarius, " Mart. vol. i. £ 32, Fluted Trochm canaliculatm from 

 N. Zealand." 



1581, 1582. Trochus viri/ineus, " Favanne, Conch, pi. 79. 1 1. vol. ii. p. 342 ; id. Cat. 

 Eais. no. 1352, p. 269 ; Le Sabot Magellanique.— ilart. Un. Conch, 

 vol. i. f. 33; Ringed Trochus annulatus from N. Zealand. — Cab. Mus. 

 Portl. no. 1240 ; the Pui-pled-edged Trochus ; item, no. 1970, a large 

 and fine specimen of the Purple-edged Trochus from the N.W. coast 

 of America ; rare." [= T. ecelatus, var. B. Gmel., teste Dillw. vol. ii. 

 p. 800.] 



1802,1803. Buccinum crispatum. "The furbelowed Whelk." [=5. pUcatum, 

 Mart., non Ln.] 



1841, 1842. Murex amplustre. N.W. coast of America. [This erroneous locality 

 is copied from the Portland Cat., The species is quoted from Buc- 

 cinum (Latirus) aphistre, Mart., no. 3. pi. 1. f. 3, where it is rightly 

 assigned to the Friendly Is. =M. art/us, var. y. Gmel., teste Dillw. 

 vol. ii. p. 735.] 



The assignment of West American species to New Zealand, begun by 

 liartyn, has continued a source of error to the present time. It occurs in 

 Ur. Gould's ' Exploring Expedition MoUusoa,' in the Cumingian Collection 

 and in the British Museum. ' 



In the ' Travels in New Zealand,' by Ernest Dieffenbach, M.D.. London 

 1843, vol. 1. pp. 228--264, is given a " Catalog-ue of the Species of ilollusca 

 and their Shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand," 

 &c., by J. E. Gray. The author premises that some of the species [mai-ked *] 



