520 REPORT— 18G3. 



VI Fig. 

 9 4. Polypkx gracilis [ = Trophnnmtilticostatus,Esch.']. N. Zealand. 

 29 5. Melania stiiala. New California. [All the figures of ' Melmiia ' on this plate 



represent large Sidimi, perhaps from S. America.] 

 85 4. Cei-ithium retictdatum. New California. 

 44 2. Hmistrumpictum\= Purpura planos2nra\. East Indies. 

 44 3. Haustrum dentex [ = P. columellams]. Nootka Sound : only 2 sp. known. 

 44 4. Haustrum tuherctdatmn [^:= P. paiula, jun.^, ? — 

 41 3. Oliva Leveriana l_= O. porphyria^. ? — 



47 2. Trochus decarinatus l_= Calliostoma canaliciilatuml. N.Zealand. 

 58 2. Venus radiata [ = Callista lupinaria]. N. Zealand. 



The common Californian Haliotis was, it seems, first described in the 

 • Zoological Miscellany,' by Dr. W. E. Leach, vol. i. 1814 *. 

 Page 131, pi. 58. Haliotis Ci-acherodii, Leach. California. 



Solander made use of the materials be bad collected in Cook's Voyage, in 

 compiling a work on Conchology of considerable merit. Dillwyn made a copy 

 of it, and used it in preparing bis own, allowing priority to its specific names ; 

 but it was never published. The types were lately parted- with by the Lin- 

 nean Society, who had determined not to keep any collections except those of 

 Linnaeus. The ' Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells,' &c., by L. W. DiU- 

 wyn : London, 1817, is considered bj' Dr. Gray to be the best conchological 

 work arranged according to the old system. The following are quoted from 

 the West Coast : — 



Vol. Page. 



i. 301. Mi/tiltis frons, lArm.^ Osfrea from, Sol. Callone. AcaTpulco, Humphreys; 



West Indies, aiKt. 

 i. 469. Cyprcsa pustulata, Sol. Acapulco. 

 ii. 617. Buccinum plumhmm, Chemn. California. [Monoceros, ?S. America.] 



Following DUlwyn, and nearly eclipsing his fame through the originality 

 and excellence of his classification, appeared Lamarck's ' Animaux sans Ver- 

 tebres,' 1818-1822. Coordinate with or preceding this work are his Articles 

 in the ' Annales du Museum ' and the ' Encyclopedic' The fresh sources of 

 his information are quoted in the first Report, p. 169. 



In Delessert's ' Recueil,' 1841, are figured 



PI. 2, fig. 1. Sohn amhiguus, Lam. \_ = S. rudis, C. B. Ad.] " Les mers d'AmSrique." 

 PI. 19, fig. 2. Cytherea semilamellosa, Gaudichaud [= C. lupinaria']. China Seas. 



In Deshayes' invaluable edition of the ' An. s. Vert.,' Paris, 1835-45, are 

 quoted a variety of West Coast species which have already appeared under 

 their original authorities. The foHowing may be added : — 



Vol. Page. 



viii. 232. Bulimus Mexicamts, ham. = Helix vittata, F^r. Mexico. 



ix. ZZ. Haliotis Calif orniemis,8'wa.ms. = H., glabra, li&sh.. California. 



ix. 357. Pleurotoma tuberculifera, Br. & Sby. California. 



ix. 584. Murex radix, Gmel. = iH melanomathos (pars), Dillw. Acapulco. 



ix. QQ5. Murex foliatus,GmA.=M,tripterm,l<iie,n. N.W.America. "? India." 



The last of the early writers whose works should here be quoted, and whose 

 ideas on the relations of genera were considerably in advance of the age, though 

 somewhat fanciful, is Swainson, in his ' Zoological Illustrations,' 1820-1833 • 

 'Appendix to the Sale Catalogue of Mrs. Bligh's Shells,' 1822 ; and 'Exoti.' 

 Conchology,' 1821-1835, reissued by Hanley, 1841. These works contaia 

 the following West Coast species : — 



* This work has been translated into French, and repubUshed, by Ohenu • where the 

 same spsris* is found on page 8, pi. 3. f. 2. .; • 



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