ON MOLLUSCA OF THE WEST COAST DF \'ORTH AMKKICA. C21 



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2. SaKotis riifescens, Swains. (Ditto in Exot. Conch, ed. ii. p. 34,j Galapagos [?J 

 and California. 



4. Cassis \_Malea] ringem, Swains. ? — 



5. Cassis cornigata, Swains. Native of the Galapagos. 

 5. Harpa crenata, Swains. ? — 



8. IStromhus granulatus, Swains. ? — • 

 Exot. Conch. Plate. 



86. Conus princeps, Ln.= C. regitts, Martini, Lam. (C. P. var. j3., Ln.= C. eh-<eus.) 



Asiatic Ocean. 

 97 (middle figure). Margindla prunum, Gmel., Martini= Valuta plumhea, Sol. MS, 



Africa. [The pinched W. Indian form.] 

 182. Cyprcea spadicea, Swains., Tilloch's Phil. Mag. vol. Ixi. p. 876. South Seas 



{Matoe). 

 80. Saliotis Californiensis, Swains. [Figured with 9 small holes.] 1821. 

 55. Solen ambigmis, Lam. N. America, 1820. [This shell is conspeciflc with tho 



" S. medius, Alashka,"' of the B. M. Coll. ; differing somewhat from the S. 



amhiguus as figured by Delessert. The B. M. locality is perhaps eri'oneous.] 



24. Valenciennes' Memoir on Humh. and Bonjol., 1833. — The following 

 notes are from a study of the complete copy in the Lihr. Eoy. CoU. Surgeons. 



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221. Dnnax radiata [=var. of D. punctatostriatus, H.anl. 1843]. 



219. Venus sucdncta [^=iChione Californiensis, Brod. 1835]. 



245. JBulimus undatus. [The Caribbean, not the Mexican, type is here figured.] 



2G7. Haliotis Californiana \_—H. rufescens, Swains., not //. Californiensis, Swains. 1. 



267. (Add) Haliotis interrupta, Val. Tropical America. [The description accords 

 with the young of //. Cracherodii, Leach.] 



277. Cerithium mitsica. [Description accords with C. maculomm, Kien.] 



278. Cerithium granosum\= Cerithidea varicosa']. 



279. Cerithium frag aria [=:Rhinoclavis gemmata, HdsJ. 

 282. Cerithium varicosum [= Cerithidea varicosa, Shy. J 



308. Strombus canceUatus. Closely resembles Rostellaria fissurella, from Grignon. 



[Probably E. Indian.] 

 838. Comes scalaris [= C. gradatus (Mawe), Wood's Suppl.]. 

 270. Solarium hicanaliculatum. SmaU species, like S. Ilerberti, Desh. Enc. 

 265. Natica Bonplandi. [The figure exactly represents Neverita patukt, Sby.] 

 2o6. (Add) iVu^i'ca Mier, \ al. Cumana. 

 317. Purpura semi-imbricata, Lam. [An. s. Vert. vol. x. p. 84, no. 39 ; not since 



identified ii'om the brief description. Perhaps = Cuma costata, Blainv.] 

 •287. Fustis turris \_ = F. Dupetitlioudrsii, Kien.]. 

 290. Fusus Magellanicus " =Buc. Geverstanum, Pallas, =Murex Peruvianus, Eno. 



M^th."' 



295. Ficulaficoides [? = decussata']. 



296. Pyrida spirata [? = iJopa, jun.]. 



25. Coquille. — All the limpets quoted are South American. 



ii6. EsJischoltz. — The following observations may be useful to the student : 



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10. Mtirex ferrugineus [ = Purp. crispata, Chemn., var. ; varices few, scarcely frilled]. 



11. 3Iurex lactuca \_ — Purpura crispata, Chiiraiii.\ 



11. Miirex mutticostatus [is not Trophon clathratus, as supposed by Midd. ; but pro- 

 bably = T. Gunneri. It resembles T. laeiniatum. Mart (Falkland Is.) on a 

 small scale ; varices coronated, without spiral sculpture]. 



16. Acmaa. [Genus described in the Appendix to Kotzebue's Second Voyage, 18301 

 p. 350 ; somewhat before Tectura, teste Woodward.] 



18. Acniaa mamiUata. [The 'crowded tubercles' were perhaps due to nullipore.] 



19. Acmma cassis [if a northern shell, is perhaps the strongly ribbed var. of pelta ; 



but the figure accorfs best with the Cape Horn species, P. (gnea, Mart.]. 



20. Acmcsa digitalis [is perhaps distinct from the variable persona ; but passes into 



it by easy transitions]. 



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