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they answer, he writes, to the Ricinula spectrum of Reeve and 

 not to the shell universally accepted as Purpura mancinella 

 Linne. 



In default of its proper title, the Linnean species has received 

 numerous epithets; thus it was named, in 1798, Drupa carnus by 

 Bolten; in 1832, Purpura data by Blainville; in 1839, Purpura 

 martiniana by Anton; and in 1846, Ricinula spectrum by Reeve. 

 Under Blainville's name the species is recorded from North 

 Queensland by Melvill & Standen.* 



But the shell to which the name mancinella has been erro- 

 neously transferred has been left that title in undisputed posses- 

 sion. Searching for a name to inherit its estate, I find Purpura 

 gemmulata to be apparently the only claimant. Under the old 

 style the species has been recorded by Brazierf from several 

 Australian stations. 



Clava sinensis Gmelin. 



Murex sinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. xiii. 1791, p. 3542. Ceri- 

 ihium obeliscus Bruguiere, Ency. Meth. Vers, (2), 1792, p.472. 



Most monographs give this species under Bruguiere's name, but 

 Pilsbry has pointed out that Gmelin's has priority. Both base 

 their species on the same reference, J so the repetition is obvious. 

 Bolten renamed it Strombus muricatus. 



Menke recorded it § from N.W. Australia, but it has hitherto 

 escaped attention on the east coast. It is not rare in tropical 

 Queensland, for I have taken it on the Palm, Green and Hope 

 Islands. 



Argobuccinum succinctum Linne. 



Murex succinctus Linne\ Mantissa ii. 1771, p. 551. Murex 

 clandestinus Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. xi. 1795, p. 127, PI. 195, figs. 

 1856, 1857; fide Hanley, Ips. Conch. Linn. 1855, p.456. 



* Melvill & Standen, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. xxvii. 1899, p. 163. 



t Brazier, Journ. of Conch, ii. 1879, p. 187. 



X Martini, Conch. Cab. iv. 1780, p.325, PI. 157, f.1489. 



§ Moll. Nov. Holl. Specm. 1843, p. 19. 



