32° THE MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF TASMANIA. 
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introduced and was known to Linné only from European forms; 
It has been brought in timber from Europe, ak amore unwel- 
come case of acclimatization we can hardly ima 
ae Linné we have very few names or des abciptibiil anterior 
those of Lamarck, who Elbe the first edition of his 
Histoire Naturelle des Anim sans Vertébres in 1815-23. 
During the period intervening betes en Lamarck and the dis- 
coveries of Capt. Cook in 1770 0, we have only the following 
names:—Argonauta oryzata, Meuschen; Triton spengleri, Dillwyn. i 
Both these were not fro m Australian Specimens, as the species ) 
have a wide range. ‘Heliotis nevosa, Martyn; Purpura succincta, : 
Martyn; Risella melanostoma (or Trochus), Gmeli in; Phasianella ad 
tritonis, "Chemn itz; Trochocochlea Australis, Favanne; Patella 
tromoserica, artyn ; atella radians, Gmelin ; yprea angustata, 
Gmelin; C. ete Gmelin ;* Turbo undulatus, Chemnitz; Turbo 
stramineus, Martyn. 
efore I make any observations on these, it may be necessary 
to say crite about the authors and the various works where 
their pee pry are to be found. 
The daw a true science of conchology may be said to date 
from the backs of our countryman, Lister, who in 1685 com- 
menced the publication of his great work entitled, Historia sive 
Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum. It was in four books: 1, of 
land univalves; 2, of freshwater nities and bivalves; 3, of 
marine bivalves and Balanide (Conchis anatiferss 3); 4, of marine 
Patelle, Dentaliums and Buccinums. I have tiavielited the title 
he divisions of “this really marvellous work—marvellous for 
the age, whether one regards the genius of the author or the 
accuracy of the figures. These were 1,057 in number; but, the 
plates being bequeathed to the University of Oxford, another 
edition of them was published in 1770, where the figures 
of shells alone (exe sive of fossils) amount to 1,153—all 
executed with rare indust ster’s daughters, Sus- 
ter. gl avail mys h 
opportunity of helping to mak wn their n o 
i Dr. Lister’s Museum are still to be seen im the 
abe éclaircie dans deux de ses Part es principales, 3, les Litho- 
= et la ig a a Montpellier, 7 42, laid the foundation 
system which Linné subsequently adopted. His genera 
‘clade Padilla Haliotis, Dentalium, “Nerita, Helix, Trockus, 
Strom _ Nautilus, Conus, 'Cyprea, Ostrea, Venus, Chama, Pholas, 
ese genera correspond very nearly wi with 
* On the testimony of Dr. J. E. Gray. 
