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casteaux, with Labillardiére as naturalist, in the same year. 
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under Baudin with the naturalists Peron and Freycinet. No 
doubt the ral contributed largely towards Lamarck’s work; 
but until rst from the time of Linné, we have only the names 
already given: Argonauta oryzata and Triton spenglert. ma 
ura 
Martyn’ st eo cecblines tet is described by the author 
as “ exhibiting the figure of every known shell accurately drawn 
and le after nature with a new r aysteratic oe 
and explanatory tables in “English and French; also figures of 
nondescript shells collected in different voniisa to the South — 
Seas since the year 1764, with seventy-seven coloured draw- 
ings of shells. London, 1789. 1 vol. 4to.” I have had ® 
‘copy of this very rare work sent to me from London pee A | 
k nished. 
published “ Drawings of Shells of the South Sea. 1 vol. 4t0. — 
fifty-eight plates.” The whole work is an édition de luxe, and — 
cannot be too highly praised for accuracy as far as it goes. The 
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* This work of Meuschen’s must not be confounded with the catalogue 
usly published by Grono — ye ———— 
came out in 3 parts, viz. :—Fasc. 1, 1763 ; 2, 1764; Fase. ae 8 
Bt a” a «tS ns of 589 anes 
