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bring Cingalese, Indian, or Malay ships to our shores. In one 
word, the whole series of arguments brought forward by Mr. 
Maskell shows conclusively that he has neither studied the 
paintings in question with that care and attention they deserve, 
so as to entitle him to speak with authority upon them, nor that 
he has read and digested what others have written about them ; 
and so I can only refer the reader to what still remains of the 
original paintings, or otherwise to Mr. Cousins’ careful copies, in 
order that he may judge for himself. 
Finally, I may express my gratification in finding that Mr. 
Maskell and the rest of his party unanimously repudiated the 
absurd theory at one time current, that the paintings were the 
work of European shepherds and stock-drivers. 
It is now my turn to make merry of those who have often 
compared me to Jonathan Oldbuck, in Sir Walter Scott’s 
“ Antiquary,” to whom even then I might have Roped in Huss’s 
well-known sentence, “ O saucta simplicitas.” 
DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME MOLLUSKS OMITTED 
moon PROM HULTIONS “MANUAL OF THE 
NEW ZEALAND MOLLUSCA., 1880.” 
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Trochus pruninus, Gould (“Otia Conch.” p. 55).—Testa 
solidula, elevata, ovato-conica, levis, nitida, prunina, lineis 
capillaceis numerosis cincta: spira anfr. 7 convexiusculis, ul- 
timo subangulato ; sutura profunda; apertura  subcircularis ; 
‘columella rotundata, alba anticé roseo-tincta, subsinuosa: 
interior margaritacea, vivide iridescens. Alt. 7%, lat. 7-10ths poll. 
Hab. Auckland Island. (I expect Gould means Islands.) 
This peculiarly coloured species has the form, thickness, and ap- 
pearanceofthedelicatelylineated specimens of Lzttorinaangultfera. 
Patella lactuosa, Gould (“ Otia Conch.,” p. 8)—Testa obliqué 
conica, crassa, vertice eccentrica, obscure olivacea, interdum san 
tincta, costis majoribus ad 12 rotundatis, scabrosis, pallidis, 
minoribus quibusdam interjectis: apertura ovalis; margine 
crenulato ; facies interna livida, reflexionibus succineis micans ; 
limbo fasciis fuscis et albidis inequalibus alternantibus radiato. 
Long. 1%, lat. 1, alt. % poll. 
Hab. New Zealand. 
Patella wWluminata, Gould (“Otia Conch.” p. 7).—Testa 
inequilateralis, ovato-conica, fuliginosa, maculis sparsis flavidis 
translucidis illuminata, creberrimeé radiatim costellata ; apertura 
Ovata; facies interna nigro-picea, sericeo splendens; fundo 
flavido. Long. 1%, lat. 1%, alt. 3-5ths poll. 
Hab., Auckland Islands. 
In shape like P. argentea, with the interior of P. tramoserica. 
It may be the young of what is figured by Quoy as P. granularis. 
Bmax fuiiginosus, Gould (“Otia Conch.,” p. 223).—L. 
abbreviatus, corpulentus, acute carinatus, fuliginosus, sulcis 
