Mollusca. 



Conchology. Leach described a few species in the Z 



Miscellany and worked at the classification of bh 



Mollusca, but Children's Conchological work was limit 



account of Lamarck's genera of shells, published in 1 



the Quarterly Journal of .Science, Literature and \i; vol 



xiv.-xvi. 



Dr. J. E. Gray was a very voluminous writ 

 an enormous number of papers, in various periodica] 

 directly or indirectly with various part, of the Mm leum colla 

 In addition several catalogues of certain portions of thi 

 collection compiled by him were published by I . 



Dr. Baird wrote only three or four shoi I 

 series of shells in the Museum, but did much work in arranj 

 mounting, registering and naming the collection. 



The present Curator, Mr. E. A. Smith, has written 

 300 papers and monographs, all dealing with the Mi, 

 collection, and like his predecessor has worked a il ai 



the general arrangement and naming of the collection. 



Of workers, not upon the Museum stall* who have d< 

 or written upon parts of the collection, the following 

 mentioned: W. Wood, G. P. Deshayes, L. Pfeiffer, P. I 

 penter, L. Reeve, G. B. Sowerby ; and the following are the 

 names of authors whose types are wholly or in part pr< 

 the Museum collection : — 



P. S. Abraham, A. Adams, 11. Adams, <'. I . A 

 Beddome, R. H. Beddome, R. Bergh, W. T. Blanford, 

 W. J. Broderip, R. A. Bullen, E. Chitty, T. D. A. I 

 W. E. Collinge, J. C. Cox, A. E. Craven, II. I i 8. I. 



Da Costa, T. Davidson, H. Dohrn, W. Dunker 

 P. Eischer, L. de Eolin, E. Eorbes, G. von Frauenfeld, II. Fulton, 

 J. S. Gaskoin, J. B. Gassies, J. D. F. Gilehrisi. 11. 11 

 Austen, A. Granger, G. K. Gude, J. F. Gulick, A. S H 

 S. Hanley, D. F. Heynemann, 11. B. Hinds, W. E. II 

 H. L. Jameson, J. G. Jeffreys, W. S. Kent , I . : . 

 E. von Martens, J. C. Melvill, U. A. L. 



W. Newcomb, A. d'Orbigny, H. Pea e, P. P< ' .11. 



Ponsonby, H. Preston, T. Prime, S. Ran-. ' 

 11. Standen, E. R. Sykes, W. Theobald, R. B. Wat , I \ 

 Wollaston, S. P. Woodward. 



