Mollusca. 713 



in W. Wood's supplement to the "Index 1 ■_ ion .' L828, 



those described by Reeve in the "Conchologia I and 



those by Gray himself and others in various publicatioi 



Mention may be made of l'Ji! marine Bhells fron Ja] 

 acquired by purchase from .Mr. Damon, including mai 

 small obscure species described by A. Adams. It i important 

 to possess named specimens of those species which were unfigured 



and so inadequately described. 



During this and following years the Museum received ■ 

 200 land and fresh-water shells from Trinidad and Dominica 

 presented by Mr. R. J. Lechmere Guppv. They are of into 

 as being collected by him, and a few of thou as being 



of some of the species described by him. 



A very important series of 446 specimens from the collection 

 of the Rev. T. Lombe Taylor of Starston, Norfolk, were this 

 year presented by his widow. They included the types of L24 

 species described chiefly by Lovell Reeve in th<- "Conchologia 

 Iconica" or by G. B. Sowerby in the "Thesaurus Conchyliorum," 

 the rest of the specimens, although not actual types, being 

 examples of various species figured in the above works. 

 (See 1879.) 



1875. 



A very large series of specimens (about 15,500) was received 

 this year, being a bequest by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, Hie 

 principal part of it consists of a very extensive collection ol 

 the land and fresh-water shells of the Atlantic Wands, which 

 are of special value, having been named by Mr. Lowe hi 

 who made the fauna of these islands a special study. 



1876. 



A series of duplicates (417 in number) selected from I' 

 F. Wei witsch's Angolan Collection was received from the I 

 of Portugal through the executors of Dr. Welwitsch. Tins 

 collection, which had been described by A. Morelet in the 

 "Voyage du Dr. Friederich Welwitsch . . .dans lea royaumes 

 d'Angola et de Benguella," was an important addition to the 

 Museum series of shells from this part of Africa. 



The collections of Mollusca amounting to aboul 

 specimens made during the Transit of Venus Expeditions iu 



