Mollusca. 72 | 



the unworked material was also sent. It is hoped thai the Report 



these collections will be completed by Mr. E. i:. S ...-. who I 

 undertaken to continue the work. 



H.M.S. "Knight-Errant." 

 See Jeffreys. 



H.M.S. "Lightning." 

 See Jeffreys. 



Lombe-Taylor (Thomas). 



The magnificent collection owned by the Rev. T. Lombe-Taylo 



placed, after his death, in the hands of Mr. G. I'.. - 



However, in 1874, before the collection was sent from Si 



through the instrumentality of the late Dr. Gwyn J< 



was permitted to make a selection of the actual i\ 



specimens as might be desirable. Four hundred and foi 



of which 124 were types, were thus added to the colli 



a further series of 277 shells, mostly types of figured -: • • Lm< 



in the voyages of the Sulpur and Sainarang, was obtained by put 



from Mr. Sowerby. 



Martens (Eduard von). [ -1904] 



A collection of land and freshwater Mollusca, 

 specimens, from Central America, was presented to the Mufl am i] 

 by F. du Cane Grodman, Esq. It contains the type of many i 

 described by the late Professor von Martens in the " Bi 

 Americana," published during 1900 and 1901. 



Mazatlan Collection. 



See Carpenter. 



Melvill (James Cosmo). 



Many types described by Mr. Melvill in recent years have 

 acquired by the Museum, namely, 26 Bpecies of marine shells from 

 Bombay, 42 species from Muscat, Karachi, and the Mekran < loast, 1<> from 

 Aden, and 74 from Karachi, Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf; 

 species of land and freshwater shells from the Badramaut, South A 

 described in conjunction with Mr. J. II. Ponsonby, and 26 marine 

 from Torres Straits, described in conjunction with Mr. R, Standen. 



Morelet (Pierre-Arthur). [1809-1892] 



At the death of M. Morelet, his collection was purch ■ 11 



Fulton, from whom the Museum in L893 obtained B 

 including the actual types of 680 species described by Morelet 



Orbigny (Alcide Dessalines d'). [1802-lfi 



In 1854, three important collections, containing numerous I 

 described by M. d'Orbigny, were acquired by pure! 

 the specimens described (1) in the " Voyage dans I'Amen | 

 (2) in Sagra's " Histoire de Cuba," (3) in Webb and I 

 naturelle des Isles Canaries." 



H.M.S. "Porcupine." 



See Jeffreys. 



