PLATE XXXIV. 



his specific character, and assigns another to the species; the character 

 given to it as a new species by Dr. Leach is " Testa sanguinea^ 

 suhtillissime et creherrime impresso- punctata, longitudinaliter cos- 

 tattty costis simplicihus ; antica uniundulata ; that of Lamarck, 



Testa oblongd, irregularis rubrd^ creheri^irne impresso punctata ; 

 striis tranversis undulatis ; margine denticulato^'' to which is added^ 



Hahite — les mers de la Nouvelle Zealande d'^apres Leach^ 

 This seems to shew that the shell was only known to Lamarck, 

 through the communication of the last-mentioned writer ; and the 

 suggestion is the more probable since the specimen in the British 

 Museum has the same interrogation as to being the Anomia Capensis 

 of Chemnitz, that is annexed by Lamarck to his description of the 

 species. ^*Je crois qu'on doit donner comme synoyme PAnomia 

 capensis Gmel, d'apres la citation de Chemniz ; mais I'individu que 

 j'avais sous les yeux, nest pas assez en tier pour affirmer ce rap- 

 prochement," 



There is obviously some want of farther explanation in these 

 details, the omission of which may possibly be supplied by tracing 

 the history of this interesting shell from the time in which it first 

 appeared in this country ; for there are local circumstances connected 

 with it which having escaped the mention of Dr. Leach, and conse- 

 quently of Lamarck, have led to the erroneous conclusion that it had 

 remained till very lately undescribed. Dr. Leach v/as probably not 

 aware, or through some oversight omits to notice that the specific 

 name which he has given to this shell was that assigned to it many 

 years ago by Dr. Solander, and that it has uniformly borne the name 

 of Anomia sanguinea^ or ( Terebratula sanguinea ) among all the 

 Enghsh Naturalists in consequence from the time of that learned 

 friend and companion of Sir Joseph Banks down to the present 



