28 (Bulletin of the J'Jatural History Society. 
belong generally to different genera, and such is the case witli 
the species of our waters. 
In the nomenclature, the name which is supported by the 
best authority is in all cases given first. After each is given 
in brackets the name of the Naturalist who first gave the 
species the specific name it bears, and after that the name of 
the one who placed it in the genus in which it appears, or in> 
other words who first used the combination of generic and 
specific names. When the describer of a species placed it in 
the genus in which it now remains, his name is given after 
that of the species without brackets. It will be noticed that 
pre-Linn^ean names have in no case been recognized. One 
feels great regret at thus passing over such an author as 
Linck and his grand old work ‘‘ De Stellis Marinis,” but if 
his nomenclature is adopted that of other works published 
before the inception of the binominal system of^ nomencla- 
ture must also be recognized, and hopeless confusion would 
result. The synonymy is only so far treated as is necessary 
to a proper understanding of the works quoted. 
Among our coast waters are included the whole of the Bay 
of Fundy, but for reasons mentioned in the preceding pages, 
only the shallower parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. For 
the sake of comparison, however, with the Bay of Fundy 
fauna, mention is made of the occurrence of species in the 
deeper parts of the Gulf which occur also in the Bay, and 
those occurring in the former and not in the latter are given 
in a separate list. For all localities for which no authority 
is given the writer is responsible. The letters in brackets 
refer, of course, to the Bibliography. 
