!io "TERRA NOVA" EXPEDITION. 



:!1. Venericardia [>nr]>nr<it<i (Deshayes). 



Vencrii-iinliii <nintr<i]!g, Lamarck?, Anirn. sans Vert., vol. V, p. 610(1818). 



~\'*'i>,r/i;< nl in HHStralis (Lauik. ?), Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. " Astrolabe," Zool., vol. Ill, p. 480, 



pi. "S, figs. 11-14. 



CiinlHn jiiirjiiirntii, Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 100, pi. XVII, figs. 12, 13. 

 I'unlitu qiini/i, Deshayes, I.e., p. 103. 

 C/i i-/!/lii ir/ilcntiita, Reeve (noil Say), Conch. Icon., vol. I, pi. V, figs. 22A-22u. 



Station 134, near North Cape, New Zealand : 11-20 fathoms. 



I have not adopted Lamarck's name for this common New Zealand shell, although 

 it lias been employed in all works cm that fauna. We have no proof that the specimen 

 (4-5 mm. in diameter) described by Lamarck is, in fact, the young of this species. 

 It appears to have been considered as such by Quoy and Gaimard, but these authors 

 do not state that they had .seen Lamarck's type said to be from " Nouvelle Hollaude." 

 Moreover, Deshayes distinctly says that the Quoyian species is different, and has 

 given to it the name (.'anlitd </n//i. The shells he had before him (now in the British 

 Museum), said to lie Australian, belong undoubtedly to the same species as the New 

 Zealand shells in question. 



Mr. Hedley * has made some observations upon this subject, and in pointing out 

 Deshayes' misquotation of Quoy and Gaimard's plate and figures has fallen into a 

 similar error himself. The correct reference is given above, and is not pi. 70, figs. 

 12-14, but pi. 78, figs. 11-14. 



32. Miirfru (Mactrotoma) clmn/ofo, Quoy and Gaimard. 



Maftrti I'lontjata, Q. and G., Voy. "Astrolabe," Zool., vol. Ill, p. 518, pi. 83, figs. 1, 2 

 (1835) ; Suter, Man. N.Z. Moll, p. 965, pi. LX, fig. 2. 



Station 134, Spirits Bay, near North Cape, north of New Zealand : 11-20 fathoms. 

 Two dead valves, encrusted with Gastropod egg-capsules, Polyzoa, worm-tubes, etc. 



33. Chione (Chamelect) .sy>/.v.sw (Deshayes). 



Station 134, near North Cape, New Zealand : 11-20 fathoms. 



For synonymy and references see Suter, Proc. Maine. Soc., vol. VI, pp. 202-5 ; 

 Smith, loc. cit, p. 206 ; Suter, Manual New Zealand Moll., pp. 991-2, pi. LXII, fig. 4. 



A. common and variable New Zealand shell. Mr. Suter still maintains his opinion 

 that ('. xpisNft (= crassa)f and (.'. mesodesma, Q. and G., are distinct. On the other 

 hand, a further study lias failed to convince me of the correctness of that conclusion. 



34. ( '<i r<l i a in (N&nwcdi'diuni) pulchellum (Gray). 



Gardium pulchellum, Gray, Dieft'enbach's New Zeala 

 Icon., vol. II, pi. VIII, fig. 42. 



Station 134, near North Cape, New Zealand : 1 1-20 fathoms. 



Cardii(in ji/ili-JicJInin, Gray, Dieft'enbach's New Zealand, vol. II, p. 252 (1843) ; Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon., vol. II, pi. VIII, fig. 42. 



* Australian Fisheries Report, 1911. Part I. pp. 97-98. 

 t Preoccupied by Gmelin : Syst. nat. p. 328S. 



