Iredale. — Suter's " Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca." 487 



larca Gray, 1843. I have given full details concerning this alteration in 

 the Proc. Mai. Soc. (Lond.), vol. xi, p. 173, 1914. 



I doubt the identification of trapezina Lamarck from New Zealand, as 

 Suter's measurements do not agree with typical specimens, whilst the speci- 

 mens I collected at Cape Saunders are certainly not Gould's pusillus. 



The genus is represented by six species, thus : — 



Gaimardia acrobeles (Suter. 1913). 



pusilla (Gould, 1850) ? 

 smithi (Suter, 1913). 



tasmanica (Beddome, 1881). 



- trapezina (Lamarck, 1836) ? 



minutissima (Iredale, 1908). 



Venericardia purpurata (Deshayes, 1854). [P. 905.] 



Hedley (Zool. Res. " Endeavour," pt. i, 1911, p. 97) has drawn attention 

 to the obscurity of Venericardia australis Lamarck, and recorded the omis- 

 sion from Neozelanic synonymy of Cardita quoyi Deshayes (Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 (Lond.). 1852, p. 103, 1854), given to the Neozelanic shell described by 

 Quoy and Gaimard under Lamarck's name, and which Deshayes determined 

 as different from Lamarck's species. The above name, however, has priority, 

 and has been adopted by Mr. E. A. Smith. 



Venericardia lutea (Hutton, 1880). [P. 907. J 



Venericardia zelandica Deshayes, 1854, cannot be retained, as it is based 

 on Cardita zelandica, which has been used by Potiez and Michaud sixteen 

 years earlier, as Suter himself points out. The above name was used by 

 Hedley in his report on New Zealand bivalves dredged in 100 fathoms, as 

 cited by Suter. 



Venericardia unidentata (Basterot, 1825). [P. 908.] 



In the synonymy of Venericardia corbis Philippi, 1836, is noted the 

 above name without reference. I have traced this name, and it has priority 

 as Venericardia unidentata Basterot, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat., vol. ii, pt. i, 

 1825, p. 80. 



As a subgenerie name, Suter has used Miodontiscus Dal I, 1903. In the 

 Proc. Mai. Soc. (Lond.), vol. xi, p. 177, 1914, I noted that apparently this 

 should be replaced by Coripia De Gregorio, proposed for the present species. 

 Dr. Dall has generously written me that I had overlooked his synonv- 

 mizing of the latter name with Pteromeris Conrad, and his consideration of 

 it as distinct from Miodontiscus. I must apologize for my oversight ; but, 

 in any case, it means the rejection of Miodontiscus in this connection, and 

 I suggest the acceptance of Coripia De Gregorio given to this species in 

 preference to Conrad's Pteromeris. 



Condylocardia (Bernard, 1896). [P. 910.] 



The original reference to this genus-name is incorrect. This genus was 

 introduced in the Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. (Paris), vol. ii, p. 195, 1896, and 

 the first species, which in this case must be regarded as type, is Condy- 

 locardia sanctipauli, described on p. 196. The erroneous spelling given by 

 Suter, " pauliana," is due to Dall at the first reference given. 



