694 STUDIES ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA, xiii., 



This is another case in which Australian conchologists have 

 benefited by the examination of Lamarck's types by Dr. Ed. 

 Lani}', of Paris. This southern species is dwarfed, and scarce in 

 this latitude, which makes it improbable that Melvill &, Standen 

 were correct in identifying J/, prcecisa from Albany Pass. The 

 first record of this from our State was a note by Angas that he 

 had found Donacilla ohtnsa at The Spit, Middle Harbour. Tate 

 ascertained that this name was a synonym of M. prchcisa and 

 M. glabrella. The unfigured C. cnneata had been generally 

 ascribed, as in Reeve's Iconica, to AnapeUn cydadea{ = Spistda 

 adelaidce Angas), but the figure of the type, lately published by 

 Dr. Lamy, has corrected this error. This species varies a good 

 deal in outline. 



LiNGULA ROSTRUM Shaw. 



Mytilus rostrum Shaw, Nat. Miscell., ix., 1797, P1.315, two 

 upper figures. Pharetra monoculoides Bolten, Mus. Bolt., (2), 

 1798, p. 159, for Chemn. Conch. Cab., x., 1788, p 360, PI. 172, 

 figs. 1675-77. Lig^da unguis Cuvier, Tab. Elem., 1798, p. 435. 



Lingida analina Lamarck, Syst. An. s. vert., 1801, p. 141, for 

 Lingula sp. Bruguiere, Encycl. Meth. vers, 1797, PI. 250, fig. 1, a, 

 b, c; Id., Davidson, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool , iv., 1888, p. 206, PI. 

 xxix., figs. 1-8; Id., von Martens, Forsch. Gazelle, iii., 1889, p. 263. 

 Lingida hians Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 935; Id., White- 

 legge, Proc Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxiii., 1889, p.294. 



The type of the brachiopod genus Lingula is usually known 

 by Lamarck's name of anatina. There are,'liowever, other names 

 whose claims deserve consideration. Linne included, under 

 ^'■Patella unguis," references both to a Scutus and to a Lingula. 

 According to Hanley,* it is the former, based on a figure of 

 Rumphius, which should carry the Linnean name. 



From the Museum Gerversianum, there is cited by Dillwyn 

 for this species Anatijera luzona of Meuschen. 



A Philippine form was well figured and legitimately named 

 Mytilus rostrum by Shaw in 1797, a name which, though left for 



* Hanley, Ips. Linn. Conch., 1854, p. 425. 



