SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE MOLLUSCA. 59 



PeLECYI'ODA. 



■^ L i m a p e r f e c t a Sm ith. 



Lima perfecta Smith, ^ Jour, of Malac./ vol. xi, p. 43, 

 PI. Ill, fig-. 29. 



Hab.— Port Alfred. 



*Clilamys huuiilis Sowerbij. 



Chlamys humilis Sowerhij, 'Marine Invest./ vol. iv, 

 p. 3, PL Vl, fig. 3. 



Hab. — Off Cape Colony, 51 and 90 fathoms. 



■^Chlamys gilcliristi Sowerhij. 



Chlamys gilcliristi Soirerhi/, 'Marine Invest./ vol. iv, 

 p. 1, PI. VI, fig. 6. 



Hab.— False Bay, 230 fathoms. 



^Chlamys f u 1 1 o n i Soicerhy. 



Chlamys fultoni Soicerhy, 'Marine Invest./ vol. iv, 

 p. 2, PI. Vl, fig. 5. 



Hab.— Off the Cape, 26 fathoms. 



Chlamys tinctus {Reeve). 



Pecten tinctus Reeve, 'Conch. Icon./ vol. viii, fig. 106; 

 Smith, ' Jour, of Malac./ vol. xi, p. 25. 



Pecten textilis Reeve, loc. cit., fig. 174. 



Pecten effulgens Reeve, loc. cit., fig. 156, 



Pecten pusio Reeve (nee. Linn.), loc. cit., fig. 157; 

 Sowerby, ' Marine Shells S. Africa,^ p. 66. 



Hab. — Port Alfred, Algoa Bay, and Natal. 



I am inclined to believe that this South African shell is 

 distinct from the European P. pusio (multistriatus PoU). 

 It does not exhibit any of the microscopical longitudinal 

 strife which are characteristic of that species. 



