BY R. TATE AND W. L. MAY. 347 



records the names of species assigned to Tasmania other than 

 those in the Systematic List of Species. 



It remains to state that Miss Lodder had made arrangements 

 to communicate last year a Revision of the Tasmanian Marine 

 MoUusca to this Society; but on learning that the present authors 

 were preparing a similar contribution, she very graciously with- 

 drew in our favour. 



ii. — A Sketch of the History of Marine Conchology in 

 Tasmania. 



It is not certain if any Pre-Lamarckian species, presumably 

 none at all, were described from Tasmanian material, though 

 some few species derived from other sources are admitted as con- 

 stituents of the Tasmanian fauna. 



The first conchological treasures from Tasmania were collected 

 by Peron, the naturalist to the Baudin Expedition, lSOl-2 (the 

 narrative of the Expedition, " Voyage aux Terres Australes," 

 was published in 1810). The species were described by Lamarck 

 in his " Animaux sans Yertebres," (Vol. v., LS18, Vol. vi., 1819, 

 and Vol. vii., 1822) as follows : — 



Crassatella Kuigicola, Tellina umbonalis, Venus gaUi7iula, 

 Trigonia pectinata^ Area trapezina^ A. instachia, A. squamosa, 

 Saxicava australis and Fasciolaria coronnta from Kins Island: 

 Solen vaginoides, Venus lamellosa, Maleagrina alhina from Canal 

 D'Entrecasteaux; Crenatula modiolaris, MarghieUa muscaria, 21. 

 fortnicula, Valuta undalata and Fhasianella bulimoides from 

 Maria Island; Area semitorfa, Diemen's Land; Monodonta con- 

 stricta, Tasmania (McLeay) ; Bucchium fasciatum, Tasmania 

 (McLeay); and Conus pontificalis, Parages de la Terre de Diemen 

 (Peron). Some of the above species have not been rediscovered 

 in the assigjied localities, and it is presumable from their known 

 distribution that the Tasmanian references are wrong. 



The next record is by Quoy and Gaimard, naturalists on board 

 the Astrolabe, Surveying Ship, which visited Hobart. The new 

 species collected there were described and figured in Vol. ii. , Part 

 1 (1832), Vol. ii., part 2 (1833), and Vol. iii. (1835) of the 



