BY R. TATE AND W. L. MAY. 427 



Family VENEEID.^. 



Genus C h i o n e, Megerle, 1811. 



*C. LAMELLATA, Lamarck (Venus), 1818; Delessert, Recueil, 1. 11, 

 f. 6. 

 Canal D'Entrecasteaux (type); common (Census). 



*C. GALLiNULA, Lamarck ( Fe?i?ts), 1818; Delessert, Recueil, t. 10, 

 f. 1. 

 King Island (type); common (Census). 



"*C. AUSTRALis, Sowerby (Venus), P.Z.S., 1835 ; Reeve, Mon. 

 Ve7iuSy f. 107; V. Tasmanica, Reeve, f. 121. 

 Bass Straits and S. Coast, rare (Census); type of V. Tasma7iica. 



*C. ROBORATA, Hanley (Venus), P.Z.S., 1844; Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon., f. 113. 

 Venus placcida, Philippi, Abbild. Conch., i., 1844, p. 125, t. 2, 



f. 2. 

 Both types Tasmanian; common (Census), and general, W. L. 

 May, 



*C. L.^viGATA, Sowerby (Venus), Thes. Conch., t. 159. 

 Tapes fiirtiigata, Sowerby. 

 Rather common (Census); Norfolk Ba}^, W. L. May. 



^C. SCALARINA, Lamarck (Venus), 1818; Delessert, Recueil, t. 10, 

 f. 2. 

 V. aphrodinoides, Lk.; V. Peroni, Lk.; V. conularis, Lk. 

 Common (Census). 



"^C. TRiSTis, Lamarck (Venus), 1818; Delessert, Recueil, t. 10, 

 f. 110; Philippi, Abbild. Conch., i., p. 40, t. 1, f. 4. 

 V. strigosa, Lamarck. 

 Common (Census); Frederick Henry Bay, V/. L. May. 



^Q. STRiATissiMA, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., 1. 157, f. 102-103; Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon., f. 135. 

 D'Entrecasteaux Channel ! (Census); Frederick Henry Bay, 

 W. L. May. 



