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Venus mesodesma. Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. 

 III., p! 532, pi. 84, fig. 17-18 (1835) ; Deshayes, Cat. Brit. 

 Mus. Veneridse, p. 150; Homer, Mai. Blatt. XIV., p. 133 

 (1867). V. spurea, Sowerby. Pro. Zool. Soc, 1835 (?), 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon., fig. 90. V. denticulate, Quoy and 

 Gaimard, I.e., p. 530, pi. 84, fig. 15-1 G. V. violarea, Quoy 

 and Gaimard, I.e., p. 533, pi. 84, fig. 19-20. V. cr asset, Quoy 

 and Gaimard, I.e.. p. 525, pi. 84, fig. 7-8. V. spissa, Deshayes 

 in Lamarck's Anim, s. Vert., 2nd edition, VI., p. 373 (1840). 

 V. scansilis, Rbmer, I.e., VII., p. 114 (1861). 



Habitat. — -Throughout New Zealand. 



It is said to be also found at Valparaiso and in the Philippine 

 Islands, but specimens from these localities have not, I think, 

 been compared. 



Cytherea multistriata. Sowerby, Thes. Conch. I., p. 628, pi. 

 36, fig. 177 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. Dione, fig. 60 ; Deshayes, 

 Cat. Brit. Mus., Veneridse, p. 64. 



Habitat. — Cook's Straits to Stewart Island. 



Dosinia australis. Gray in Dieffenbach's New Zealand, II., p. 

 249 (1843) ; D. anus, Philippi, Icones, Cytherea, pi. 8, fig. 1 

 (1848) ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. fig. 10. 



Habitat. — North Island and as far south as Oawaru in Otago. 



Dosinia subrosea. Gray in Yate's New Zealand (1835) and 

 in Dieffenbach's New Zealand, II., p. 249 (1843) ; Voy. 

 Erebus and Terror, Moll., pi. 3, fig. 2. 



Habitat.— North Island, and as far south as Dunedin. 

 Found also in Tasmania. 



Dosinia limbata. Gould, Pro. Bost. Nat. Hist. Soc. III., p. 

 277(1850); United States Exploring Expedition, XII., p. 

 422, atlas, fig. 536 (1852). 



Habitat. — North Island ; rare. 



