304 j:i:coi;ps of the Australian museum. 



fathcuns off Raine Island near Cape York, (^)ueen8land. It has 

 not been seen since then, and tlie identification of the '■ Miner " 

 shells will, if correct, widely extend the geographical range of V. 

 nnsdrdieiisis. Whereas the type is 3| mm. long, a broken valve 

 figured here is 12 mm. in length. Ours has more lyrae, and I do 

 not discern " a very faint depression at the posterior end from the 

 beaks to the ventral margin."' The difference between young and 

 old individuals may reconcile these discrepancies. 



