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where it was collected by M. Mathieu. It was a smooth subglobular 



red shell resembling a cherry stone and 9 millimeters broad. These 



characters do not suggest Krauss's shell. The algoensis of Sowerby 



was founded on an ovate worn and defective pedicel valve, quite 



unrecognizable from the figure, and not resembling the transverse 



K. natalensis. 



Genus MEGERLINA Deslongchamps. 



Megerlina Deslongchamps, Etudes crit. sur les Brach., p. 159, pi. 19, fig. 11, 

 1884.— Davidson, Mon. Rec. Brach., pt. 2, p. 124, 1887. 



Type. — Kraussia lamarckiana Davidson. 



MEGERLINA LAMARCKIANA Davidson. 



Kramsia lamarckiana Davidson, Proc. Zool. Sec, 1852, p. 80, pi. 14, figs. 22, 23. — 



Gray, Cat. Brach. Mus., p. Ill, 1853.— Woodward, Man. Moll., p. 218, fig. 



120, 1858. 

 Trerbratula (Kraussia) lamarckiana Reeve, Conch. Icon., Terehratula, pi. 9, fig. 34, 



1861. 

 Kraussina lamarckiana Stjess, Wohnsitz der Brach., p. 211, 1859. — Dall, Amer. 



Journ. Conch., vol. 6, p. 139, fig. 18, 1870. — Davidson, Challenger Brach., 



p. 53, pi. 4, figs. 9 a-b, 1880. 

 Megerlina lamarckiana Deslongchamps, Etudes crit. sur les Brach., p. 159, pi. 19, 



fig. 11, 1884. 

 Kraussina {Megerlina) lamarckiana Davidson, Mon. Rec. Brach., pt. 2, p. 124, 



pi. 21, figs. 7-11, 1887. 



Type locality. — Sydney, New South Wales, Austraha. 



This small species is said to exist in large numbers at Port Jackson, 

 in a few feet of water, uncovered at lowest tides. It is reported by 

 Tenison Woods as abundant at Tammi Heads, New Zealand, but no 

 specimens from New Zealand have come under my observation. 



Note. — I owe to the kindness of Mr. C. Da\'ies Sherborn, of the British Museum, 

 the following dates of issue of Kuster's Brachiopoda of the second edition of Chemnitz 

 Conchylien Cabinet, which are not dated in the original: 



Text, pages: Bate. Part. 



1-8 1843? 



9-24 1843 41 



25-40 1848 75 



41-84 1868 186 



