Catalogue of Marine Sliells of Victoria. 197 



attributed to Hanley, that when the shell is worn it is white 

 with a brown cross. We are unable to i*econcile these remarks 

 and fail to see that such changes would take place. Our shell is 

 white, with usually a well-marked brown cross, and wear, if 

 anything, only tends to intensify the contrast. Perhaps ifc is 

 synonymy or supposed synonymy that is responsible for the 

 identification of A. cruciata, for Pilsbry says that Patella insignis, 

 Menke, is probably only a synonym of that species. Menke, 

 however, was not of that opinion, for he distinctly notes the 

 affinity of his species to the Linnaean neglected species P. 

 cruciata. Whether Menke's species may or may not come in as 

 a synonym of A. flammea, Quoy and Gaimard is not quite certain, 

 but we think it not unlikely. 



AcMAEA CALAMUS, Crosse and Fischer. 



1864. Patella calamus, Crosse and Fischer. Jour. d. 



Conch., p. 348. 



1865. Patella calamus, Crosse and Fischer, Id., p. 42, 



pi. 3, f. 7, 8. 

 1865. Acmaea calamus, Angas. P.Z.S. Lond., p. 186. 

 1891. Acmaea calamus, Pilsbry. Tryon, Man. Conch., 



vol. xiii., p. 54, pi. 37, f. 3, 4. 

 Hab.— Port Phillip ; Western Port. 



Acmaea gealei, Angas. 



1865. Patella gealei, Angas. P.Z.S. Lend., p. 57, and 



p. 186, No. 198. 

 1865. Patella latistrigata, Angas. Id., p. 154, and 186, 



No. 196fl. 



1876. Acmaea marmorata, T, Woods. P.R.S. Tas., pp. 



156, 157. 



1877. Acmaea marmorata, T. Woods. Id., p. 53. 

 1891. Acamea marmorata, Pilsbry. Tryon, Man. 



Conch., vol. xiii., p. 52. pi. 42, f. 66-70. 



Hab. — Sandringham, Sorrento, Portsea, Port Phillip; Back 

 Beach, Sorrento, and Cape Schanck ; Cape Otway ; Kilcunda 

 to Cape Patterson (W. H. Ferguson). 



Obs. — We have to thank Mr. E. Ashby for assistance in the 

 loan of South Australian specimens of Angas' species, which have 

 enabled us to arrive at the above conclusion. 



