AJ,nfnnis In ('afa.l(>;/ar o/ S/>f4ls. 105 



AcANTIlOCliriKS HLBUOSI'liATlS, T(»rr. 



■ 1912. Aeanthoc'liites rubrostrntus. Ton-. T.R.S , S.A.,voL 

 xxxvi., p. IGi), pi. 7. f. 7, ii-f. 

 }ia/>. — Dredged 5 fathoms Liiiieburners Cliaimel, iieai' Sofrento, 

 Port Phillip. 



Ohfttrvatioii . — Size of type: Dried specimen, length 11; breadth, 

 6 mm. Our identification has been confirmed by the author; the 

 specimen was obtained on a tunicate; when alive it has a swollen 

 girdle like A. speciosiis, A. Adams. 



CORBULA PIXIDATA, Tate. 



1887. Corbula pixida'ta, Tate. T.U.S., S.A., vol. ix., for 



1885-G, p. 177, pi. 17, f. 12a, 12b. 

 181)6. Corbtda compressa, Verco. Id., vol. xx., p. 230, pi. 

 8, f. 2, 2a, 2b. 

 Nnh. — In about 40 fathoms, off Ninety Mile Beach. 

 Ohserration.- — We wrote to Dr. Verco about the validity of his 

 species, and he replied : "I have examined type and co-types of 

 C. pixidaf.n, Tate. They are identical with my C compressa, show- 

 ing slight variations in validity of concentric sculpture, and in 

 transverse diameter.'' 



The type is a fossil obtained " in the Turritella clays at Blanche 

 Point, Aldinga," South Australia. 



DosiNIA VICTORIAN, (jJatlifF and Gabriel. 



1914. Dosinia victoriae, UatlifT and Gabriel. Antea page 96. 

 Hah. — Dredged in Port Phillip and Western Port. 



Myodora subalbida, GatlifF and Gabriel. 



1914. Myodora subalbida, Gatliff and Gabriel. Antea page 96. 

 Hah. — Dredged in a])out seven fathoms, Western Port. 



Gknus Foramelina, Hedley, 1914. 

 Foramkliva exempla, Hedley. 



1914. — Foramelina exempla, Hedley Zool., Commonwealth 

 trawler "Endeavour," vol. ii., part 2, p. 71. 

 pi. 11-12. f. 6-8. 

 Hah. — Trawled in 100-250 fathoms, south from Gabo Island. 

 Ohserratio/i. — Size (.f type: Height. 120; length, 130 mm. A 

 shell somewhat resembling an oyster, with a lateral notch, perforat- 

 ing the right valve at the umbo. 



