Art. Vil. — Catalogue of the Marine SJiells of Victoria. 

 Part VIII. 



By G. B. PRITCHARD and J. H. GATLIFF. 



[Read 14th July, 1904.] 



lu view of having received several additional conchological 

 books and papers from Europe since reading the last part of 

 our Catalogue, there are a few additional references and re- 

 marks to some of the species contained therein, which it would 

 be as well to take into consideration at this stage. And we also 

 desire it to be noted that in the same part vii. we have Avrongly 

 quoted the date of vol. vi. of the second edition of Lamarck's 

 Anim. S. Vert, by Deshayes, as 1819; the correct date is 1835. 



Saxicava australis, Lamarck. 



See part vii., p. 100. 

 1818. Corbula australis, Lamarck. Anim. S. Vert., vol. 

 v., p. 495, No. 1. 

 Obs. — It might be thought peculiar that no remark has been 

 made on S. arctica, Linnaeus, in dealing with this species, but 

 that form has been purposely omitted by us, owing to the con- 

 fusion and uncertainty surrounding' it. Our own form is ex- 

 tremely variable in its amount of deformity, and until a much 

 more critical comparison of both shells and their contents can 

 be made, we think it advisable to keep them distinct'. 



Mesodesma erycinaka, Lamarck. 



See part vii., p. 110. 

 1818. Crassatella erycinaea, Lamarck. Anim. S. Vert., 

 vol. v., p. 483, No. 9. 



Mesodesma glabrella, Lamarck. 



See part vii., p. 111. 

 1818. Amphidesma glabrella, Lamarck. Anim. S. 

 Vert., vol. v., p. 493, No. 13. 



