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98. Lima bassii, T. Woods. 



Z. bassii, T. Woods, P.R.S.Tas., 187G, p. 112. 

 L. Imssii, Tate, Lam. I., 1886, p. 117, pi. v., fig. 8, and pi. viii., 

 fig. 1. 



99. Limatula jeffreysiana, Tate. 



Lima {Limatula) subanriculata, T. Woods, (non Montfort), 

 P.K.S.Tas., 1876, p. 113. 



Lima jeffreysiana, Tate, P.R.tS.Tas., 1884, pp. 213 and 230. 



Lima {Limatula) jeffreysiana, Tate, Lam. I., 1886, p. 119, 

 pi. iv.. fig. 8. 



100. Spondylus gaederopoides, McCoy. 



S. gcederopoides, McCoy, Prod. Pal. Vic, Dec. IV., 1876, 

 pp. 27, 28, pi. xxxviii., Dec. V., pi. xlv., figs. 1, 3. 

 S. gcederopoides, Tate, Lam. I., 1886, p. 121. 



101. Nucula tenisoni, nom. mut. 



Nncula tuniida, T. Woods (non Hinds, non Phillipi), P.R.S.Tas., 

 1876, p. 111. 



Nucula grayi, T. Woods (non D'Orbigny), P.R.S.Tas., 1877, 

 p. 55. 



Nucula tuviida, Tate, Lam. I., 1886, p. 127, pi. vi., figs. 6^?, 6/;. 



Observations. — I regret that I am at present unable to give as 

 thorough an account of this species as I should like, but failing 

 completeness the following are the facts that have been made 

 out : — Nucula grayi, D'Orbigny, was recorded as a living Tasma- 

 nian shell by the late Rev. J. E. T. Woods in 1877, when he gave 

 the following very brief description : — " Ovate, very tran.sverse, 

 acuminate at both ends, thin, inflated, very smooth, olive and 

 shining. Very rare. Long Bay. Rev. H. D. Atkinson." This 

 description seems to me to have an uncommonly Leda-like aspect 

 and does not at all indicate to my mind a shell of the type of that 

 now living in Port Phillip Bay, to which apparently, unfortu- 

 nately, the name of N. grayi lias become attached. 



The original description as given by D'Orbigny in 1846 is as 

 follows : — " N. testa ovali subtrigona laevigata crassa compressa, 

 epidermide fuscoviridescenti ; latere buccali brevi, truncato, 



