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very fully into this subject recently, and sliovvs that at any rate 

 N. punctata cannot stand for our shell, a conclusion with which 

 "vv'e fully agree. Considerable trouble surrounds the names of N. 

 nigra and N. atrata, and the simplest way out of the difficulty 

 was in the introduction of a new name by E. A. Smith as N. 

 melanotragus. The same course suggested itself to Hutton about 

 the same time, and, thanks to Mr. Hedley, it has been shown 

 that Smith's name has prioi'ity, its date being 1st August, 1884, 

 whereas Hutton's was August 1 9th of the same year. 



Family Liotiidae. 



Genus Liotia, Gray, 184 2. 



LiOTiA AUSTRALis, Kiener. 



1839. Delphinula australis, Kiener. Icon. Coq. Viv., 



vol. X., p. 8, pi. 4, f. 7. 

 1843. Delphinula australis, Beeve. Conch. Icon., vol. L, 



pi. 4, f. 20. 

 1853. Delphinula australis, Kiener. Conch. Cab., Del- 

 phinula, p. 18, No. 23, pi. 5, f. 13. 

 1888. Liotia (Liotina) australis, Tryon. Man. Conch., 



vol. X., p. 112, pi. 36, f. 18, 19. 

 1899. Liotia australis, Tate. T.R.S. S.A., vol. xxiii., 

 pt. ii., p. 225. 

 Hab. — Port Phillip ; Western Port ; Puebla Coast; Sorrento, 

 Back Beach ; Lome ; Portland. 



Liotia subquadrata, T. Woods. 



1878. Liotia subquadrata, T. Woods. P.L.S. N.S.W., 



vol. ii., p. 230. 

 1899. Liotia subquadrata, Tate. T.R.S. S.A., vol. xxiii., 

 pt. ii., pp. 227, 228. 

 Hab. — Western Port ; Puebla Coast ; Apollo Bay ; Otway 

 Coast, between Ryan's Den and Moonlight Head (Mr. P. J. 

 Fulton). 



Obs. — Professor Tate, at the place above quoted, refers to T. 

 Wood.s' wrongful identification of a living Tasmanian species 

 with a fossil form from Table Cape under the name of L. lamel- 

 losa, and this mistake was rectified by its author in his descrip- 



