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REPORT — 1863. 



Hesulfs of ihe Explorations in the Vancouver and Cah'fornian Province. 18G4. 

 {Omittiny the dvuhtfidly located and undetermined species.) 



The letters stand for the localities in which the shells were collected, as 

 follows : — 



V. Vancouver Island, Straits of S. 

 Juan de Fuca, and adjoining 

 shores of Washington Territory, 

 lormerlv known as ' Oregon.' 



P. Puget's Sound and the neighbour- 

 hood. 



0. Oregon ; and the region on each side 

 of the Columbia River. 



C. California ; or the district north of 

 the peninsula, generally. 



L. Peninsula of Lower California. 



F. Neighbourhood of S. Francisco. 



M. Neighbourhood of Monterey. 

 B. „ Sta. Barbara. 



D. The region between S. Diego and 



S. Pedro. 

 I. The islands : in the 4th column, 



generally the Faralloues ; in the 



last, the Sta. Barbara group. 

 H. Species obtained from the backs of 



Haliotids ; locality unknown ; 



probably Lower California, 

 fr. Fragments only. 

 fos. Only found fossil. 



Guide to the Diagnosis of the Vancouver and Californian Shells. 

 Class PoLYzoA. Family Discoporidce, 

 Defrancia intricata, Busk. Maz. Cat. no. 13. From Soutiiern fauna The re- 

 maining species in this class have not yet been determined. 



Class Palliobeaxchiata. Family Lingididce. 



1. Lingula albida, Hds. Voy. Sulpli. ; Eve., Hani., Davidson et auct. 20 fm. c. Cp. 



Family Rhynconellidce. 



2. Rhynconella psittacea, Linn. auct. E. & W. Atlantic : circumpolar. 



Family TcrehratuJidcs. 

 C. Terebratida tinf/in'cidns, n. s. Like Terebratella caput seipentis in size, shape, and 

 sculpture ; but loop incomplete in adult, as in T. vitrea. 6-20 fra. not r. Cp. 



4. Waldheimia pulvinata, G\A, E.E. Smooth, subglobular, ashy. 80 fm., living, 



Cj}., CI. 



5. ? Waldheimia Californica, Koch, non auct. Colour ashy. Intermediate between 



Coreanica and glohosa, Lam., Rve. (which is Californica, auct. non Koch). 



6. Waldheimia Grayi, Davidson. Very transverse, reddish, deeply ribbed. 



7. Terebratella Coreanica, Ad. & Rve. Voy. Samarang. Size oiylobosa; reddish. 



= miniata, Gld. J un.? — frontalis, Midd., Asia. 



8. Terebratella caurina, Gld. E.E. Like dorsata ; subtriangular, ashy, with strong 



or faint ribs. 



Class Lamelltbhanchiata. Family Teredidee. 



9. Xylotrya pennatifera, Blainv. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1860, p. 126. 



10. Xylotrya Jimbriata, Jeltr. in Ann. Nat. Hist, 1800, p. l26-=2Hdmulaia^ Fbs. & 

 Hani., uou Lam. Phil, 



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