268 Transactions. 



9. Schismope atkinsoni, Tenison- Woods, sp. 



Scissurdla atkinsoni, T.-Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1876 

 (1877), p. 149. Schismope carinata, Watson, " Challenger " 

 Rep., Zool., vol. XV, 1886, p. 119, pi. 8, fig. 6. 

 I have one specimen from Whangaroa Harbour, which agrees^ 

 with shells in my collection from South Australia, and my iden- 

 tification was confirmed by Mr. C. Hedley. The species is re- 

 corded from Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, and New 

 South Wales. 



10. Haliotis varia, Linne. 

 Syst. Nat., 12th ed.. 1767, p. 1256. Haliotis viridis, Proc. ZooL 



Soc, 1846, p. 56. H. semistriata, Reeve, Conch. I.e., f. 51. 



Some years ago I bought a few specimens of a (to me) unknown 

 Haliotis from Mr. E. Craig, Auckland, who told me that they 

 were collected south of Whangarei. The best specimen I sent 

 to Mr. E. A. Smith for naming, and with his constant obliging- 

 ness he wrote to me, " It seems to me inseparable from H. 

 varia, L., of which H. viridis, Reeve, is in my opinion a synonym. 

 Of course it is difficult to say for certain, having only one shell, 

 and that in rather worn condition." Since then I have ac- 

 quired a fine specimen, which perfectly agrees with Reeve's 

 figure in Conch. Icon., and description. 



11. Onithochiton undulatus, Q. and G., n. var. subantarcticus. 



At the Auckland and Campbell Islands there occurs a very 

 constant colour variety, chocolate-brown, which certainly de- 

 serves a varietal name. Sometimes one or several intermediate 

 valves are transversely banded with white. The girdle is always 

 buff-coloured. 



Type, from the Auckland Islands, in my collectio)i. 



12. Dosinia lambata, Gotild. 

 Dosinia carpenteri, Romer, Monogr. Dosinia, 1862, pi. 10, fig> 2 ; 



Hutton, Man. N.Z. Moll., 1880, p. 150. 



Romer's species I consider to be a synonym of D. lamhata, 

 as already stated in 1902.* Some time back I sent a specimen 

 of the latter to Professor Lampert, of the Kgl. Naturalien 

 Kabinet, Stuttgart, asking him to be good enough and com- 

 pare it with the type of D. carpenteri. According to news re- 

 ceived the two are identical, Gould's name having priority. 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxxiv, p. 222. 



