[tayi.or] marine MOLLUSrA 43 



Clayoquot last autumn. I do not know of any otlier record of its occur- 

 rence in this province, and I have never fallen it myself. 



PSAMMOBIA, Lamarck. 



8(1. PSAMMOIUA RIBRORADIATA, Nllttall. 



This species seems to be rai-e, or at any rate ditRcult to tind. ft was 

 represented in the collections of Kennerle^' and Swan hy dead shells, 

 and single valves have been found in many localities on all our coasts 

 from Victoria to the t^ueen Charlotte Islands. I have not seen living 

 specimens, but I believe that J)r. Newcombe found a few at Comox and 

 at Clayoquot. 



.MOERA, J I. and A. Adams. 



81. MoERA SALMONEA, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. Assoi-.. 1«(«. !>. (WO (August, lS(i4) ; iind Ann. Mag. \at. Hist., series :i, 



vol. xiv., p. 423(1H64). 



Found by Dr. Dawson in several northern localities, — Quatsino Sound, 

 Queen Charlotte Sound and (^ueen Charlotte Islands. Also by Dr. 

 Newcombe at Clayoquot Sound. A few specimens were kindly given to 

 me some years ago bj^ Capt. Clarke, who had dredged them near Comox. 

 I have not seen any specimens from Victoria or Xanaimo. 



AXCtULUS, Muhlfeldt. 



82. Angi'Lus mudestus, C'arpenter, 



Kept. Brit. Assoc, 18(W, p. (W!t (Auffust, 18(54); and Proc. Acad. Nat. 8ci. Phlla., 

 1S(5.'), p. .5(1 ; var. — .4. ohtitsus. Carpenter. 



This little shell is common in sand between tides, and is sometimes 

 found in deeper w^ater. Dr. Dawson took it at the north of Vancouver 

 Island, but not near the Queen Charlotte Islands, Dr. Xewcombe found 

 it at Clayoquot, and it is abundant at Victoria, Departure Bay and 

 Comox. 



83. ANGtLis vARiEGATi's, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. Assoc, 1»(«, j). (i39 (An.mist, 18(i4): and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., series :{, 



vol. xiv., p. 424 (lS(i4). 



This species was one of S\van's additions to the A'ancouver list, and 

 it was stated by him to be " rare.' Only a single specimen has been 

 found here since Swan's time, and that has been recorded by Mr. 

 Whiteaves as '• a full}^ grown living specimen." taken by Dr. Dawson at 

 (Quatsino Sound in thirty to tifty fathoms. (Trans. IJoy. Soc. Canada, 

 1886.) The record of A. variegafus in Mr. Whiteaves's earlier i)aiter (in 



