[TAYLOR] MARINE MOLLUSCA gg 



in sand between tides, and to a depth of u few fathoms below low-water 

 mark. 



212. Olivella b.etica, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. As.soc., 1863, p. m\ (August, 18(54). 



Very common in shallow water on sandy bottoms. Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, Queen Charlotte Sound and other localities (Dawson) ; Depar- 

 ture Bay, abundant (G. W. Taylor) ; Victoria, rare (Newconibe) ; Clay- 

 oquot Sound (Newcombe) ; Comox (Macoun). 



VOLUTELLA, Swainson. 

 213. VoLUTELLA PYRiFORMis, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. Assoc, 18(«, p. (5(51 (August, 18(54); and Journ. rle Coiich., vol. xii., 



p. 148 (April, 18G5). 



A common shell usually found under stones, or under seaweed on 

 rocks, near low water mark, but sometimes dredged from deeper water. 

 It occurs from Victoria to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Durino- life 

 the animal is of a bright yellow colour. 



MITEOMOEPHA, A. Adams. 

 214. MiTROMORPHA FiLOSA. Carpenter. 



? Daphnella filosa , Cpr., Kept. Brit. Assoc, 18(53, p. 6.58 (August, 18(54). 

 Mitromorphafllosa, Cpr., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., series 3, vol. x\ ., p. 182 

 (March, 18(>,5). 



Described from Sta. Barbara and not very rare at several other 

 points on the Californian coast. The only British Columbian specimens 

 I have heard of were three, dredged by Dr. Dawson at the mouth of 

 Cumshewa Harbour in 20 fathoms, of water. 



215. MiTBOMORPHA EFFusA, Carpenter. 



? DapfmeUa effusa, Cpr., Rept. Brit. As.soc, 18(5;^, p. (5.58 (August, 18(54) ; and Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hi.st., series 3, vol. xv., p. 29 (January, 186.5). 



Described from "one broken specimen, Xeeah Bay, Swan," a rather 

 slender title I am afraid, to a place on our list. 



BUCCINUM, Linne. 



216. BucciNUM POL ARE, Gra}'. 



JBuccinum polaris, Gray, Zool. Voy. Blossom, p. 128(1839), var. ? per crass am, Dall. 



Buccinum percrassum though now thought, by some conchologists, to 

 be a distinct species was described as a variety of S. polare and it^was 



Sec. IV., 189S. 5. 



