[taylok] marine MOLLUSCA 21 



Eulinia incurva, Barleeia haliotiphila (recorded as suhtenuis) Solariella 

 peramabilis, Lepidopleurus cancellatus and Ommastrephes sagittafus. 

 A few corrections ma}' be made : 



Pecten Alaskensis. — This specimen is the type of P. Vancouver ensis since 

 described by Mr. Whiteaves as a new s])ecies. 



Cylichna alba. — Is again recorded, but the specimens, which I liave seen, 

 are undoubtedly C. attonsa of Gouki. 



Leptochiton punctatvs. — A pale specimen of Ischnochiton retiporosus. 

 Barleeia subtenuis. — These are B. haliotiphila. B. suhtenuis is southern 



and a much larger shell. 

 2'rophon orpheus. — These are fine specimens of Trophon Stuarti, a perfectly 

 distinct species which has been placed in the synonymy of 

 T. orpheua by several conchologists who have probably not had 

 the opportunity of examining many specimens. 



Tn Mr. Whiteaves's fourth paper' he describes and figures Pecten 

 Vancouverensis n.sp., and puts on record two additions to our list, — 

 Cumingia Calif arnica, a southern shell, and Emarginula crassa, a rather 

 remarkable discovery, as there is not, I believe, any other record of the 

 occurrence of the species in the Pacific Ocean. 



It will be seen that in these four important contributions to our 

 knowledge no fewer than forty-nine species are added to Carpenter's list. 



The efforts of other collectors during the past few years have 

 resulted in a further addition of 32 names, and there is little doubt but 

 that there are still man}'^ more species inhabiting our waters to be one 

 day discovered bj' the enthusiastic conchologist. 



The local collections to which I shall refer in the present pa]>er 

 have been made by Di-. ('. F. Newcombe, Professor Macoun and myself. 

 Dr. Newcombe has collected diligently and successfully in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Victoria ; at Comox, 140 miles north of Victoria ; at 

 Clayoquot Sound on the w^est coast of Vancouver Island ; and in some 

 other localities. The results of his work appear in a " Eeport on the 

 Marine Shells of British Columbia," which was published in February 

 last in the ' Bulletin of the Natural History Society of British Columbia.' 

 This re))ort contains a large amount of information on the distribution 

 of our mollusca and has indeed almost rendered the present paper 

 unnecessarj'. 



Professor Macoun collected last yenv (1893) at Comox. Nanaimo 

 and Sooke with much success, in July last, I had the pleasure of join- 

 ing the jirofessor in a day's dredging in Departure Bay. Using a 

 home-made dredge from an ordinary sailing boat manned by three 



' ■' Notes on some Marine Invertel)riita From the coa.st of British Columh'a, 

 Ottawa Naturalist, vol. vii., no. !), p. i:^:} (December, 18EW). 



