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specimens are in the museum cf Geological and Natural History Survey 
at Ottawa. L. subauriculata is a shell of very wide range, occurring on 
both sides of the Atlantic from the extreme north to the Canary Islands 
on the east and to Florida on the west side of the ocean. 
Its range in depth, according to Dr. Dall, is “6 to 843 fathoms.” It 
has also a considerable range in time, being, according to Jeffreys, a 
fossil of the British Coralline Crag. 
Being rather common in the Californian region, and also to the 
north of us, it is to be expected that it will be found in other localities 
on the Vancouver coasts. 
BRYOPHILA. Carpenter. 
16. BRYopHILA sSETOSA, Cpr. 
Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist., series 3, vol. xiii., p. 314 (April, 1864). 
Described from Cape St. Lucas (Xantus) and recorded also from 
Californian logalities. 
Our first British Columbian record is that of Dr. Dawson : “ Virago 
Sound, Queen Charlotte Islands, in 8-15 fathoms, 4 fine living specimens.” 
I have a single specimen which was picked up on the sands at 
Alert Bay by Mr. E. 8S. Wilkinson, and which, from a comparison with 
one of Mr, Xantus’s original lot, I believe to belong to this species. 
MYTILUS, Linne. 
17. Myrrinus CALIFORNIANUS, Conrad. 
Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. vii., pt. 2, p. 242, pl. xviii., fig. 15 (1837). 
Common between tides and growing to a very large size. It is 
eaten by the Indians, and in its season is often to be seen on sale in the 
Victoria fish stores. 
18. MyriLus eputtis, Linne. 
Syst. Nat., ed. xii., vol. i., pt. 2, p. 1157, no. 253 (1767). = M. trossulus, Gould, 
and many other synonyms. 
Everywhere between tides. It is regularly on sale in Victoria, but 
is not valued as an article of food to anything like the same extent as in 
Europe or eastern America. 
M. edulis has a very extended range, being found throughout the 
whole northern hemisphere. ! 

? Northern localities for M. edulis, and for the following British Columbian 
species, are given ina ‘ Catalogue of shells from Bering Sea and the adjacent portions 
of the Arctic Ocean” which was contributed by Dr. Dall, 20 years ago, to the 
Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences (vol. 5, p. 246-253, 1874): Mytilus 
