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Whiteaves records it from “ Dolomite Narrows, abundant; mouth of 
Cumshewa Harbour, in twenty fathoms, several; Houston-Stewart 
Channel, in fifteen to twenty fathoms, three or four specimens.” 
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ASTARTE, J. Sowerby. ® 
44, ASTARTE UNDATA, Gould. 
Invertebrata of Massachusetts, p. 80 (1841) ; ed. ii., p. 121, 
This species was recorded by Mr. Whiteaves from Metlakatla in 
1878 as Astarte semisulcata, Leach ? 
In 1886, after an examination of the specimens collected by Dr. 
Dawson to the north of Vancouver Island, he withdrew this name and 
substituted, and we think rightly, A. undata, Gould, which name we have 
adopted for our largest Astarte. This is not by any means so abundant 
a shell here as is the next species, but it is fairly common at Victoria 
and in other localities in which dredging has been done on the eastern 
and northern coasts of Vancouver Island. 
45. ASTARTE ESQUIMALTI, Baird, sp. 
Crassatella Esquimalti, Baird, Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1863, p. 70, pl. ii., fig. 15. 
= Rictocyma mirabilis, Dall, Amer. Jour. Conch., vol. vii., p. 151, pl. xiv., 
fig. 6 (Nov., 1871). 
This is our commonest Astarte, and may be easily distinguished by 
its smaller size and wavy sculpture from the last named species. It is 
rather rare at Victoria but is abundant at Nanaimo and Comox, and 
was found by Dr. Dawson at several points at the north of Vancouver 
Island, and also at the mouth of Cumshewa Harbour, Queen Charlotte 
Islands. 
46. ASTARTE COMPACTA, Carpenter. 
Rept. Brit. Assoc.. 1863, p. 642 (August, 1864); and Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
1865, p. 57. 
A single living specimen was collected by Dr. Kennerley in Puget 
Sound. Dr. Carpenter described it as ‘ Astarte (? var.) compacta,” and 
suggested that it might prove to be identical with A. compressa, Montagu, 
a European species. 
I do not think that any further specimens of this species? have 
been found. 
KELLIA, Turton. 
47. KeLLIA Laperovusit, Deshayes, sp. 
Chironia Laperousii, Desh., Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuv., p. 357 (Dec., 1839); and Mag. 
de Zool. (Guerin’s), pl. xii. (1841); var. Chironii, Cpr., Rept. Brit. Assoc., 
1863, p. 643 (Aug., 1864); and Jour. de Conch., vol. xii., p. 136 (April, 1865). 
This is a very common species usually occurring in the interior of 
dead bivalve shells. It has been found in all localities in British 
