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62. SERRIPES CENTIFILOSUM, Carpenter, sp. 
Cardium centifilosum, Cpr., Rept. Brit. Assoc., 1863, p. 642 (August, 1864) : and Proc. 
Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. iii. (1866). 
= ©. Adamsi, Tryon, 1871. 
— (. modestum, Ad. and Rve., 1850, not Philippi, 1848, 
— (. Richardsoni, Whiteaves, 1878. 
Tryon, in his catalogue of Cardiidw, 1871, ignores Carpenter’s name 
and re-names the species Adamsi, on the ground that modestum is pre- 
occupied by Philippi. 
Mr. Whiteaves, in the “Ottawa Naturalist” for December, 1893, 
p. 134, acknowledges his C. Richardsoni to be a synomyn of C. modestum, 
Ad. and Rve., but says that he described it “as a new species almost 
entirely on the authority of Dr. Carpenter,” who would thus seem to 
have failed to recognize his own ©. centifilosum. There is little doubt, 
however, that all the above mentioned names refer to one and the same 
species. 
S. centifilosum is not a common shell with us. Mr. Richardson 
dredged a single living specimen (the type of C. Richardsoni) in 30-50 
fathoms, between Race Island lighthouse and Victoria Harbour, TI 
have dredged a few living and several dead shells in the same locality 
and in Departure Bay. Other recent collectors do not seem to have 
met with it. 
VENUS, Linne. 
63. Venus KENNERLEYI, Reeve. 
Conch. Icon., Mon. of Venus, no. 41, 1863. 
This fine species is not very common. Richardson dredged it alive 
at Victoria; Dawson took it in some numbers at the Queen Charlotte 
Islands and subsequently in Duncan and Freshwater Bays. I have my- 
self dredged it alive in Departure Bay. and Dr. Newcombe has found it 
both living and dead at Victoria. It is a dull, heavy shell with strong 
concentric ribs and distinetly crenulated edges to the valves 
PSEPHIS, Carpenter. 
64, PsEPHIS TANTILLA, Gould, sp. 
Venus tantillus, Gould, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., vol. vi., no. 3, p. 406, pl. xv., fig. 10 
(October, 1858). 
Plentiful in sand between tide marks near Victoria, and also com- 
mon, according to Dr. Newcombe, at Comox and Clayoquot. Professor 
Macoun also collected it at Sooke. Dr. Dawson did not find it at the 
Queen Charlotte Islands or elsewhere, but as he did very little shore col- 
lecting he might easily pass over so small a shell. 
