THE 



SlIBANTARi^Tin ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



AirncT-E [. THK MOI.MISCA OF THK SUI'.ANTAIUTIC ISLANDS 

 OF NFW ZEALAND. 



]5y Henry .Suter. 



Fam. ISCHNOCHITONIDAE. 

 (Jenus IscHNOCHiTOX, (iray, 1847. 

 Distrihution. — World-widf. 



Ischnochiton contractus (Reeve). 1847. 



Chiton contractus. Reeve, Concli. Icon.. Chiton, 1847, pi. xv, fig. 78 ; Man. Conch. (1), 

 xiv, p. 93, pi. xxiii, figs. 81, 82 ; Suter, P. Mai. S., vii, p. 293. Chiton decus- 

 satus, Reeve, Conch. Icon., Chiton, pi. xviii, fig. 107. Chiton cnstus. Reeve, 

 t.c. pi. xxii. fig. 14.^1. Lepidopleurus speciosus. Ad. and Ang., P.Z.S., 1864, 

 p. 192 ; 18()."i. p. 187. 

 The girdle-scales are deeply grooved, the lateral areas with ra<lial wiinkles, 

 cut up into granules. 



Hah. — Auckland Islands (Captain .1. Bollons). 

 Also Tasmania and Australia. 



Ischnochiton parkeri. Suter, 1897. 



Ischnochiton parheri, Suter, P. Mai. S., ii. 1897, p. 186, figs. 1-6 in text. Lepido- 



pleurus circumvaUatus, Reeve: Hutton, M.N.Z.M., p. 113 (not of Reeve). 



Ischnochiton longicymha, Q. and G. : Filhol and Hutton (not of Quoy and 



Gaimard). 



The girdle-scales are also deeply grooved, but the lateral areas with broad 



concentric ridges, radiate riblets present or indistinct. 



i/rffo. — Auckland Islands (Professor Benham) ; Canijjbell Lsland (Professor 

 Chilton). 

 1— S. 



