MuJJiisra.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAXD. 45 



P'ani. CARDITIDAK. Fmissac. 



(Jenus N'enerk'ARDIA. Lamarck, 1801. 



Dlsfrihiidon. — Northern seas, west coast of Africa,, Mediterranean. Indian 

 Ocean, west coast of America, Anstralasia, &c. 



Venericardia difficilis (Desliayes), l.sr)4. 



('(inli/a (lifficilw, Deshayes, P.Z.S., iSfvi (iSo-t), p. 1(«, pi. xvii. figs. 16, 17 : Hutton, 

 M.N.Z.M.. p. In9. 

 Hah.— Ten miles north of Kn(h>rl)y Island, in Sf) fathoms (K. H. W'aite). 

 North and Sonth Islands of New Z"alan:l. 



Venericardia (Miodon) corbis (Phi!ip|)i), isr^f]. 

 Cnnlilit ciiihis, I'hili[)[)i, l^huim. Moll. Siciliae, i. 1836, p. 55. 



Shell small, subtriangular, etpiivalve, slightlv ineqnilateral, convex, with 10 

 to 1 1 stout imbricating ratliate ribs. 



Length, 5 mm. ; height, 6 mm. ; diameter, 4 mm. 



Hah. — Near the Bounty Islands, in 50 fathoms (Cajitain J. Bollons) ; ten miles 

 no]-th of Ench^rby Island, in 85 fathoms (E. R. Waite). 



Coasts of New Zealand, in 20 to 50 fathoms. 



Fam. LEPTONIDAE, Gray. 

 Uenus Neolepton, Monterosato, 1875. 

 bisliihntioH. — In most seas. 



Neolepton antipodum (Filhol), 1880. 



Kf'Jlid iiiitiiHxhuH, Filliol, Compt. Mend., xci, 1880. p. 10!»5 ; :Miss. I.C., 1885, )). 543. 

 Neolepton antipodum, Filhol: Hedley, T.N.Z.I., xxxviii, p. 74, pi. 1. tig. 5. 

 Hah.—V'Am\^h(A\ Island (Filhol). 

 Also North Island of New Zealand. 



(icnus Rochefortia, Velain, 1876. 

 Distfi.Jjiition. — Southern seas. 



Rochefortia donaciformis (Angas), 1878. 

 MijscUa donaciformis. Angas, P.Z.S.. 1878, p. 863. pi. liv, tig. 13. 

 H(d). — Campbell Island (Professor Chilton). 

 Also Stewart Island, in 18 fathoms ; Australia. 



Genus Lasaea (Leach), Brown, 1827. 

 Distrihntion. — Cosmopolitan. 



