Molhtscri.] SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. 47 



Citnlitd zelnndica, Potiez and .Michaud. (Jail, des Moll. 1838. p. lfi(). Chinne 

 iiinvlatynyKU T.-Woods, P. Roy. S. Tasm.. 1879. p. .38. 

 Huh. — Auckland Islands (Captain .J. Bollons). 



Tliniuc'liimt Ni^w Zealand. K(M-?nadec Islands, f'hatliani Islands, and Kcro-uclen 

 Island. 



Chione mesodesma (QiKiy and (Jaimard), 183.1. 



Venm iiu'sndcsmd. {). and ('•.. \ny. "Astrolabe." iii. 1835, p. 532, pi. Ixxxiv, 

 figs. 17, 18. ? Venus spurcn. Sowerby. F.Z.i-5., 1835, p. 23. Murcin 

 scansilis, Romer, Mal. Bliittcr, vii, p. 1(51. Chioiic mesodesma, Q. and ({. : 

 Suter, P. Mal. S., vi, p. 204. 

 H(d). — Auckland Islands, 10 fathoms. 



Throuo'liout New Zealand, but more common in the north; Kerniadec Islands: 

 Tristan da Cuidia. in 1.000 fathoms. 



Chione crassa (Quoy and (iaimard), 1835. 

 Venus crassa, Q. and G.. \'oy. " Astrolabe," iii, 1835, p. 525, pi. Ixxxiv, tigs. 7. 8. 

 Venus spissa, Deshayes: Lamarck, A.s.V., ed. 2, vi, p. 373 (a misprint for 

 rntssa). Chione qihbosa, Hutton, C.M.M., p. 71. Chione crassa, i). and (i. : 

 Suter, P. Mal. S.'. vi, p. 203. 

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

 Also Stewart Island, Preservation Inlet, and Banks Peninsula. 

 Remarks. — This is certainly not an old and thickened form of C. mesodesma. 

 as young shells are just as gibb(uis in proportion as old shells. 



Chione subsulcata, Suter, 1!M)5. 



Chione siihsulcaUi, Suter, P. Mal. S., vi, 1905. p. 205. Venus sulcata, Hutton. P.L.S. 

 N.S. Wales (2), i, 1887, p. 226 (non V. sulcata, Hutton, 1875). 

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

 Also Stewart Island. 



Genus Paphia, Bolten, 1798. 

 Distiihutinn. — Temperate and warm seas. 



Paphia ( Ruditapes) intermedia (Quoy and Gaimard). 1835. 

 Venus intermedia, Q. and G., Voy. " Astrolabe," iii, 1835, p. 52(5. pi. Ixxxiv, figs. 9. 10. 

 Venus largiUierti, Philipjn, Zeitschr. fiir Malak., 18-17, p. 87. 

 Hah. — Auckland and Campbell Islands. 

 Throughout New Zealand. 



Fam. CARDIIDAE, Gray. 



Genus Protocardia, Beyrich, 1845. 



Protocardia (Nemocardium) pulchella (Gray), 1843. 



Cardium striatulum, Sowerby, P.Z.S., 1840. p, 105 (non Brocchi). Cardium pul- 



chellum. Gray, Dieff. N.Z., p. 252 ; Conch. Icon., ii, pi. viii, fig. 42. 



Hah. — Ten miles north of Enderby Island, in 85 fathoms (E. R. Waite). 



Throuohout New Zealand. Tasmania, and Australia. 



