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tumid, shining, translucent, pale flesh-coloured, smooth, but 

 obsoletely widely sulcata, margins rounded, crenulate. Long 

 Bay, Rev. H. D. Atkinson. This shell is doubtfully referred 

 to the genus Kellia. 



Chione stutchbukyi. Gray. Dieff. N..Z, p. 250. A 

 specimen of this shell {Venus zeylandica, Quoy Voy. Astrol. 3, 

 p. 522) was given to me by Mr. Gunn as having been found 

 by him in Bass' Straits. It is a native of Chatham Island, and 

 previously unknown in Australia. 



No. 83. GASTEROCHiENA TASMANiCA. «.«. O.t. ill cavitatc corcdlium 

 inventa (vagina ?) elongata quasi lanceolata, tenui, fragili, inUata, alha, 

 opaca, per totam longltudinem manjinis hiantissima, antice breviore, margine 

 fere recto; posticc latiore, rotandato ; concentrice iiigoso striata, striis dis- 

 tantibus, irregular ihus ; valvis quasi in medio oblique unicostatis et sidcatis, 

 eostis latis ct in umbonibus, desinentibus. Long. 12, lat. 5, mil. 



Shell found in the cavities of corals and the sheath unknown, 

 elongate almost lanceolate, thin, fragile inflated white, opaque, 

 gaping very widely for the whole length of the margin ; 

 shorter anteriorly, margin almost straight, wider and exactly 

 rounded posteriorly ; concentrically rugosely striate, striae 

 distant and irregular ; valves somewhat unicostate obliquely 

 in the middle with a groove by the side, ridge wide and 

 ceasing in the umbones, which are inconspicuous. South 

 Coast. Eare. W. Legrand ; W. F. Petterd. Long Bay 

 Rev. H, D. Atkinson. 



