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published a very complete monograph.* Of 400 sea-shells 

 recorded in this work, above 200 are peculiar, and most of these 

 belong to a few littoral genera. Only 11 species are common 

 to the coast of Senegal, ■whilst 18 are found in the Eed Sea ; 15 

 species are said to be found in Europe ; all the others, not pecu- 

 liar, exist on the E. coast of Africa. 



Panopsea natalensis. 

 Solen marginatus. 

 Mactra spengleri. 

 Gastrana ventricosa. 

 Kucula pulclira, Hinds. 

 (L'Agullias bank, 70 fm.) 

 Pectunculus Belclieri, 120 



fm. 

 Modiola Capensis. 



„ pelagica, Forbes. 

 Septifer Kraussi. 



Terebratulina abyssicola, 



132 fm. 

 Terebratella (Kraussia) . 

 „ rubra. 



„ cognata. 



„ pisum. 



„ Deshaj-esii, 



120 fm. 



Chiton, 16 sp. 

 Patella, 20 sp. 



„ cochlea. 



,, compressa. 



South African Shells 

 Patella apicina. 

 „ longicosta. 

 ,, pectinata, &c, 

 Siphonaria, 5 sp. 

 Pupillia (aperta). 

 Fissurella, 10 sp. 

 Crepidula, 4 sp. 

 Haliotis sanguinea. 

 Delphinula granulosa. 



„ cancellata. 

 Trochus, 22 sp. 

 Turbo sannaticus. 

 Littorina Africana 7 sp 

 Phasianella, 6 sp, 

 Bankivia variaus. 

 TuiTitella, 4 sp. 

 Pleurotoma, 6 sp. 

 Clionello (sinuata). 

 Tj-phis arcuatus. 

 Triton dolarius. 



,. fictilis, 50-60 fm. 

 Harpa crassa. 

 Cominella ligata. 



„ lagenaria. 



„ limbosa. 



Cominolla tigrina. 

 BuUia Iccvissima, 



„ achatina. 



,, natalensis. 

 Nassa plicosa,. 



„ capensis. 

 Cyclonassa Kraussi. 

 Eburna papillaris. 

 Columbella, 5 sp. 

 Ancillaria obtusa. 

 Mitra, 5 sp. 



Imbricaria carbonacea. 

 Voluta armata. 

 „ £capha. 



„ abyssicola, 132 fm. 

 Marginella rosea. 

 Trivia ovulata. 

 Cj-preea, 22 sp. 

 Luponia algoensis. 

 Cj-proTulum (capense). 

 Conus, 8 sp. 



Octopus argus. 

 Sepia, 4 sp. 



The following are stated to be common to the Cape and Euro- 

 pean seas.f 



Saxicava (arctica?) Greenland, Medit. Cliama gryphoides, Medit. Eed Sea. 



Tellina fabula, Brit. Medit. Pecten pusio, Brit. 



Lucina lactea, Medit. Red Sea. 



„ fragilis, Medit. Diphj-mdia (lineata?) N. Erit. Medit. 

 Venus verrucosa, W. Indies? Brit. Senegal, Eulima nitida, Medit. 



Canaries, Red Sea, Austraha ? Pm-pura lapillus ?? (not in Medit.) 



Tapes puUastra, North Sea. Nassa marginulata. 



„ geographica, Medit. Octopus vulgaris ? Brit. 



Area iactea, Medit. Argonauta argo, Medit. 



YIII. Ixdo-Pacific Province. 

 This is by far the most extensive area over which similar 

 shoil-fish and other marine animals are distributed. It extends 

 from Australia to Japan, and from the Eed Sea and oast coast 



* Die Siidafrikanischen Mollusken, 4to. Stutt. 1S43. 



1 Marks of doubt are added to some of the species, and others are omitted. 



