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ilAirUAL OF THE M0LLU8CA. 



FiS'Urclla Ruppellii. 



,, Iiidusica. 



., salebrosa. 



„ dactylosa. 



„ funiculata. 

 Pile.ipsis tricarinatus. 

 Nerita ustulata. 

 Deiitalium octangulatum. 

 Itinpicula sp. 

 Bulla ampulla. 

 Anomia aclieeus. 



„ enigmatica. 

 Pecten gp. 

 Spondylus sp. 

 Plica u!a (lepressa. 

 M3-tilu3 canaliculatus. 

 Area obliquata. 



„ sculptDis, &c. 

 Chama sp. 

 Lucina sp. 

 CiU'diuin fi nbriatum. 



„ latum. 



Cardium impolituin. 



„ pallidum. 



„ assimile. 

 Venns pinguis. 



„ cor. 



„ pui-purata. 

 Meroe Solan dri. 



„ effossa. 

 Trigona trigonplla ? 

 Artemis aiifjulosa. 



„ exasperafa. 



„ eubrosea? 

 Venenipis sp. 

 Petricola sp. 

 Tapes sulcosa. 



„ Malabarica. 

 Cji^ricardia vellicafa. 

 Cardita crassicostata? 



„ calyculata. 



„ Taiikci-villii. 

 Mactra JEgypfica, &c. 

 Tellina anguluta. 



Tellina capsoideg. 

 Mesodesma Ilorsfieldii. 

 Psammobia sp. 

 Syndosmya sp. 

 Semele sp. 

 Soldi sp. 



Solecurtiis politus. 

 Donax scortum. 



„ seal pell um. 

 Sanguiuolai'ia diplios. 

 „ violacea. 



„ Biuuata. 



Corbula sp. 

 Di) lodonta sp. 

 Anatina rostrata. 

 Pandora sp. 

 Martesia sp. 

 Pliulas australis. 



„ Bakeii, Desh. 



„ orient alis. 

 (Meleagrina v. p. 116). 



At tho Cargados or St. Brandon shoals, north of Mauritius, 

 Vohita costata, Conns verrucosus, PJeurotoma virgo, and Turhiatlla 

 Belcheri have been obtained hj dredging. 



Collections of marine shells have been made at Madagascar 

 and the Mascarene Islands by Sganzin, and at the Seychelles by 

 Dufo. Tho number obtained at the latter place was 263, of 

 which 220 were univalves. Two of the univalves, viz., Loh'um 

 galea and Cyprcea hclvola, and two of the bivalves, are found in 

 the Mediterranean. 



IX. Al^stealo-Zelandic Peoyixce. 



Most remote from tho Celtic seas, this province is also most 

 unliko them in its fauna, containing many genera wholly un- 

 known in Europe, either living or fossil, and some which occur 

 fossil in rocks of a remote period. The province includes NeT\ 

 Zealand, Tasmania, and extra-tropical Australia, from Sandy 

 Cape, on the east, to the Swan Eiver. The shells, which are 

 nearly all peculiar, have been catalogued by Gray,* Menke,f 

 and Forbes, t Of the following genera some are peculiar (*), 

 others attain here their greatest development : — 



♦ Travels in New Zealand, by Dr. E. Dieffenbach. 8vo., London, 184?. 

 t Moll. Nov. Hollandise, 1843. 



t Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 1846-50, by J JIacgillin-ay, 

 Supplement by Professor E. Forbes. 



