lV. INTRODUCTION. 
It is very different with the Polyzoa, for out of the 100 species here 
catalogued, 69 are already known to occur elsewhere ; but even in the 
Polyzoa we have three genera which, so far as yet known, are peculiar 
to New Zealand. ‘They are Onchopora, Muscaria, and Cintipora. 
Maort NAMES. 
I have been able to collect only the few following Maori names for 
our shells :-— 
Haxari, Artemis subrosea and Tapes intermedia 
HoHE-HOHE, Tellina alba 
Huat, Chione stutchbury1 
KAIKAI-KORORO, Chione costata 
Koxota, Mesodesma nova-zealandiz 
PakirA, Myodora striata 
Pawa, Haliotis iris 
Prp1, Mesodesma novee-zealandi, and Chione stutchbury1 
PuKAurRI, Chione yatei 
PuREWHA, Modiola areolata 
PuriMu, Cardita australis 
Tua-Tua, Mesodesma spissa 
WaHA-WAHA, Psammobia stangeri. 
