AUSTRALO-ZELANDIC PROVINCE. 



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

 peculiar, have been catalogued by Gray,* ]\Ienke,t and Forbes.! Of the 

 following genera some are peculiar (*), others attain here their greatest 

 development : — 



*Pinnoctopus. 

 *Struthiolaria. 



Phasianella 



Elenchus. 



Baukivia. 



Eotella. 

 *Macroscliisma. 



Parmopliorus. 



Eisella. 



♦Macgillivvaia. 



*Ampliibola. 



*Tngonia. 



*Chamostrea. 



*Myadora. 



*Myochama. 



Crassatella. 



Cai-dita. 



Circe. 



Cypricardia. 



Mesodesma. 



Terebratella. 



Spirilla. 



Oliva. 



Conus. 



Voluta. 



Terebra. 



Fasciolaria. 



Imperator. 



Monoptygma. 



Siphonaria. 



Pandora. 



Anatineila. 



Clavagella. 



Placunomia. 



Waldheimia. 



Crania. 



Some of the genera of this province are only met with elsewhere at a 

 considerable distance: — 



Solenella— CMle. 

 Panopaea— Japan . 



Monoceros — Patagonia. 



B ankivi a — C ap e . 

 Kraussia— Cape. 

 Solemya — Medit. 



Ebynchonella— Arctic seas. 

 Trophon — Fuegia; ,, 

 Assiminea— India ; Brit. 



Amongst the litoral shells of South Australia are Haliotis elegans, H. ru- 

 hicunda, and Litorina rugosa. Haliotis iris and Litorina squalida are found 

 on the shores of N. Zealand; and Cyprovula umhilicata in Tasmania. 



Mr. Gray's New Zealand list amounts to 104 marine species, among which 

 are three volutes, including V. magnifica, the largest of its genus ; Strom- 

 bus troglodytes, Ranella argus, the great Triton variegatus ; 6 Cones, (all 

 doubtful), Oliva erythrostoma, Cyprcea caput-serperdis, Ancillaria australis, 

 Imperator heliotropium, Chiton monticularis, &c. 



Vemts Stutclihiryi and Modiolarca trapezina have been found at Ker- 

 guelen's Id. and Patella illuminata at the Auckland Ids. 



X. Japonic Province. 



The Japanese Islands and Corea represent the Lusitanian province. A 

 few shells were collected here by Mr. A. Adams, but they are chiefly known 

 through the Dutch dealers. § The Astarte Japonica of the Catalogues is 

 nothing more than A. borealis, and is stated to have come from Lapland by 

 Jay and Cuming. Panofeea Japonica belongs to the same type with 

 P. intermedia of the London Clay, 



* Travels in New Zealand, by Dr. E. Dieffenbach. Svo, London, 1843. 



+ Moll. Nov. Hollandise, 1843. 



I Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 1846-50, by J. Macgillivray. 

 Supplement by Prof. E. Forbes. 



i For many years the Dutch have been allowed to send one ship annually to Japan 

 for trade, whilst all other nations have been excluded; a state of things which the 

 Americans will perhaps alter. The work of Siebold, on the Natural History of Japan, 

 does not contain any account of the shells. 



