SUTER : NEW ZEALAND POLTrLACOrnOEA. 193 



Hah. — Found almost everywhere alons; the coasts of New Zealand 

 with Chiton 2)''Mis-serpentis. Very variable in colour of mantle and 

 tufts. I found the largest specimens in Duaedin Harbour. 



16. AcANTHocniTES (CRYrTocoNcnTJs) POEostrs (Burrow). 



Chiton 2^orosus, Eurrow : Elements of Conchology (1815), p. 189, 



pi. xxviii, fig. 1. 

 Cnjptoconchus porosus, Burrow : H. & A. Adams, Genera Rec. Moll., 



vol. iii, t. Iv, fig. 4 ; Chenu, Manuel de Conch., vol. i, 



fig. 2884 ; Hutton, Man. New Zealand Moll., p. 118. 

 Acatithochites porosus, Burrow : Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. I, vol. xv, 



p. 36, pi. iii, tigs. 57-62, 

 Chiton Leachi, Blainville : Diet. Sci. Nat., vol. xxxvi (1825), p. .554. 

 Chiton vionticularis, Quoy & Gaim. : Yoy. Astrolabe, Zool. vol. iii 



(1835), p. 406, t. Ixxiii, figs. 30-5; Sowerby, Conch. 



Illust., fig. 129 ; lleeve. Conch. Icon., t. x, fig. 57. 

 Chitonellus Zelandious, Gray: Diefitenbach's " Travels in New Zealand," 



voLii (1843), p. 246. 

 Cnjptoconchus Zelandicus, Quoy & Gaim. : TTutton, Trans. New Zealand 



Inst., vol. iv, p. 183 {non Quoy & Gain;.). 

 ? Cnjptoplax dcpressus, Blainville: Diet. Sci. Nat., vol. xii (1818), 



p. 124. 

 ? Cri/ptoconchus Steivartianus, Rocheb. : Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 



sdr. VII, torn, vi, 1882, p. 194. 



IJal) — From Auckland to Stewart Island, on rocks in sheltered 

 situations. Not common. 



The mantle sometimes beautifully variegated with orange and light- 

 brown. 



17. AcANxnocniTES (Loboplax) violacefs (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Chiton violaceus, Quoy & Gaim. : Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. vol. iii (1835), 



p. 403, t. Ixxiii, figs. 15-20; Gould, U.S. Explor. Exped. 



Moll., p. 331, fig. 420 [non lleeve, Ccmch. Icon., fig. 41). 

 Acanthochaites violaceus, Quoy & Gaim. : Gray, Dictt'enbach's "Travels 



in New Zealand,*" vol. ii, p. 246. 

 Katharina violacea, Quoy & Gaim.: Hutton, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 



vol. iv, p. 182. 

 Acanthochites violacea, Quoy & Gaim. : Hutton, Man. New Zealand 



Moll., p. 118. 

 Acanthochites violaceus, Quoy & Gaim. : Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. I, 



vol. XV, p. 39, pi. iii, figs. 67-73. 

 Chiton porphyreticus, Reeve: Conch. Icon. (1847), t. x, fig. 56. 

 Acanthochites porphyreticus, Reeve : Hutton, Man. New Zealand Moll., 



p. 117. 

 Phacellopleura porphyretica, Carpenter MS. 



Ilah. — North and South Islands of New Zealand, but very rare in 

 the South. 



