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  MISNAMED 
  TASMANIAN 
  CHITONS. 
  

   By 
  Tom 
  Iukdale 
  and 
  W. 
  L. 
  ^Iay. 
  

  

  Read 
  12th 
  May, 
  1916. 
  

  

  PLATES 
  IV 
  AND 
  V. 
  

  

  SUMJIARI'. 
  

  

  Status 
  of 
  Chiton 
  viquinafus, 
  lleeve. 
  

  

  £udo.voplax, 
  g:en. 
  nov. 
  lor 
  Chiton 
  inornatus, 
  Ten.-W'^oods. 
  

  

  Plaxiphora, 
  spp. 
  

  

  Acanthochiton, 
  spp. 
  

  

  Cri/ptopla.r, 
  spp. 
  

  

  Jschiiochiton, 
  spp. 
  

  

  lleoogiiition 
  of 
  Chiton 
  longicymha, 
  Rlainville. 
  

  

  lleterozona 
  suhviridis, 
  ii.sp. 
  

  

  Chiton 
  contractus, 
  Hecve, 
  is 
  Ischnochiton 
  decussatnx, 
  anctt. 
  

  

  Recognition 
  of 
  Chiton 
  lineolatas, 
  Blainville, 
  as 
  contractus, 
  anct. 
  

  

  Ischnochiton 
  {Anisoradsia, 
  n.siibg.) 
  maivlei, 
  n.sp. 
  

  

  Chiton 
  diirrqens, 
  lleeve, 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  I. 
  fniticosus 
  (Gould). 
  

  

  Chiton 
  protcus, 
  Reeve, 
  is 
  the 
  correct 
  name 
  tor 
  1. 
  divergens, 
  auct. 
  

  

  Jschnochiton 
  niilligani, 
  n.sp. 
  

  

  Ischnochiton 
  atkinsoni, 
  n.sp. 
  

  

  Chiton 
  ustulatus, 
  Reeve, 
  is 
  not 
  Ischnochiton 
  ustulatus, 
  auct. 
  

  

  Ischnochiton 
  torri, 
  n.sp. 
  = 
  /. 
  ustulatus, 
  axict. 
  

  

  Ischnoradsia 
  evanida 
  (Sowerhy) 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  I. 
  anstralis, 
  but 
  

  

  is 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  East 
  Tasmaiiian 
  form. 
  

   Chiton 
  cimoiius. 
  Reeve, 
  is 
  distinct 
  from 
  Chiton 
  volvox, 
  Reeve, 
  and 
  is 
  

  

  probably 
  equal 
  to 
  Lorica 
  duniana, 
  Hull. 
  

   Callistochiton 
  niaulei. 
  n 
  sp. 
  

   St/pharochiton 
  maugeanus, 
  n.sp. 
  

   Rhyssoplax 
  diaphora, 
  n.sp. 
  

  

  I. 
  Historical 
  Notes. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  meet 
  to 
  anticipate 
  the 
  systematic 
  correction 
  of 
  some 
  

   misnamed 
  Tasmaiiian 
  Chitons 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  notes 
  which 
  may 
  appear 
  

   outside 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  our 
  title, 
  but 
  which 
  nevertheless 
  are 
  the 
  direct 
  

   results 
  of 
  research 
  conducted 
  with 
  tlie 
  above 
  sole 
  aim. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  earliest 
  collectors 
  of 
  Tasmanian 
  Chitons 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   the 
  famous 
  French 
  naturalists 
  I'eron 
  and 
  Lesueur. 
  In 
  1802 
  the 
  

   Geographe 
  called 
  at 
  southern 
  Tasmania, 
  and 
  Perou 
  records 
  that 
  he 
  

   met 
  with 
  wonderful 
  shells 
  on 
  ^laria 
  Islaiul. 
  Our 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Chas. 
  

   Hedley 
  luis 
  sympathetically 
  related 
  (Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N.S. 
  Wales, 
  

   vol. 
  xxxix, 
  1915, 
  p. 
  I'll) 
  how 
  a 
  comrade, 
  Mauge, 
  perhaps 
  even 
  

   keener 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  above-named 
  naturalists, 
  passed 
  away 
  through 
  

   an 
  effort 
  to 
  participate 
  in 
  the 
  spoils, 
  and 
  was 
  buried 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  

   We 
  have 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  any 
  Chitons 
  preserved 
  from 
  this 
  particular 
  

   locality, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  Mange's 
  eyes 
  feasted 
  upon 
  the 
  

   species 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  associate 
  his 
  name. 
  The 
  following 
  year 
  

   the 
  Geographe 
  returned 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  and 
  stayed 
  at 
  King 
  

   Island, 
  Bass' 
  Straits, 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  shells 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  