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  & 
  may: 
  MISNAMKD 
  TASMANIAN 
  CHITONS. 
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  Peron 
  was 
  now 
  the 
  conchologist 
  of 
  the 
  trip, 
  but 
  unfortunately, 
  

   though 
  he 
  survived 
  to 
  reach 
  Paris 
  with 
  his 
  treasures, 
  science 
  was 
  

   deprived 
  of 
  his 
  personal 
  experiences 
  and 
  knowledge 
  by 
  his 
  early 
  

   decease. 
  Lesueur 
  was 
  primarily 
  the 
  artist, 
  and 
  though 
  he 
  edited 
  liis 
  

   friend's 
  journal 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  attempt 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  this 
  collection, 
  which 
  

   was 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum. 
  Blainville, 
  however, 
  in 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  the 
  pioneer 
  monograph 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  

   Diet. 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  vol. 
  xxxvi, 
  1824, 
  made 
  good 
  use 
  oftlie 
  material, 
  and 
  

   many 
  species 
  were 
  described 
  as 
  collected 
  by 
  Peron 
  and 
  Lesueur 
  from 
  

   various 
  Australian 
  localities. 
  Tlie 
  only 
  definite 
  citations 
  are 
  from 
  

   King 
  Island 
  and 
  King 
  George's 
  Sound, 
  but 
  unfortunateh", 
  througli 
  

   accidents, 
  Peron's 
  collections 
  had 
  suffered 
  so 
  that 
  incorrect 
  data 
  were 
  

   frequently 
  ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  specimens, 
  and 
  the 
  correction 
  of 
  such 
  

   errors 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  witli 
  great 
  difficulty, 
  as 
  hereafter 
  shown. 
  

  

  Quoy 
  and 
  Gaimard, 
  twenty 
  year's 
  after 
  Peron 
  and 
  Lesueur, 
  collected 
  

   in 
  soutlieru 
  Tasmania, 
  and 
  tlieir 
  great 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  group 
  is 
  

   manifested 
  in 
  their 
  beautiful 
  plates 
  and 
  lucid 
  descriptions. 
  

  

  The 
  earliest 
  British 
  visitor 
  who 
  was 
  a 
  collector 
  of 
  Chitons 
  appears 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  Dr. 
  Sinclair, 
  R.N., 
  but 
  his 
  discoveries 
  are 
  peculiarly 
  

   perplexing, 
  since 
  his 
  shells 
  also 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  mixed 
  and 
  we 
  

   have 
  had 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  trouble 
  in 
  clearing 
  these 
  up. 
  Thus, 
  in 
  

   Dieffenbach's 
  Travels 
  m 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1843, 
  Gray 
  described 
  

   some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  forms 
  and 
  enumerated 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  molluscs. 
  

   On 
  p. 
  245 
  he 
  recorded 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Aeanthopleura 
  undulattis 
  ; 
  Chito7i 
  undiilaftis, 
  Q. 
  & 
  G., 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  

   Van 
  Diemen's 
  Land, 
  Dr. 
  Sinclair, 
  P.N., 
  

   and 
  p. 
  262 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  AcanthochditeH 
  hookeri^ 
  n.sp., 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  Van 
  Diemen's 
  Land, 
  

   Dr. 
  Sinclair, 
  P.N. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  years 
  later 
  Peeve 
  in 
  the 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  section 
  Chiton, 
  

   included 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  as 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sinclair 
  in 
  Van 
  

   Diemen's 
  Land, 
  viz. 
  : 
  Chiton 
  sinclairi, 
  Mus. 
  Cuming, 
  C. 
  inquinatus, 
  

   Mus. 
  Brit., 
  and 
  C. 
  carinulatus, 
  Mus. 
  Brit. 
  

  

  None 
  of 
  these 
  records 
  is 
  reliable. 
  The 
  first 
  three 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  

   Neozelanic, 
  the 
  fourth 
  is 
  probably 
  so, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  may 
  be 
  West 
  

   American. 
  

  

  Peeve 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  described 
  Chitonelhis 
  gunniiivoxn. 
  specimens 
  

   forwarded 
  by 
  Roland 
  Gunn, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  contribution 
  

   made 
  to 
  our 
  study 
  by 
  that 
  famous 
  Tasmanian 
  naturalist. 
  

  

  Joseph 
  Milligan's 
  name 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  connexion 
  through 
  the 
  

   record 
  of 
  some 
  species 
  from 
  Flinders 
  Island 
  by 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  in 
  1884. 
  

   The 
  true 
  facts 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  published, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  we 
  

   must 
  consider 
  Milligan 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  native 
  Chiton 
  enthusiast, 
  for 
  

   reference 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Registers 
  and 
  collections 
  shows 
  the 
  

   following 
  items 
  : 
  In 
  the 
  year 
  1850 
  Joseph 
  Milligan 
  presented 
  to 
  that 
  

   institution 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Tasmanian 
  shells, 
  including 
  Chitons 
  collected 
  

   on 
  Flinders 
  Island, 
  Bass' 
  Straits. 
  The 
  Chitons 
  were 
  forty-seven 
  in 
  

   number, 
  separated 
  by 
  Milligan 
  into 
  nineteen 
  lots. 
  This 
  series 
  has 
  

   been 
  traced 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  and 
  we 
  find 
  it 
  covers 
  the 
  

  

  