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VII. M O L L U S C A. 



By EDGAE a. smith, F.Z.S. 

 (Plates XXIV, XXV.) 



Of the twenty-eight species quoted or described in the 

 folio «'ing account, all, with the exception of seven, are from Cape 

 Adare, Victoria Land, or Franklin Island, a little further south. 

 These seven are mostly from Auckland and Campbell Islands, south 

 of New Zealand, practically in the same latitudes as Kerguelen 

 Island, of which the molluscs in several instances are identical with 

 those of Cape Adare. In view of the fact that these are the first 

 collections described from this remote region, it is not surprising 

 that such a large proportion of the species appear to be new. It is 

 worthy of note, however, that, with the exception of the new genus 

 Newncsia,iindPhilin(', no generic types were obtained which are new 

 to the Antarctic fauna. The genus Fliiline ranges from the Arctic 

 region to Xew Zealand, and some of the species appear to be very 

 widely distributed. For example, the common British P. apcrta 

 ranges from Norway to the Cape of Good Hope, and a scarcely 

 distinguishable form, P. angasi, occurs in Australia and New 

 Zealand. The occurrence therefore of this widely-dispersed genus 

 in Antarctic waters is not surprising. This collection furnishes only 

 negative evidence with regard to the similarity of Arctic and 

 Antarctic mollusca. It is, however, none the less interesting, and 

 may be regarded as not only the first, but a satisfactory instalment 

 of the species which inhabit these inhospitable regions. 



CEPHALOPODA. 



POLYPUS CAMPBELLI. 



(PL XXIV., figs. 7-11.) 



Corpus breve, bursaeforme, supra saturate sordide oliTaceum, infra dilute cinna- 

 momeuui ; caput et superficii s superior brachioruui colore simile tiuctte ; corpus 

 supra et infra granulosuni, granulis supra superfi.ciem inferiorem parvis et 

 confertis ; supra utrunique ocuhun cirrus parvus, conipressus ; brachia superne 

 carinata, ad basim cute brevi conjuncta, longitudine suba^quantia ; acetabula 

 magnitudinis mediocris ; par septimum supra brachia lateralia, maximum, valde 

 prominens. 



