Cii 1.1. .ri. 1. 1 i: \ I:I.\I:M\T\ i;.,rh.-l>r. Shell ovate ol,|.,n_'. pale 

 rose. Anterior valve and posterior part of'the p 



ally granule. Intermediate valves havin<; the cent r:il :i fan covered 

 with straight beaded lines; laleral area- longitudinally papillose all 

 over with pupilhe or obluse conic granules. Marginal ligament 

 gray, with scattered whitish setie. Length L'-l. breadth 11 mill. 

 (Hoc/H-br. in Hull. Soc. Philom. 1881-'82. p. 195). 



King George Sound (Quoy & Gaimard). Kare. Paris MUB. 



This seems to be a Chcdopleura. 



LEPIDOPLEURUS FODIATUS Rochebr. Shell ovale elongaled, fus- 

 cescenl. Anterior valve minutely radially sulcale, the sulci inter- 

 rupted by concentric lines. Intermediate valves having ihe central 

 areas ornamented in front with minute undulating sulci ; at the sides 

 with many pits (" lateraliter multicavatis "), the pits minute, ellip- 

 tical or rounded. Lateral areas longitudinally strongly sulcate and 

 sculptured with thick concentric ribs. Anterior part of the poste- 

 rior valve multicavate, posterior part radially sulcate. Marginal 

 ligament rather wide, brown, scaly ; scales minute, lenticular, imbri- 

 cating. Length 35, width 18 mill. (Rochebr. in Bull. Soc. Philom. 

 1830-'81, p. 120). 



Australia (Verreaux). Quite rare. Mus. Paris. 



SCIIIZOCHITON NYMPHA Rochebr. Shell elongated, very narrow, 

 obtuse in front and behind, rounded above; schUtaceous cinnamon 

 color marked with white spots. Anterior valve smooth; posterior 

 elliptical, hastate ; intermediate valves having the lateral areas thick, 

 much raised, triangular. Marginal ligament narrow, schistaceous. 

 Length 32, width 11 mill. (Rochebr. in Bull. Soc. Philom. 1883- 

 '84, p. 36). 



Island of King (Peron & Lesueur). Very rare. Mus. Paris, 



CHITON TECTUM Blainv. Body oval, short, depressed, strongly 

 carinated in the middle ; girdle quite narrow, covered with small 

 very numerous and much crowded scales. Shell lar<:e, 8-valved, 

 the end valves ornamented with suhtuberculate rays; lateral areas 

 of intermediate valves with 4 or 5 tuberculate rays; the central 

 areas with some coarse straight and flat channelling. Color gray- 

 whitish, with a series of pretty blue spots around the girdle. This 

 pretty species, of which one example exists in the Must um. probably 

 lives in the seas of New Holland. (Bhdnv. in Diet. Sc. Nat. xxxvi, 

 p. 539). 



