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insolita in Darwin's " G-eology of South America," wherein 

 it is reported from the Eocene of Chili. Zittel records it 

 from the Eocene of New Zealand. The Tasmanian fossil 

 agrees with L. aurita as figured and described by McCoy. 



LiMOPSIS BELCHEEI. 



This living species was originally scientifically made known 

 from specimens taken off Cape of Good Hope, but it is now 

 known in Australian waters from St. Vincent Gulf to Port- 

 land, and has been recognised as an Older Tertiary shell by 

 McCoy and by Tenison-Woods in the Table Cape beds. 



Pectuncijlus laticostatus. 

 I do not acquiesce in Mr. E. M. Johnston's rejection of the 

 above name for the species so common in the Table Ca23e 

 deposits, which he names P. McCoyii. (Proc. Roy. Soc, 

 Tasmania, for 1879, p. 41.) An allied species is plentiful in 

 the River Murray Cliffs, near Morgan, but it has more resem- 

 blance to the Australian species, P.flabellatus of Tenison- 

 Woods, than to the New Zealand P. laticostatus. 



CORBULA SULCATA. 



" This species is still living on the west coast of Africa as 

 Prof. McCoy (Ann. M:ag. Nat. Hist., 1866) has pointed out. 

 It is very characteristic of the Australian Lower Cainozoic," 

 so writes Tenison-Woods in Proc. Eoy. Soc, Tasmania, 1874, 

 p. 16. I have nj means of ascertaining what amount of 

 reliance is to be placed on McCoy's determination ; but so 

 far as regards the Table Cape shell, which has been quoted 

 under the above name, I find that it bears no resemblance 

 to any of the figures of the Lamarckian species that I have 

 been able to compare it with. It seems, however, to be 

 closely related to C. fortisuJcata (Smith in Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1878, t. 50, f. 23, p. 819), from Port Essington, and for it I 

 propose the specific name of ejphamiUa. 



LiMATULA SUBAURICULATA. 



" This shell is a common fossil at Table Cape, at least I 

 can discover no difference in size, shape, markings," etc. 

 Tenison-Woods in Proc. Rov. Soc, Tasmania, 1876, p. 113. 



Specimens of the fossil species from Table Cape and some 

 South Australian localities were forwarded to Mr. Gwyn 

 Jeffreys for comparison with the European shell. He not 

 only alleged its specific distinction, but for\7arded me 

 examples of L. subauriculata and other allied living species. 

 The differences justify a distinct appellation for our fossil, 

 and I have pleasure in associating Mr. Jeffrey's name with it. 



