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Hemimaetra eretaeea, Aur/a.-^. 



Be/. — Spisu/a cretncea, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, t. 44, 

 fig. 6. 



Closely resembles Annpci triquetra, but differs generically and 

 particularly by the lateral teeth being striated. 



Dead shells, Encounter Bay (Adcock) and Aldinga Bay 

 (Kimher). The identification is based on the comparison with 

 authentic specimens from the locality of the type. 



[Lutraria oblonga, Gmdln. 



Mr. G. B. Sowerby in Journal of Conchology, October, 1889, 

 p. 155, writes that " This species, under various names, seems to 

 range from the west coast of Ireland eastward to the Philippine 

 Islands, and southward to the Cape. It is taken for granted by 

 most authors that those found in Australian and Indo-Pacific 

 waters must be specifically distinct from the European, but I can 

 find no reliable character l3y which to distinguish them." 



After a careful study of numerous examples of our Lutrari?e 

 and comparison with authentic speciuiens of L. obJonga, I concur 

 with Mr. Sowerby's views, and express the opinion that one 

 species only exists in our waters ; therefore the names 

 L. rhynchwna and L. dissimUis must be relegated to the long 

 catalogue of synonyms under L. ohlongn. Menke in Moll. Nov. 

 Hollandise, p. 46, 1843, would seem to have been the first to 

 identify an Australian Lutraria with the European species, as he 

 records L. solenoides, Lamarck, (a recognized synonym of 

 L. oblonga) from the west coast of Australia).] 



Semele moniliS, 2'afe, ant^'a, p. 2G1. 

 Aldinga, Moonta, and Yankalilla Bays. 



Tellina Vlneentiana, Tate, antea, p. 262. 

 Off* Rapid Head and Myoponga, and Yankalilla Bay in St. Vin- 

 cent-Gulf. 



[Tellina modestina, Tate, nom. mnt. 

 Tellina modesta, Sowerby, 1883 ; non Carpenter (Angidus 

 modesta), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, p. 56, 1865;. 

 T. modesta (Carp.), Bertin, Nouv. Arch, du Mus., 1878, p. 274.] 



Lueinopsis pellueida, Tate, antea, p. 263. 

 Yankalilla Bay, St. Yincent-Gulf. 



Chione stpiatissima, Soi'-erhy. 



Ref. — Venus striatissima, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 718, t. 

 157, figs. 103-105 ; id., Reeve, Conch. Icon., t. 26, f. 135, 1864; 

 Chio7ie striatissima, Deshayes. 



This species, which is not uncommon in St. Yincent-Gulf and 



