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33. Anapa cuneata, Lamarck (Crassatella) , An. s. Yert., v. y 

 p. 483. Mesodesma cuneata, Eeeve, Mon., t. 2, f. 9. 



Towards high-tide mark. Port Adelaide Creek and west 

 shore of St. Yincent Gulf ; Port Lincoln ; Denial and Laura 

 Bays ; Kangaroo Island (Lamarck's types). 



A thick triangular shell, produced posteriorly, whitish, con- 

 centrically striated ; length, about one inch. 



34. Anapa triqtietra, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Soc, 184*3, p. 101 ; 

 Eeeve, Mon. of Mesodesma, t. 4, f. 28. Anapa Smithii, Gray; 

 Anapa Tasmanica, Tenison-Woods. 



Between tide marks, Port Adelaide Creek. Head of Spencer 

 Gulf (Angas). 



The type shell is from Tasmania. 



Similar to the last, more tumid, less inequilateral, and some- 

 what truncated posteriorly. 



Family Tellinid^. 



35. Donax epidermia, Lamarck, An. s. Y., v., p. 548. 

 D. deltoides, Lamarck, op. cit., p. 547. 



Yery abundant on the sandy shores extending southward 

 from Encounter Bay. The Lamarckian types were collected by 

 Peron at Kangaroo Island. 



This species ranges from King George Sound to Queensland, 

 though not recorded for Tasmania. 



Cuneate, smooth except on the posterior area, which is 

 radially striated; colour greenish, yellow, purplish; inner 

 margin of valves smooth ; length, about two inches by one and 

 a quarter. 



36. Donax cardioldes, Lamarck, An. s. Y., v., p. 550 ; id. 



Quoy and Gaimard, Yoy. Astrolabe, t. 81, f. 17-19, vol. 3, 

 p. 495. 



Dead shells dredged in 22 fathoms, Encounter Bay 

 (B. II Pulleine I) ; cast up southern Yorke Peninsula 

 {J. G. McDougalU). St. Peter and St. Francis Isles 

 (Lamarck's types). Also New Guinea, Tahiti, and New Ire- 

 land {Quoy and Gaimard). Aru Islands (coll., W. T. JBednall!). 



Trigonal, medially inflated, radiately ridged, umbos promin- 

 ent, spotted with reddish-brown ; inner margin of valves den- 

 ticulated ; length, about three-quarters of an inch. 



37. Donax sordida, Eeeve, Mon., t. 4, f . 32. 

 Port Lincoln (Angas). 



At low tide on the sandy beach at the Head of the Great 

 Australian Bight ; cast up, Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island. 

 Locality of type unknown. 



Cuneiform," flattened, umbos small, posterior side very short, 



