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REPORT— 18G3. 



List of Cape St. Lucai dhelis. 



I''usus Thuuarsii i-\- Xovee- Ilollandiie, live.j. liare ; 



dead. 

 Sipfioiialia jHiUida. Very rare. 

 Enf/ina Peevtnna. 1 sp. 

 Enginn croai.ifonia. 1 sp. 

 Annchis coronafa. Ven- rare. 

 Anaclm t(pr,iafn ''=Gnk<nnei], Very rare, 

 Anachin jnilchrior. Very rare. 

 Atiachis '^pallida, Phil. Very rare. 

 Anachis ?pa)-va, var. Dead shells : may be pyff- 



7r>(pn, var. 

 Annchls xerrata. A few perfect sperimens. 

 Anachix pj/fpno'a (vfir. aunftia). Hare. 

 Strofuhina jmicitlosa. Very rare. 

 Stromhina f/ibhenda. Very rnre. 

 Pixania satif/innolenfa. Dwarf var. ; common. 

 Pi^anin Ini/nbris. liare ; dead. 

 Miire.r plkatu.i. Eare ; dead. 

 Mure.r reairvirostris. 1 sp., dead. 

 Pfit/llonofus hicitlor. Rare. 

 Phjilhmiituii priiweps. Rare ; dead. 

 Miiriciden difhia. Rare ; dead. 

 Ari/onmda argo. 1 large sp. of the ?\ss. jiapyracea. 



Pelagic. 

 Octopus, sp. 



Pelagic. 



As would be expected, the bulk of tht?e species (203 out of 367) are the 

 same as have been already enumerated in the lleigen Catnlngiie. Of tlio=o 

 which do not appear in the Mazatlan lixts. no fewer than 37 appear in the 

 Panama collections (beside 10 others, kno^/n to inhabit the equatmial region). 

 Of those not quoted from Mazatlan, 34 are also found in the Aciqndoo 

 region, and 30 at La Paz. Of the whole number, 79 have also been found 

 in South America, and 28 in the Galapagos. .38 have also been found in 

 Margarita Bay, of which Pijrazua inrisus and Siphonarin (rquilinda are Lower 

 Califomian rather than Gulf species; but only 13 belong to that portion of 

 the Lower Califomian fauna which is known to reach S. Di»'go. exclusive of 

 the same number of Gulf species, which also stray into the S. Diegan district. 

 There are also 10 species, which (with more or less distinctness) represent 

 AVest Indian forms. Of these, five, \"ia. Ileterodonax himacuhttus, Er/if) 

 Manrjerice, Volvarina varia, Persicvla imhricata and phriir/ia, are new to tlio 

 Gulf fauna: the other five appear in the lleigen Catalogue. 



106. The most extensive collections in the Vancouver district, both as far 

 as the number of species and of specimens is concerned, have been made for 

 the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. J. G. Swan, teacher at the Indian Reserve, 

 Neeah Bay, W. T. For several years * valuable consignments have l)ecn 

 received from him of shells collected at Cape Flattery, Port Townseiid. and 

 other stations. Latterly he has trained the native children to pick up shore- 

 shells in large quantities. The labour of sorting and arranging these has 

 been enormous; it has, however, been repaid not only by observing* the 



* In consequence of boxes having been received at different times, through the accidents 

 of transit, it has not always been p ssible to ascertain with certainty to wliom, among 

 nmuiUneouB collectors, sliould be allowed priority in tiie discovery of uew spe^^ies. 



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