150 Mr. A. Adams on new Species of Mollusca 
to be the young of the great Newfoundland Cod: it was in vain 
that I pointed out the generic difference in the number of the 
fins, &c., and that these supposed young were adult ; the “ prac- 
tical men ”’ carried conviction so far with them, that the merchants 
of the town subscribed some hundreds of pounds, twice, to fit out 
a vessel to commence a great cod-fishing, on a supposed cod- 
bank a few miles out, as a mercantile speculation. The Dory 
(Zeus Faber) isa rare visitant, but whether as delicious here as in 
Kurope I cannot say, although a party of my scientific friends 
actually ate one of the three specimens I have known to 
occur during the seven years I have been in the colony, in- 
stead of sending it to the Museum. A Guard-fish (Hemirham- 
phus), a Tunny (Thynnus), and an Hel (Murena) are also com- 
monly used for food. Amongst useful fishes not good for food, 
I may mention the common European Sunfish (Orthagoriscus 
Mola) as not uncommonly caught in the Bay, for its Jarge sup- 
ply of oil. 
Of Crustacea few kinds are used for food in Victoria: there 
are no true Lobsters and no Crabs (Canceride) fit for the table ; 
but a spiny Crayfish of about the same size and shape as the 
English species 1s very common at the Heads, and is supplied 
alsundantly to the market : it is nearly identical with the H. annu- 
licornis. The gigantic Murray River Crayfish (the Astacozdes ser- 
ratus) is now sent down alive in great numbers to the market for 
the table. The smaller River Crayfish (the Astacoides quinquecari- 
natus) is also often eaten in the country, but is not sent to market ; 
it forms the chief food of the so-called “ Murray Cod,” from the 
stomach of one of which I took twenty nearly perfect. 
Melbourne University, 30th September, 1861. 
XVIII.—On some new Species of Cylichnide, Bullidze, and Phili- 
nide, from the Seas of China and Japan. By Axruur ADAms, 
F.L.S. &c. 
Genus Cyzicuna, Lovén. 
1. Cylichna japonica, A. Adams. 
C. testa cylindracea, rimato-umbilicata, epidermide fusca tenui seepe 
obtecta, utrinque rotundata, apice perforato, transversim tota sub- 
tilissime striata, striis antice distantioribus; apertura lineari, an- 
tice dilatata; labio tenui, elongato, simplici; labro margine vix 
recto, postice valde producto et rotundate angulato. 
Hab. Korea Strait; 46 fathoms. 
Next to C. arachis, Quoy, which was likewise obtained in the 
