394 Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys on Mediterranean Molhtsca. 



the subject, not only by his own researches, but by his labo- 

 rious and conscientious study of the synonymy. 



Nevertheless the field has not yet been exhausted ; nor can 

 it be until the greater depths of the Mediterranean have been 

 sufficiently explored. The Italians and French have, within 

 the last few years, done something to supplement the short 

 and tentative expedition of the c Porcupine ' in 1870 ; and 

 the former intend this year to continue their exploration on a 

 larger scale, under the direction of their eminent zoologist 

 Prof. Giglioli. 



I now propose to add another contribution, in consequence 

 of my friend Admiral Spratt having kindly placed at my dis- 

 posal a small quantity of material which he dredged, about 

 thirty years ago, off Crete, in from 70 to 120 fathoms. Most 

 of the species are small, and many of them minute. For the 

 " triage " of this dredged material I am indebted to the careful 

 and scientific industry of Mr. and Mrs. David Ilobertson of 

 Glendale, near Glasgow. Mr. Eobertson has also obligingly 

 supplied me with lists of the Ostracoda and Foraminifera 

 which he found with the Mollusca, "and which I will subjoin 

 to the present list of Mollusca. 



I would refer to my papers on the Mollusca of the 

 1 Lightning ' and ' Porcupine '. expeditions in the c Proceed- 

 ings of the Zoological Society of London ' for 1878, 1879, 

 1881, 1882, and 1883, for the geographical and geological 

 distribution of the following species, as well as for their 

 synonyms. 



Bbachiopoda. 



Argiope decollate* } Chemnitz. 



CONCHIFEBA. 



Anomia ephippium, Linne, and var. aculeata. 

 Pecten pes-lutrce, L. P. similis, Laskey. 

 Lima elliptica, Jeffreys. 

 Mytilus phaseoliniis , Philippi. 

 Dacrydium vitreum (Holboll) , Moller. 

 Area lartea, L. A. pectunculo'ides, Scacchi. 

 LedafratjiltSj Chemn. L.pella y L. 



Nucida ctgeensis, Forbes. A 7 , sulcata, Bronn. N. nitida, 

 G. B. Sowerby. 



Montacuta bidentata, Montagu. 

 Loripesfragilis, Ph. L. divaricatus, L. 

 Axinus croulinensis , Jeffreys. 

 Cardita aeuleata, Poli. 





