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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETT. 
  

  

  tuherculosus, 
  Souverbie 
  (Journ. 
  de 
  Conch., 
  p. 
  251, 
  pi. 
  ix, 
  fig. 
  3, 
  1866), 
  

   from 
  New 
  Caledonia, 
  but 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  compared 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  

   with 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Chiton 
  pellis-serpentts, 
  Q,. 
  & 
  G. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  preceding 
  note 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  that 
  to 
  me 
  Acanthochites 
  

   fucmidus, 
  Roch., 
  appears 
  con 
  specific 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Acantho- 
  

   chites 
  Zclandicus, 
  Q,. 
  & 
  Gr. 
  Dr. 
  Thiele 
  states 
  that 
  Acanthochites 
  

   Belligmji, 
  E,och., 
  described 
  as 
  from 
  New 
  Caledonia, 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  

   Acanthochites 
  jucundus, 
  lloch. 
  Confirmation 
  of 
  the 
  locality 
  will 
  add 
  

   interest 
  to 
  the 
  question, 
  as 
  then, 
  though 
  specific 
  differences 
  may 
  be 
  

   observed, 
  the 
  shells 
  will 
  be 
  another 
  connecting 
  link. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  energy 
  and 
  enterprise 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Basset 
  Hull, 
  the 
  

   most 
  enthusiastic 
  Chiton 
  student 
  in 
  Australasia, 
  the 
  Chiton 
  faunas 
  

   of 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  and 
  Norfolk 
  Islands 
  will 
  shortly 
  be 
  made 
  known. 
  

   I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  examining 
  his 
  collections, 
  and 
  find 
  they 
  

   are 
  more 
  probably 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  New 
  Caledonian 
  forms 
  than 
  to 
  

   Peronian 
  species. 
  A 
  Chiton 
  and 
  Ischnochiton 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   Norfolk 
  Island 
  which 
  may 
  agree 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  puzzling 
  forms 
  

   mentioned 
  above 
  from 
  the 
  Kermadecs. 
  The 
  Chiton 
  of 
  pellis-serpentis 
  

   alliance 
  from 
  the 
  Kermadecs 
  was 
  represented 
  on 
  both 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  

   and 
  Norfolk 
  Islands 
  by 
  shells 
  which 
  seem 
  distinct 
  from 
  each 
  other. 
  

   From 
  Lord 
  Howe 
  Island 
  comes 
  a 
  Lepidopleurus, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  

   rank 
  between 
  L. 
  hadius, 
  H. 
  & 
  H., 
  from 
  Port 
  Jackson, 
  New 
  South 
  

   Wales, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  Kermadecs. 
  An 
  Acanthochites 
  and 
  

   Onithochiton 
  were 
  also 
  procured, 
  whose 
  relationships 
  must 
  be 
  sought 
  

   for 
  among 
  New 
  Caledonian 
  forms. 
  I 
  have 
  concluded 
  that 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  a 
  close 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Chitons 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Hemisphere 
  we 
  shall 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  almost 
  all 
  the 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  

   such 
  knowledge 
  cannot 
  be 
  over-estimated. 
  

  

  