T. W. Kmx.—0On the Marine Mollusca of Wellington. 808 
There are many other interesting animals living in this pond, but I 
must defer noticing them till another opportunity. I would, however, 
mention that Lepidurus (Apus) kirkii was very plentiful during August and 
the early part of September, but it has now disappeared, and a large reddish- 
brown Hydra has made its appearance and affords me much amusement in 
observing its curious method of increase. 
. Arrt. XXXIX.—List of Marine Mollusea found in the neighbourhood of Welling- 
ton. By T. W. Kirk, Assistant in the Colonial Museum. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 21st February, 1880.] 
. Is the author's preface to the new Manual of New Zealand Mollusca, just 
published by the Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, the 
following passage oceurs :—'* Much still remains to be done towards working 
out the geographical distribution of the species; and lists would be par- 
ticularly valuable from Napier, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Hokitika, and 
Banks Peninsula.” 
Since reading the above-quoted passage, I have carefully examined the 
large collections contained in the Colonial Museum, and also the private 
cabinets of Mr. E. Butts, junr., Mr. H. B. Kirk, and Mr. Herbert, to all of 
whom my sincere thanks are due. 
The results of this examination will be found in the following catalogue, 
which contains in all the names of 262 species and varieties, as follows :— 
CrrHaLopopa—7 ASTEROPODA—163 
ScapHopopa—2 LAMELLIBRANCHIATA—84 
BnaacnroponA—6 
This number will probably, ere long, be greatly inereased, as no attempt 
worthy of the name has yet been made to dredge this part of the coast. 
Where a species which has no Wellington representative in the Colonial 
Museum occurs in a private cabinet, the initials of the collector are appended. 
For the purposes of this paper, I shall consider the neighbourhood of 
Wellington to include not only the Harbour, but also that piece of coast 
between Pencarrow Head and Porirua Harbour. 
It was my intention to have appended notes on the relative abundance 
of the various species, as also on observed phenomena connected with the 
growth of individual forms; but these must be reserved for a future 
occasion. 
CEPHALOPODA. 
Octopus maorum, Hutton. Sepioteuthis bilineata, Q. and G 
Argonauta tuberculata, Shaw. Sepia apama, Gray (broken shells) 
Onychoteuthis bartlingii, Lesueur. Spirula peronii, Lam. 
Ommastrephes sloanii, Gray. 
