T. W. KiKK.— (9« the Marine Mollusca of Wellington. 303 



There are many other uiterestmg animals Hvmg m this pond, but I 

 must defer noticing them till another opportunity. I would, however, 

 mention that Lejndurus (Ajms) 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. 



Art. XXXIX. — List of Marine Mollusca, 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.] 

 In the author's preface to the new Manual of New Zealand Mollusca, just 

 imblished by the Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, the 

 following passage occurs : — " 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 carefuUy 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 foUows : — 

 Cephalopoda — 7 Gasteropoda — 163 



ScAPHOPODA — 2 Lamellibranchiata — 84 



Brachiopoda — 6 



This number will probably, ere long, be greatly increased, 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 occm-s in a private cabinet, the initials of the collector are appended. 



For the purposes of this paper, I shall consider the neighbom-hood 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, Shaiv. Sepia apama, Gray (broken shells). 



Onychoteuthis bartlingii, Lesueur. Spirula peronii, Lavi. 

 Ommastrephes sloanii, Gray. 



