MOLMSC'A IIKI)I,KV. 323 



vi I lie Abl)il(luii_i;cii cuiitaiiiiii<; )'. placida, is <laLe(J April, 1844. 

 That of the Zoological Society's Proceedings containing Hanley'n 

 name was issued in February, 1S45. It is true that Hanley 

 quotes for his shell " Ind. test, sup., t. IG, f. 25," but at the time 

 he wrote that figure was still unpuljlislied. Hanley afterwards 

 stated* that this plate 16 was issued at the end of 1844. 



Numerous specimens from oft' Port Kembla in 63-75 fathoms, 

 and from ofF Cape Three Points in 41-50 fathoms. 



CHIONE GALLINULA, Lamarck, sp. 



Venus gallintda, Lamarck, Anim. s. vert., v,, LSIS, p. 592 ; Id., 



Delessert, Recueil, 1841, pi. x.. f. 1. 

 Venus ccelatn, Menke, Spec. ]\Ioll. Nov. HolL, 1845, p. 43 ; Id., 



Philippi, Abbild. Beschr., ii., 1846, p. 106, pi. v., f. 3. 



Station 49. 

 A few young shells from 63-75 fathoms off" Port Kembla. 



CHIONE STRIATISSIMA, Soiverhy, sp. 



Erycina cardioides, Lamarck, Anim. s. vert., v., 1818, p. 486; Id., 

 Delessert, Recueil, 1841, pi. iv., f. 7a-b-c [not Venus car- 

 dioides, Lamk., op. cit., p. 590.] 



Veims striatissima, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., ii., 1853, p. 718 

 pi. 157, ft". 103-5. 



Station 56. 

 One valve was taken in 79-80 fathoms oft' Botany Bay, 



M E R E T R I X, Lamarck. 

 MERETRIX PLANATELLA, Lamarck, sp. 



Cytherea plavatella, Lamarck, Anim. s. vert., v., 1818, p. 565; 



Id., Philippi, Abbild. Beschr., i., 1845, p. 199, pi. iii., f. 6. 

 Cytherea diemeneiisis, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844, p. 110. 



Station 49. 



With this species Tate & May have united M. disrujjta,. 

 Sowerby, which I regard as a distinct species. 

 From off Port Kembla in 63-75 fathoms. 



* Hanley — Eecent Shells, 1856, Preface, p. v. 



