142 



Noarlunga, Robe, Cape Jaffa, Minlacowie, and St. Francis 

 Island. Large specimens, 20 mm. long and 8 mm. broad, 

 have been dredged in St. Vincent Gulf by Dr. Verco. 



2. Lepidopleurus matthewsianus, Bednall, 1906. 



Lepidopleurus matthewsianus, Bednall, Proc. Mai. Soc, Lon- 

 don, vol. vii., part 2, June, 1906. 



Specimens have been obtained from Port MacDonnell, 

 Encounter Bay, Normanville, Noarlunga, Marino, Wool Bay, 

 Corney Point, Hardwicke Bay, and St. Francis Island. I 

 have also taken it at Burnie and Devonport, on the north- 

 west coast of Tasmania. The sanguineous appearance of the 

 foot of this animal is peculiar. 



Fam. ISCHNOCHITONID^, Pilsbry. 



3. Callochiton platessa, Gould, 1846. 



Callochiton platessa (Gould): Haddon, "Challenger" Report, 

 p. 15; Bednall, Proc. Mai. Soc, London, vol. ii., part 4, April, 

 1897, p. 141; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., 1894, p. 71; Sykes, 

 Proc. Mai. Soc, London, vol. ii., part 2, July, 1896, p. 86. 



Chiton platessa, Gould, Proc Boston Soc Nat. Hist., vol. ii., 

 1846, p. 143; Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. i., vol. xiv., p. 49; 

 Gould, U.S. Explor. Exped., p. 320, atlas, figs. 434, 434a. 



Lepidopleurus platessa, Gould, Otia (Rectifications), 1862, 

 p. 242. 



Chiton crocinus, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. xxii., fig. 146, 1847, 



Callochiton crocinus, Reeve: Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. i., 

 vol. xiv., p. 50; vol. xv., p. 67. 



Leptochiton versicolor, A. Adams, Proc Zool. Soc, 1852, p. 

 92, May, 1854; Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 223. 



Lepidopleurus empleurus, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. iv., 

 p. 178; Man. N.Z. Moll., p. 113, 1880; Pilsbry, Man. Conch., 

 ser. i., vol. xv., p. 67. 



Common in New South Wales, but rare in South Aus- 

 tralia. Specimens have been obtained from Cape Jaffa, 

 Second Valley, Aldinga, Marino, Corney Point, and valves 

 have been dredged in Spencer Gulf. A very fine specimen, 

 measuring 24 x 13 mm., was found by Mr. F. L. Saunders at 

 Marino. 



4. Callochiton rufus, Ashby, 1910. 



Callochiton rufus, Ashby, Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1900, p. 87; 

 Die Fauna Siidwest-Australien, Thiele, Band, iii., Lieferung ii., 

 1911. 



One specimen only of this beautiful chiton was dredged 

 by Dr. Verco in St. Vincent Gulf. It has been found by 

 Dr. Thiele in Shark Bay, Western Australia. 



