Mollusks. 4421 



New Species of Paussus. 



Mr. Westwood read descriptions of four new Paussi, viz. P. pacificus from Ceylon, 

 P. De Geerii, P. Afzelii, and P. Bohemanii,all from Caffraria ; the first communicated 

 for description by Herr Dohrn, the others by Professor Boheman. He also read 

 " Notes oq various Insects," by Mr. W. Varney. 



New Part of the ' Transactions.' 

 Part I, Vol. iii., new series of the ' Transactions,' was on the table.—/. W. D. 



A List of the Mollusca hitherto found in the Province of Moray and 

 in the Moray Firth. By the Rev. George Gordon. 



(Continued from page 4318). 



Gasteropoda Prosobranchiata. 



Tufted Canoe-shell, Chiton fascicular is. Rather rare. Burghead, 

 Mr. Murray. 



Hanley's Canoe-shell, Chiton Hanleyi. A specimen taken from a 

 fish killed in the Moray Firth was identified by A. Hancock, Esq., as 

 belonging to this species. 



Red Canoe-shell, Chiton ruber. Occasionally found in the Firth. 

 A specimen from Mr. Duff's cabinet is now placed in the Elgin Mu- 

 seum. 



Ash-coloured Canoe-shell, Chiton cinereus, (C. marginatus, Flem. 

 and Mac, and also C. fuscafus, Mac.) Very abundant. 



White Canoe-shell, Chiton albus. Not common. Has been disco- 

 vered at Burghead by Mr. Murray. 



Slater-like Canoe-shell, Chiton asellus [C. cinereus, Flem. and Mac.) 

 Common ; but in deeper water, or farther below high- water mark than 

 C. cinereus. 



Marbled Canoe-shell, Chiton marmoreus. A few T specimens of this 

 pretty Chiton have been found in fish killed in the Moray Firth : it 

 has also been met with by Mr. Murray at Burghead. 



Common Limpet, Patella vulgata. Wherever there is rock or 

 boulder within tide-mark this limpet abounds. Its numbers, however, 

 on the Elginshire coast, in the vicinity of the fishing villages of 

 Burghead, Hopeman and Lossiemouth, are comparatively few, as it is 

 much used as bait, on account of the prevailing scarcity of the com- 

 mon mussel. 



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