M 2 MARINE FAUNA, N. S. WALES. 



Study of the sea shells of this coast was commenced 

 in 1770 by that favourite pupil of Linne, the accomplish- 

 ed conchologist Solander. Collecting was pursued in 

 early colonial days by many able and enthusiastic resi- 

 dent naturalists such as Humphrey, Macleay, Paterson, 

 Stutchbury, King, Strange and Macgillivray, while visit- 

 ors like Peron, Lesson, Quoy, Gaimard and Stimpson did 

 excellent work. 



The first consecutive account of the marine mollusca 

 of New South Wales was given by George French Angas. 

 He based it on a collection gathered by himself during a 

 residence of several years in Sydney, and subsequently 

 identified in London by the aid of metropolitan special- 

 ists, museums and libraries. Under the title of "A List 

 of Species of Marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson Har- 

 bour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent Coasts, with 

 Notes on their Habits, &e. ", it was issued in two parts 

 in 1867 by the Zoological Society of London. About four 

 hundred and fifty species were included. 



On this foundation, Dr. J. C. Cox of Sydney compiled 

 in 1868, "A list of species of Marine Mollusca found in 

 Port Jackson Harbour and on the adjacent coasts." To 

 the catalogue of Angas, he added about twenty names 

 previously overlooked or subsequently discovered. 

 Though privately printed, it was extensively circulated 

 and has been quoted by von Martens and others as Cox's 

 Exchange List. 



In a first supplement (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, pp. 87- 

 101) Angas added 108 species, and in a second (op. cit. 

 1877, pp. 178-194) he gave 186 more, thus raising the 

 molluscan fauna known at that time to a total of 746 

 species. 



Combining the discoveries of the Challenger Expedi- 

 tion with the work of Angas, Mr. T. Whitelegge in 1889 



