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3. Subtropical and Tt'opical parts of the Atlantic, 
Madeira. The most common shells at Madeira, eaten in large quantities 
by the country people, are Patella scutellaris and aspera (Lam.), P. guttata 
(Orb.), Purpura hcemdstoma (L.), and Trochus coluhrinus (Gould), all either 
identical with or nearly allied to Lusitanian species. lAtorina striata (King) 
is most common between tidemarks. Pecten corallinoides (Orb.) is one of the 
most characteristic species obtained by the dredge at this island. Martens, 
Preuss. Expedition, vol. i. pp. 13-19. — ^An interesting new shell from Madeira 
Semperia paivana, is described by H. Orosse, Journ. Conch, xv. p. 76. 
Sargasso Sea. A list of animals found hitherto in the floating weed of the 
Atlantic between 19° and 46° N. lat. is given by G. v. Martens, Preuss. 
Exped., Botanical section, Tange [Fuci], pp. 9-13. It contains 9 species of 
Mollusks, viz. : — Ommastrephes laticeps (Owen), Philonexis microstomus (Orb.), 
Octopus semipalmatus (Owen)= Tremoctopus quoyanus (Orb.), Scyllcea pelagica 
(L.), AEolis annulicornis (Ohamisso), Fucola ruhra (Quoy and Gaimard), 
Aplysia aYnwa](Ilang), Litiopa nitidula (Pfr.), and Avicula strix (Phil.). 
West Indies. 245 species of marine shells, found at the Bahama Islands, 
are enumerated, and several Jamaica shells criticised, by J, Keeds, Ann. Lyc, 
Nat. Hist. New York, viii. — Schiiamm’s Catalogue of Guadeloupe shells, 
sent to the Universal Exhibition at Paris, contains 781 species collected by 
Messrs. Caillei' and J. Besdonne. 
Rio Janeiro. A brief account of some sea-shells found in the bay of Bio 
Janeiro, by v. Mabtens, Preuss. Exped. i. pp. 41 and 42. 
4. Australian and Polynesian Seas, 
Southern Australia. Angas^s list of marine Mollusca from 
Port Jackson contains 3 Ceplialopods, 3 Pteropods, 313 Gastro- 
pods, 136 Bivalves, and 4 Brachiopods. Phasianella is repre- 
sented by 5, Voluta by 3, Cypreea by 12, Conus by 3, Risella by 
4, and even Vanikoro by 4 species. Many notes are added 
concerning tbe ground and depth inhabited by them. Triton 
olearium, Dolabdla scapula, and Operculatum [Umbrella'] indica 
are common to this and the tropical seas of India. Proc. Zool. 
Soc. 1867, pp. 185-233 and 912-935. 
New Caledonia. A list of New- Caledonian shells, 680 species, is given by 
E. Duplanche in a general account of this island, published in the French 
journal ‘ Bevue Maritime et Littoral,’ and reprinted by G..v. Frauenfeld, 
Verhandl. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, xvii. pp. 62-68. The molluscous animals 
generally are eaten by the natives, principally Lucina tigerina, Stronihus /w- 
huanus, Trochus niloticus, Turbo rhodostomus and chrysostomus, Area, Tridacna, 
Hippopus, Chiton, Patella, Mesodesma striatum, &c. 
Donax radians (Lam.) and Mesodesma sb'iata [-um] (Desh.) is esteemed as 
food in New Caledonia ; Septifer hilocularis (L.), on the other hand, is not 
eaten by the Europeans because it is found on corals. Ed. Marie, Journ. Conch. 
XV. p. 294. 
Several new species from New Caledonia are described by H. Crosse, 
Journ. Conch, xv. pp. 177 and 318-321. 
Polynesia. Ninety-two new marine species from the Polynesian Islands 
chiefly the Paumotu group and Tahiti, most of minute size, are described by 
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