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for lulI)italion^. For tnoiy dead sliell, ap¬ 
parently, >v'as tenantetl however unsuit¬ 
able it appealed to he. Lon^^ turritellas 
(Cleopatra^ needles) would have their 
small mouth filled by a crab that was 
quite unequal to the task of dragging such 
a massive liome about. One small shell 
t liave really requires a lens to show the 
tiny claws of the little tenant within. One 
Pagurid was considerably larger than the 
rest, for it v\as the nroinl posse>Mjr of the 
largest djell drevlgen. the afore-mentioned 
volute! Of tae crai>s (proper) only two 
sqxH'iincns were taken--or imire coi reefly. 
a small sj^eeimen of the spider crab, and 
the inaiigifsl lemnins of anotlier. oif an 
allied speeies. From 9i> fathoms three 
sliiimps weie i>rought no. representing 
two genera of the family Caridea, of sott 
delicate texture, and looking frail little 
( reattire*, to staiul the pressure of between 
■)00 and dOO feet of water! 
Of th.‘ sc'.'isi!c-eve<l rriistaeea, there 
weie m.in.v >ppcnneMs of the two great 
liihes of the Isopoda ami Amphipoda, 
many if the laflei most iiotieeablo frojn 
tiuir <leep eri.nsoii colour. 
C’onspii'U ms, ((h), amongst tlie oI)ie<q.'> 
dredged in deep water, were a fe v 
specimen^ o. ‘Nolitaiy ■.•oral” (Flabellmu 
Aiistralei. It apparently grows from a 
slender sumi, is tan-shaped, the two si<|es 
of toe fail a little ai)nrt, smootli and hard 
on rlie outside, but semi-(ianspareiil. 
'Hu* spay* between the two gaping sides, 
filled "'ith thin transpaieiit, transverse 
“pleats.*' ilia» resemble in shape the 
hymenium of a musliroi m. 'I’he largest 
ol/tairuul was a living specimen, tlu'-e-* 
inches spread of fan. rnuuly an incii 
“gape, ’ and ( ver two inches higli. 
The second ilay’s (hedging (or rather 
the part of a day available at‘t('r landing 
excursions) was to have Iumui devoted to 
()\sf(‘r hay. But having’ to go to the 
Schouten I’assage with fishing parties, 
the tempfalion to go ‘‘outsi<le.’’ and try 
tlie -l-tl-fathoin ground again, was f )0 
great to be re-ivfod. \\'i‘ shuimeJ out, 
ami had loiir or five drags shortly after 
•luon. Till* result was scar-.udv what we 
cxi>.‘cted. For (except in the sliells) tliera 
was an nnhiokel lor sameness, so tliat 
these collecting other forms of life added 
iitth' T(j wIm; was taken ou tlie first day. 
S.earning back through the Passage, a 
'•(iU)de of dtag- vv('re tried iu*.idc. Thts 
Time, tliough, we look can* to j)ass well 
beynnd the granite eountry, ami did not 
lower (he dii*dg<*.- until we had on either 
liand the sedimentary rocks that form the 
west .side of Schouten Island, and the op¬ 
posite shore of the Peniiii^nla. Here we 
.'('It the loss of the large dredge, lost the 
precious day With it we should liave 
secured a great haul, for the little dredge 
came up full. If there were not many 
shells, there was an abundance of other 
iite-crai)s, sea-eggs, sea cucumbers, r^ea- 
quirts—all suits of creatures, mixed with 
the rubbisli, small stones, etc. There 
were large velvety brown crabis (Diomidre, 
two species', some of whom, not content 
witl: their natural coat of thick, close 
hair, wore aNo a mantle of sponge, shap¬ 
ed to fit the crab’s bocly, and held in 
position with the last pair of legs. Spiiler 
craiis (Meiinea, three species), so loaded 
with weed, sponge, and sand, that, t^eerr 
from ai)ove. they could scarcely he recog- 
nise(t as crabs. Portunnidie, red active 
lelli'ws; hermit crul's, as on the ocean 
.side of the Peninsula; but here, larger 
specimens were taken, inliahiting old 
whelk Kh“lls. 
Nor will 1 omit to mention an oyster 
• hat wa^i brought up- an oyster of truly 
(!ol)l.* (iroportions—which was presented 
to tlie captain, who had helped us so 
well and which was (he declared) the 
fii-st oyster he had ever encountered too 
large to be disposed of in one mouthful. 
^fr. W. L. Afay. tlie well-known con- 
(■iioio"i-t, }i t '• wa'ued (he follnwuig c ui- 
cise venort of the mollusca taken, aft?’' 
the dredgings had been picked over amt 
the shells classified: — 
T);clgiug utV .^chuutdi Ireland, in -tl) 
ai'd fathoms of water, respectively t 
and 10 miles out. ‘ifi 3 11)10. 
't'lu* total take * f nollnsca amounts to 
> 'Uie 200 «necips. ()i‘ these ai)OUl fiO have 
not previously been known in Tasmania: 
about half of the-e again have been 
identified a** desoibed snetuh's, leaving 
some 25 unidentified, most of which a^e 
orobablv new to science, Besidf's the 
new species, -oine very tare species were 
taken, several of whieh had only been 
f.rc\'»oolv l-'nortii !i' (U'c nr two speu- 
mens. moncst these, living speeimeim 
were taken of Septa petnlai’S ('Frilon) amt 
Cvmalinm kamnylu iTriton), previons'v 
onlv known dead. Amongst those new 
to 'I’asmania were a fine *^slit-linvot” 
(Kmarginiila 'Unerba). a species which i- 
onlv surpassed in the genus bv two o- 
three spiudes in tlie world. One speci- 
men is larger than I he tvpe which wa« 
dredged in ODO faMioms olf Svdney. and 
was. 1 believe, hilherto u''ique. Thr?*' 
speeies of Triphora lately described fro ’i 
oil \deiajde. S..N-. were ta!v‘'n. They 
-'Mail }>i>iiited sliells, usually lu'versed. 
viz., wound 111 ) in fl.e otjposite direction 
t-i most sludls. 'I’be grea*- family of 
M'lrginellas nuis strouglv represented by 
jili'Uit 20 spc'ies. seveial of which liti'T 
ii*»t tin'viouslv been seen. 'I’asmaiiia ks 
wi.ndertnlh rich in Miis heuutiful little 
L-enus, and tliev occur in all depths from 
between tules down to BU) fathoms, sotne 
s’Hsues b( ing confined to very shallow 
watec. oMiC's to the deeper, and some- 
iiaving a wide range in df^pth. 
