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Show 304 MR.T. DAVIDSON ON JAPANESE BRACHIOPODA. [Apr. 18, Hub. Japanese coast near Yeddo, dredged there by Prof. R. Plumpelly. The original specimen forms part of the Smithsonian cabinet. WALDHEIMIA PICTA, Chemnitz, sp. (Plate XXXI. fig. 10.) Waldheimia picta, Adams, Annals & Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. xi. 3rd ser. p. 99, 1863. Hab. This well-known and beautiful species was obtained by Mr. A. Adams in 55 fathoms off Stormy Cape, Tschitikoff, or Satano-mosaki. Along with it was found T. minor or davidsoni of Adams. WALDHEIMIA GRAYI, Dav. (Plate XXXI. figs. 7, 8.) Waldheimia grayi, Adams, Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. xi. p. 99, 1863. Terebratula grayi, Davids. P. Z. S. 1852, p. 76. This fine species was fully described and illustrated by myself in the 'Proceedings' of this Society, and again by Mr. L. Reeve in his monograph of the genus Terebratula. It is a very variable shell; and Mr. Adams believes that it was to a very transverse variation in shape of this species (fig. 8) that Mr. Gould had applied the designation of T. transversa; but some uncertainty would appear to prevail in this matter, as Gould's original specimen is no longer to be found. Most of his types belong to the Smithsonian collection. Hab. It occurs abundantly with T. coreanica in the Bay of Hakodadi and Mososeki, where it was dredged up by Mr. A. Adams in 7 fathoms, some large stones having eight or ten examples adhering to it. Admiral Sir E. Belcher dredged it also in the Strait of Korea, and it could be seen washed up on a beach by thousands. Genus TEREBRATELLA, D'Orb. This genus is largely represented in the recent state; but some further study of the named, described, and illustrated so-termed species will still be required before the exact number of true species can have been correctly determined. T. dorsata, Lam. ( = magel-lanica, Chem.); T. cruenta, Dilwyn ( = T. zelandica, Desh.); T. rubicunda, Sol., Mus. Banks ; T. caurina, Gould; T. coreanica, Adams and Reeves ( = miniata, Gould); T. marice, A. Adams; T. pulvinata, Gould ; T. frontalis, Mid.; T. bouchardii, Dav.; and T. labradorensis, Sow., have been generally adopted; but the last four will demand further examination before their specific claims can be fully ascertained and confirmed, TEREBRATELLA COREANICA, Adams & Reeve. (Plate XXXI. figs. 4, 5.) Terebratella coreanica, Adams & Reeve, Voyage of the Samarano-, p. 71, pl. xxi. fig. 3 (1850), and Adams, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. xi. p. 99, 1863. T. coreanica, Dr. Leopold v. Schrenck, Mollusken des Amur- Landes &e. p. 468, tab. xviii. figs. 1-7 (1867). |