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Show 564 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLUSCA OF THE [June 1/, 4. LIMA SUBAURICULATA, Montagu. Pecten subauriculata, Mont. Test. Brit. Suppl. p. 63, t. 29. f. Lima subauriculata, B. C. ii. p. 82; v. p. 169, pi. xxv. f. 3. 'Lightning' Exp.: St. 2, 5, 6, 7. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 14, 23a, 62. 1870: Atl. 2, 9, off C. Sagres, 26-30, 36, Tangier B. ; Med. 55, off Rinaldo's Chair. Distribution. Wellington Channel, Davis Strait, Novaya Zemblia, Iceland to Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Adriatic, iEgean, Canary Isles, Labrador to Sable I., and W . coast of N. America ; 10-1785 fms. Fossil. Pliocene and Post-tertiary. Norway, Coralline Crag, Belgium, Vienna Basin, Italy, and Rhodes ; 0-80 ft. Synonyms. L. sulcata (Leach), Moller; L. elongata, Forbes; L. sulculus (Leach), Loven; L. unicostata, Leach, and L. nivea (Renier), Philippi. Forbes has both L. subauriculata and L. elongata in his Report on iEgean Invertebrata, giving 15-30 fms. as the range of depth for the former species, and 55-140 fms. for the latter. B. Shell inequilateral, more or less gaping or open at the Mantellum. 5. L I M A LOSCOMBII, G. B. Sowerby. Lima loscombii, Sow., Gen. Sh. (Lima), f. 4 : B. C. ii. p. 85, pi. f. 2, 2a; v. p. 178, pi. xxv. f. 4. ' Porcupine ' Exp. 1869 : St. 6, Galway B., 68. 1870 : Atl. Vigo B., 31-34, Tangier B.; Med. 55, Benzert Road. Distribution. Loffoden Isles to the Adriatic and iEgean, Tene-riffe; 5-205 fms. Fossil. Pliocene and Post-tertiary. Norway, Red and Coralline Crag, Belgium, Italy, Rhodes; 0-240 ft. 6. LIMA HIANS, Gmelin. Ostrea hians, Gmel., L. S. N. ed. xiii. p. 3332. L. hians, B. C. ii. p. 87 ; v. p. 170, pi. xxv. f. 5. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1870 : Atl. St. Vigo B., 36. Distribution. Loffoden Isles to the Morea, Adriatic, Mogador, Madeira, Canaries, and Azores; 0-110 fms. Fossil. Pliocene and Post-tertiary. Coralline Crag, Scotland, Ire-and, Vienna Basin, Sicily, and Rhodes. 7. LIMA EXCAVATA, Fabricius. Ostrea excavata, Fabr. in Schroter's Naturg. t. ii. p. 117. Excavata fabricii, Chemn. Conch.-Cab. t. 68. f. 654. ' Lightning' Exp., St. 5. A hinge and part of the valves, quite fresh and united by the cartilage. Perhaps taken by a fish on the Norwegian coast, and carried out to sea. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1870 : Atl. St. 22, 24, 25. Fragments of old and young specimens. Semifossil ? Distribution. Scandinavia, from Finmark to Bohuslan. ' Chal- |