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Show 928 MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. [NTOV. 28, 99. KELLIA CYCLADIFORMIS. Erycina cycladiformis, Desh. Trait. Elem. pl. 11. f. 6-9. More oblong than the preceding, pearly white, with a thin olivaceous epidermis. Length 5 lines. Port Jackson. Fam. LEPTONID^E. 100. *LEPTON ADAMSI. Lepton adamsi, Angas, anted,, p. 910, Pl. XLIV. f. 11. A very beautiful species, triangularly ovate, of a pearly white, with the anterior and posterior sides finely shagreened and smooth in the middle; the posterior margin widely plicate. Length 6 \ lines. Port Jackson. Fam. GALEOMMID^E. 101. SCINTILLA STRANGEI. Scintilla strangei, Desh. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 181. A thin, semipellucid, white, shining, transversely ovate shell. Found nestling under rocks and stones at very low spring tides in Port Jackson. Length 9 lines. This is one of the largest species of the genus Scintilla, which was founded by M. Deshayes, and now includes nearly fifty species. 102. SCINTILLA ANOMALA. Scintilla anomala, Desh. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 181. A small, rounded, and somewhat flattened, thin, shining, transparent white species. Found under stones at low water. Length 4 lines. M. Deshayes's types in the Cumingian collection are from Borneo. Fam. ASTARTID^E. 103. ---'GOULDIA AUSTRALIS. Gouldia australis, Angas, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 459. A little subtriangular shell of a purplish-fawn colour, sometimes faintly two-rayed, with the umbones darker, having externally the aspect of a minute Venus. Dredged in Port Jackson in 5 fathoms. Length 3 lines. 104. MYTILICARDIA EXCAVATA. Cardita excavata, Desh. P. Z. S. 1852, p. 100, pl. 17. f. 1-3. An elongately transverse shell, broadly radiately ribbed, the ribs armed with vaulted projecting scales. Found under stones at low water. Length 1 inch 2 lines. Fam. MYTILID^E. Subfam. MYTILIN^E. 105. MYTILUS (AULACOMYA) HIRSUTUS. Mytilus hirsutus, Lam. Anim. sans Vert. vii. p. 38; Reeve, Coneh. Icon. Mytilus, pl. 3, f. 8, |
