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Show 254 MR. E. A. SMITH ON THE [Apr. 1, I. CEPHALOPODA. An undetermined species of Octopus and the shells of Argonauta argo are mentioned by Mr. Melliss. The former " is plentiful in the nooks and rocky holes on the coast, about high-water mark." The Argonauta is occasionally washed ashore at Sandy Bay, on the south coast ; this species also occurs at the Cape, in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. II. PTEBOPODA. Shells of the following species1 were dredged in 50 to 80 fathoms:- 1. CAVOLINIA TRIDENTATA (Forskal). 2. CAVOLINIA LONGIROSTRIS (Lesueur). 3. CAVOLINIA QUADRIDENTATA (Lesueur). 4. CAVOLINIA UNCINATA (Bang). 5. CAVOLINIA GIBBOSA (Rang). 6. CAVOLINIA INFLEXA (Lesueur). 7. DIACRIA TRISPINOSA (Lesueur). 8. CLIO PYRAMIDATA, Linne. 9. STYLIOLA SUBULA, Quoy & Gaimard. 10. STYLIOLA RECTA, Lesueur. 11. STYLIOLA VIRGATA, Rang. 12. TRIPTERA COLUMELLA, Rang. 13. LIMACINA BULIMOIDES, D'Orbigny. 14. LIMACINA INFLATA, D'Orbigny. 15. LIMACINA ANTARCTICA, Woodward. III. GASTROPODA. CONUS TESTUDINARIUS, Martini. Two specimens were obtained by Mr. Melliss. CONUS IRREGULARIS, Sowerby. The specimens from St. Helena are of a shorter growth than those figured by Sowerby (Thes. Conch, iii. pi. 104. figs. 418, 419); they are broader at the shoulder and more suddenly contracted anteriorly. They also are more highly painted, exhibiting a considerable amount of olive-brown longitudinal streaks, which are interrupted at the 1 For the synonymy and distribution consult Pelseneer's Report on the Pteropoda of the ' Challenger ' Expedition. |