A revised census of the Mollusca and Brachiopoda in the Table Cape beds

As there is no complete list of the Mollusca and Brachiopoda described from, or attributed to, the Table Cape Tertiary deposits, it seems desirable that such a list, as complete as possible, and on an up-to-date classification, should be issued- more particularly for the convenience of local workers; the references given with each species will also be a useful guide to the study of the original descriptions, and also figures where such have appeared. The best list which has been published is that by R. M. Johnston in these proceedings for 1886, pp. 131-138, in which about 170 named species of Molluscs and 14 of Brachiopods are attributed to Table Cape. In the Pro. Roy. Soc. Vict, for 1896, G. B. Pritchard in a valuable contribution to this study has listed about 218 Molluscs and 17 Brachiopods.A very complete catalogue of Southern Australian and Tasmanian species, was prepared by J. Dennant and A. E. Kitson, on a greatly improved nomenclature, and published in the Geographical Survey of Victoria for 1903. I am now able to add some additional species, principally through the industry of my friend, the veteran Conchologist, Mr. E. D. Atkinson, who has done so much exploration at Table Cape, and whose interest and enthusiasm are unabated. I have to thank him for the gift and loan of many specimens, and much assistance in various directions