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NEW SOUTH WALES MOLLUSCA. 



generally an angle or ridge extending from the pillar spirally into 



a tbin broad keel, which might be taken for the umbilical wall, 



but really over- 



shadows the 



perforation of 



the axis and 



nearly closes 



it." 



As the s o- 

 called JVerifula 

 lucida has Fig. 5. 



never been illustrated, the accompanying figure (fig. 5) is 

 supplied for comparison with the species above made known. 



Cassis nana, Tenison Woods. 



(Fig. 6.) 



This species was originally described in 

 these Proceedings (Vol. iv. 1879, p. lOS). 

 Though a remarkable shell, it has not in 

 the past twenty years been again noticed 

 in literature. It is now for the first time 

 illustrated. The type, found by Mr. C. 

 Coxen at Moreton Island, is in the-Queens- 

 land Museum, where it was for a time in 

 The species is known to me to 



Fig. 6. 



my official charge. 



range from the mouth of the Richmond River, 

 N.S.W., north to Caloundra Head, Queensland. 

 Within these limits it is a rare shell. 



Cantharus waterhousi/e, Brazier. 



(Fig. 7.) 



Like the foi'egoing, this species was first described 

 in these Proceedings (Vol. xxi. 1896, pp. 345, 818), 

 and may be most properly illustrated in the same f,o - 



serial. The accompanying figure is drawn from the type, kindly 

 lent for the purpose by Mrs. Waterhouse. 



