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brown markings; some are of a dark chestnut brown with two 

 faint tians verse white lines in the form of dots. Valuta patter- 

 sonia of Perry, is an overdrawn figure of Valuta nucleus. Lam. ; 

 the locality he gives is New Holland. If Perry had been a good 

 authority on the subject of Conchology, his name might have 

 taken precedence of Lamarck and other authors, but he simply 

 ignored the works of other authors such as Linnaeus, Chemnitz, &c. 



15.? MiTRA (Pusio) FESTA, Reevo. 



Mitra festa, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 36, fig. 303. 

 Specimens, sea-woi'n. 



16. MiTRA (Scabricola) sp. 1 

 Two specimens in fair condition, 



17. Marginblla (Peksicula) pulchella, Kiener. 



Marginella pidchella, Kiener, Coq. Viv. pi. 9, fig. 40. 



Seven specimens in very good condition ; it is quoted by authors 

 as coming from Sydney, New South Wales ; it is not found with 

 us, but has been found at Ceylon by Mr. Geoffrey Nevill. 



18. Columbella versicolor, Sowerby. 



Calumbella versicolar, Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 110, 

 1832; Thes. Conch. Vol. I., p. 117, pi. 37, figs. 41-46; Cohun- 

 hella pertusa, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 26, tig. 161 ; Calumbella 

 nivosa, Reeve, pi. 26, fig. 166. 



About half a pint of specimens, some in very good condition, 

 others being beach-worn, and smaller than those from Australia, 

 Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, and other Pacific Islands. 



19. Columbella pardalina. Lam. 



Columbella pardalina, Lam. Auim. sans Vert. Vol. X., p. 270; 

 Columbellina Tyleri, Gray in Griffith's Cuvier. 



A very common species and variable in colour and markings ; 

 C. Tyleri of Gray runs into C. pardalina, Lam. ; it is also found 

 at Lord Howe Island and on the coast of New South Wales. 



