OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



MONDAY, 20th June, 187(5. 



William Macleay, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The following donations were announced : — 



The Mollusca of New Zealand. 

 The Echinodermata of New Zealand. 



The Fishes of New Zealand, by the Author, F. W. 

 Hutton, Esq., Otago. 



member elected. 

 W. F. Barkas, Esq., M.R.C.S.E. 

 The following papers were read : — 



List of Marine Shells, with Descriptions of the new species col- 

 lected during the Chevert Expedition — by John Brazier, 

 C.M.Z.S. 



Class Gasteropoda. 

 Sub-order Proboscidifera. 

 Family Muricid^e. 



1. — Murex tenuspina. 



Murex tenuspina, Lam., Anhn. Sans. Vert, tome 7, p. 158. 



„ ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 21., species 85. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 20 to 30 fathoms, sandy- 

 bottom, brought up on the swabs or tangles. 



2.— Murex brevispina. 



Murex brevispina, Lam., Anim. Sans. Vert, tome 7, p. 159. 

 „ ,, Peeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 19, species 77. 



Hab. Princess Charlotte Bay, North East Australia, 14 fathom, 

 sandy mud bottom ; Cape Grenville, North East Australia, 20 to 

 30 fathom, sandy bottom, in places very stony, /brought up in the 

 dredge, with Spongiadce and Echinodermata ; /Cape York, North 

 Australia, 6 to 11 fathoms, mud bottom, specimens dead. Reeve 

 gives as the habitat of this fine species the Coast of Arabia, a verv 



