OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 171 



6. — MUREX (CHICOBEUS) CORRUGATUS. 



Murex corrugatus, Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1840, 

 p. 142. 



„ ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 13, species 52. 



Ilab. Palm Island, North-East Coast of Australia. 

 Two specimens brought up on the tangles from 8 fathoms, muddy 

 bottom. 



7. — Murex (Chicoreus) axicornis. 

 Murex axicornis, Lam., Anim. Sans. Vert., tome 7, p. 163. 



„ „ Peeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 15, fig. 37. 



flab. Palm Island, North East Coast of Australia. 

 One specimen brought up on the tangles from 8 fathoms, muddy 

 bottom. 



8. — Murex (Chicoreus) cervicornis. 

 Murex cervicornis, Lara., Anim. Sans. Vert., tome 7, p. 163. 



,, ,, Peeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 16, species 66. 



Hob. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 20-30 fathoms. 



This species is very I'arely to be found in collections, but at the 

 depth of 20 and 30 fathoms it is very common at Darnley Island. 

 I have received dead and beach-worn specimens from Nicol Pay, 

 North-West Coast of Australia, thrown up after gales. The spe- 

 cimen figured by Reeve in Conchologia Iconica 1845, gives no 

 locality. Lamarck, in his " Animaux Sans Vertebres, 1822, 

 says, "Habite les mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande. Espece tres rare et 

 fo\*t recherchee." 



9. — Murex (Ptermotus) pellucidus. 

 Murex 'pellucidus, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 14, sp. 54. 



,, trigonularis, Sowerby, not of Lamarck. 

 Ilab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. 



This fine and rare species was got at the depth of 30 fathoms, 

 white sandy mud bottom, brought up in the tangles. 



10. — Murex (Ocinebra) tetragonus. 

 Murex tetragonus, Proderip, Proc. Zool. Society, 1832, p. 174. 

 ,, breviculus, Reeve, not Sowerby. 



