OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 201 



8. SlSTRUM Anaxares. 



Purpura Anaxares, Duclos, Kiener, Icon. Coq., Viv. p. 26, pi. 

 7, f. 17. 



., ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 12, species 61. 



Hah. Home Islands, off Cape Grenville, North-East Australia; 

 Darnley Island, Torres Straits. Found under stones and coral on 

 the reefs at low water. Also found by ine at Port Makera, San 

 Christoval, Solomon Islands. 



9. SlSTRUM MARGINALBUM. 



Ricinula marginalba, De Blainville, Nouv. Ann. du Mus. 



Hah. Barrow Island, North-East Australia, found under stones. 



Reeve and other authors appear to connect this species with 

 Sistrum tuberculatum, De Blanville, from which, however, it is 

 quite distinct. It is a common Polynesian shell. 



10.— CORALLIOPHILA SQUAMULOSUS. 



Purpura squamidosus, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 12, species 68. 

 Hah. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. One splendid specimen 

 found in a block of coral at low water. 



Sub-Family Rap an isle. 

 11. — Rapa papyracea. 

 Bulla rapa, Linn. Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1184. 

 Pyrula papyracea, Lam. Anim. Sans Vert., tome 7, p. 144. 

 Rapa tenuis, Martini, Conch., 3t. 68 f. 747, 749. 

 Pyrula rapa, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 7, species 21. 

 Rapa tenuis, H. and A. Adams, Recent Moll., vol. 3, pi. 14, fig. 8. 



,, papyracea, Chenu., Manuel de Conch, p. 173, fig. 857. 

 Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. One very large specimen 

 was obtained at the depth of 15 fathoms, on a rough bottom of coral 

 and stones. 



This genus was separated from Pyrula by Klein in 1753. 



Fam. Dactylid^e. 

 12. — Dactylus (Porphyria) viridescens. 

 Oliva viridiscens, Martini. 

 „ sangu'molenta, Lam., Anim. Sans Vert., tome 7, p. 426. 



