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Columbella mendicaria (Pusiostoma) Chenu, Manuel de Conch . 

 p. 202, fig. 1106. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, common under coral. 



Family Cassidid^e. 

 38. — Cassis cornuta. 

 Cassis cornutus, Linn. Gmel. p. 3472, No. 11. 



„ cornuta Lam. Anim. Sans Yert. tome 7, p. 219. 

 „ ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 1, sp. 2. 



„ » labiata, Chemn. Conch. 11 to 184, f. 1790-1791. 

 Cassidea cornuta, Brug. Diet. No. 17. 

 Hah. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. 



This species, the giant of the genus, is cpxite common throughout 

 Torres Straits. 



39. — Semicassis pila, var. 

 Cassis pila, Reeve, Conch., pi. 9, sp. 21. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 20 fathoms, white sand 

 bottom. Only one fine living specimen was found. 



40. — Casmaria vibex. 



Buccinum vibex, Linn., Gmel. p. 3479, No. 36. 



Cassis vibex, Lam. Anim., Sans Vert., tome 7, p. 228. 



Cassidea vibex, Brug., Diet. No. 1. 



Cassis ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 7, sp. 15c. 15b. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 5 fathom, sandy mud 



bottom. 



Family Doliidje. 



41. — Dolium Chinense. 

 Dolium Australie seu Chinense, Chem., Conch. Cab. 11, f. 1804, 

 1805. 



Buccinum Chinense, Dillw. Desc. Cat. 2, p. 585. 



,, ,, Wood, Index. Testae, pi. 22, f. 7. 



Dolium variegatum, Phillippi (not Lam.) Neuer, Conch. 3, 

 p. 36, Dol. pi. 3, f. 1, 2. 



Dolium Chinense, Desh. ed. Lam. 10, p. 146. 



„ ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 6, sp. 10a. 



