OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 311 



MONDAY, 25th NOVEMBEK, 1876. 



William Macleay, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary announced the receipt of the " Proceedings of the 

 Societe Entomologique de Belgique for September, 1876." 



Mr. Brazier exhibited a new and handsome species of Murex 

 from Port Darwin. He announced his intention of describing it 

 at a future meeting of the Society. 



The following Papers were read : — 

 Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. By J. Brazier, 

 C.M.Z.S., Cor. Mem. Roy. Soc, Tas. 



Family Cancellariil\e. 

 1. — Cancellaria macrospira. 



Cancellaiia macrospira, Adams and Reeve, Moll. Voyage, Sama- 

 rang, p. 41, pi. 10, fig. 2. 



Hob. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, sandy mud bottom, 30 

 fathoms. Also, Coast of Borneo and China Sea (Belcher.) 



2. — Cancellaria Australis. 



Cancellaria Australis, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. 2, p. 442, 

 pi. 95, fig. 72-73. 



Bab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, sandy mud bottom, 30 

 fathoms. 



3. — Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) bicolor. 



Cancellaria b icolor, Hinds, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1843, p. 48. 

 ,, „ Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. 2, p. 456, pi. 94, 



fig. 49-50 ; pi. 95, fig. 69. 



' Sab. Cape Grenville, North-East Australia, 25 fathoms, sandy 

 mud bottom, specimens white ; Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 30 

 fathoms, sandy mud, specimen svhite, spirally banded with narrow 

 brown bands. 



