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Pyramidella cinctella, Sowerby, Reeve, Conch., pi. 6, sp. 45. 

 Hub. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 30 fathoms, sandy mud. 



59. — Syrnola pulchra, n. sp. 



Shell acutely elongated, rather thin, smooth, whitish, whorls 11, 

 flat, the last convex, suture deep, spirally encircled with a light 

 yellowish brown narrow band just above the suture, last whorl 

 with obsolete band of the same colour entering spirally into the 

 interior ; aperture ovate, peristome thin, columella plait rather 

 prominent and twisted outwardly, interior of aperture furnished 

 halfway down with 4 white prominent lines of striae, the upper 

 one thickest. 



Length 3 lines, breadth J line. 



Hub. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 30 fathoms, sandy mud ; 

 Cape York, North Australia, 1 1 fathoms, white sand. 



Specimens from Cape York have only one band. 



The Ichthyology of the Chevert Expedition, by Haynes Gibbes 

 Alleyne, M.D., and William Macleay, F.L.S. 



During the voyage of the Chevert to New Guinea, no oppor- 

 tunity was lost by those on board of securing specimens of the 

 fishes of the seas passed through. The result has been a collection 

 of a most varied and interesting character, exceeding in point of 

 number the collections made in those seas on any previous occasion. 



It is our intention in this and succeeding Papers to give a list 

 of these Fishes, with notes on their habits, localities, etc. The 

 new species will be described and illustrated, and where previous 

 descriptions have been imperfect, re-descriptions will be given of 

 those previously named. 



The labour attached to the task we have assigned ourselves is 

 greater than will be generally believed, involving, as it does, the 

 repeated examination of over a thousand fishes of all sizes, packed, 

 some in bottles and some in large tanks, and with not a few very 



