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MONDAY, 28th MAY, 1877. 



Wm. Macleay, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



DONATIONS : 



Vol. XIX., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Belg. By the Society. 



Compte Reudu des Sciences Nat. de Cherbourg. By the 

 Society. 



papers read. 



Continuation of the Mollusca Collected during the Chevert 

 Expedition — by J. Brazier, C.M.Z.S., Corr. Mem. Roy. Soc, 

 Tas. 



Family DENTALITD^E. 



1. — Dentalium octogonum. 



Dentalium octogonum, Lam. Anim. Sans, Vert., tome 5, p. 344. 

 „ „ Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. 3, pi. 223, 



fig. 9. 



Hab. Princess Charlotte Bay, North-East Australia, 13 fathoms, 

 coarse sandy mud bottom; Cape York, North Australia, 11 

 fathoms, white sandy mud ; Katow, New Guinea, 8 fathoms, 

 sandy mud and coral ; Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 30 

 fathoms, sandy mud. 



Specimens from Darnley Island are 36 lines long. 



2. — Dentalium decemcostatum, n. sp. 



Shell tapering, thin, white, slightly arched, longitudinally 10- 

 ribbed, ribs somewhat sharp, interstices nearly flat, transversely 

 finely striated, apex with a small perforation, basal aperture large, 

 circular. 



Length, 10 lines ; diam. of apex, \ ; diam. of base, \\ line. 



Hab. Katow, New Guinea, 8 fathoms, sandy mud bottom. 



3. — Dentalium sp. ? 



• Hab. Bet Island, Torres Straits. Four dead and broken 

 specimens were found at 11 fathoms. 



