74 the proceedings of the LINNEAN SOCIETY 



Mr. Brazier exhibited a new species of Helix from New Guinea, 

 and announced his intention of reading a description of it at the 

 next meeting of the Society. 



MONDAY, 25th June, 1877. 



W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. 



DONATIONS. 



Compte Rendu de la Soc. Entomologique de Belgique, Ser. II., 

 No. 37, by the Society. 



History of Australian Tertiary Geology. — Geology of Portland. — 

 On a new genus of Nudibranchiata. — On the Fresh Water 

 Shells of Tasmania. — Description of New Tasmanian 

 Shells. — Figures of Tertiary Fossils from Table Cape, Tas- 

 mania, by the author, the Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods. 



papers read. 



Continuation of the Mollusca collected during the " Cheverfc " 

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

 Soc. Tas. 



Family CHITONIDiE. 



1. — TONICIA PICTA. 



Chiton pictus, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 15, sp. 79. 

 Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. Two fine specimens 

 found under stones. 



2. — Tonicia SP? 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits. One specimen found 

 under a stone, not in good condition. About seven lines long. 



3. — Chiton piceus. 



Chitun piceus, Gmel. Syst. Nat., p. 3204. 



„ „ Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 13, sp. 70. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, found on the reefs under 

 coral, specimens from four to five inches long. Port Jackson 

 specimens two inches long. 



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