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11. — BUCCINULUS AFFINIS. 



Solidula affinis, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1854, 

 p. 61. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 25, 30 fathoms, sandy- 

 mud ; New Ireland, washed on shore after gales ; Port Jackson, 

 New South Wales, 2, 5, 10, 15 fathoms, mud and sandy -mud 

 (Brazier.) 



This species is more slender and elongated than Buccinulus 

 solidulus, is very finely tessellately painted with brown or black 

 on a white ground, having sometimes one or two white bands. 



12. — Buccinulus suturalis. 



Solidula suturalis, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1854, 

 p. 61. 



Tomatella suturalis, Reeve, Conch., Icon., pi. 2, sp. 93. 



Eab. Evans Bay, Cape York, North East Australia, 6 fathoms, 

 sand. 



13. — Buccinulus nitidulus. 



Tomatella nitidula, Lam. Anim. Sans. Vert, tome 6, part 2, 

 p. 221. 



Solidula nitidula, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1854, 



p. 61. 



Tomatella nitidula, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 2, sp. 5. 



Buccinulus nitidulus, Chenu, Manuel de Conch, part 1, p. 380, 

 fig. 2904. 



Hah. Bet Island, Torres Straits, 11 fathoms, sand, also 

 inside the reefs on the beaches after gales ; Noumea, New 

 Caledonia, on mud flats, at low water ; New Ireland, New 

 Britain, and Duke of York Islands. (Brazier.) 



14. — RlNGICULA CARON. 



lUngicula caron. Hinds, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1844, p. 97. 



Hab. York Island, 13 fathoms, hard mud; Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits, 25, 30 fathoms, sandy mud ; Port Jackson, New 

 South Wales, 10, 15 fathoms, mud. (Brazier.) Straits of 

 Malacca, 17 fathoms, mud. (Hinds.) 



