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internal colouring as the specimen before aie. Those in the 

 Museum from the Mediterranean Sea are very poor ; a specimen 

 from Barcelona, Spain, (Coll. Brazierse), is of very fair colour 

 on the outside like the New Caledonian one. There appears 

 to be some confusion among authors in reference to the 

 specific name of this species. Murex lignarius, Linn., is 

 a Fasciolaria of authors, therefore Fasciolaira lignaria, Linn. ; 

 it was redescribed by Lamarck as Fasciolaria Tarentina; and the 

 Murex corneus, Linn., has been taken as lignarius. The Linnean 

 descriptions it is true are very brief, but they are to the point as 

 regards M. corneus and lignarius, as pointed out by Mr. Hanley 

 in his "Ipsa Linnsei" in 1855. We have already on the coast of 

 New South Wales a common Mediterranean shell in Triton cos- 

 tatus, Born., whose range extends to Lord Howe Island, 450 miles 

 east of Sydney." 



Mr. Brazier also exhibited specimens of the Cuban land-shell 

 Subulina octona, Chem., obtained at Nakety, east coast of New 

 Caledonia, by Mr. R. C. Rossiter, examples of which from 

 another locality, also in New Caledonia, were exhibited at the 

 Society's meeting in October last {vide AV)stract for October 

 31st, 1888). 



Mr. Whitelegge exhibited a specimen of Voluta fusiformis, 

 containing a very rare hermit crab, Clihanarius strigimanus, 

 White, previously recorded only from Bass's Straits. On the feet 

 of the crab area number of specimens oi Paecilasma fissa, Darwin, 

 a rare cirripede previously only known from the Philippines. On 

 the surface of the shell are specimens of a species of Balanus, 

 and of an hydroid zoophyte, Hydractinia levispina, Carter, the 

 exact habitat for which species was not known at the time it was 

 described. He also exhibited another rare cirripede, Dichelaspis 

 orthogonia, Darwin, a species described in 1851, its habitat being 

 unknown. It does not appear to have been obtained since it was 

 described. There are five clusters in the Australian Museum 

 attached to as many fragments of the stems of a species of Virgu- 

 laria. The whole of the exhibits are from Port Jackson, and 

 form interesting additions to our fauna. 



