BY C. HEDLEY. 317 



not so marked, labelled "terebra, Sowb., Sydney, M.C." These I 

 identify as the young of Phos roseatus Hinds. 



Morch regards P. roseatus Hinds, as Triton turritus Menke.* 



Nassaria curta Gould. 



Nassaria curta Gould, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vii., 1860, p. 

 328. 



No figure of this has appeared. Subsequent literature consists 

 of references to, or repetitions of the above. The type, said to 

 have been gathered by W. Stimpson in Port Jackson, is apparently 

 lost, and I, therefore, recommend that the name be abandoned as 

 unrecognisable. This must not be confused with Nassa curta Gould, 

 1850, acknowledged to be a synonym of N. horrida Dunker. 



Nassa decussata Kiener 



Buccinum decussatum Kiener, Coq. Viv., Buccinum, 1841, p. 109, 

 PL xxx., fig. 3. 



Nassa decussata A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1851, (1852), p.lll; 

 Id., Reeve, Conch. Icon., viii., 1853, PI. xviii., fig. 121; Id., Angas, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 180. 



In the British Museum are two specimens, labelled, "decussata 

 Kien., Brisbane Water;" and beneath the tablet is added "Atlantic 

 shores of Africa, Kiener, Coq. Viv." As the species has not again 

 been reported from Australia, it is likely that the statement of 

 Adams, repeated but not confirmed by Reeve and Angas, that 

 Strange obtained N. decussata in New South Wales, is without 

 foundation. 



Arcularia compacta Angas. 



Nassa compacta Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, p. 154. 



In the British Museum are four marked types of "compacta, 

 Angas, S. Australia, G.F. Angas, pres., 70/10/26." The locality is 

 supported by four shells from Adelaide, presented by Mrs. Bowyer. 

 This species of Angas has been, in error, reduced to a synonym of 

 A 7 , paupera Gould, by Tate and May; and of N. rufocincta A. 



* Morch, Malak. Blatt., xviii., 1871, p.126; Menke, Verzeichu. Conch. 

 Malsburg, 1828. 



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