484 NOTES ON SOME RECENT MOLLTJSCA, 



told him tliat they found it on the beach near their place ; when I 

 received the sj)ecimen I examined it very closely and detected a 

 great deal of plaster of Paris on the under side. I believe 

 the specimen had been taken off a fancy shell vrork box ; it was 

 Oliva ffihhosa, a species very common at Cejlon. About fifteen 

 years ago one of our Port Jackson fishermen brought me a large 

 specimen of Murex ramosus, Linn., and declared that he brought 

 it up in his fishing net at Yaucluse. It had the appearance of 

 having been in some garden for twenty years ; five shillings was 

 asked for it ; eventually the same specimen was sent to me as 

 being from the South Sea Islands. I could relate a good deal 

 about Port Jackson fishermen of the old school, boarding the 

 "Whalers and Island Traders and buying up all the old shells and 

 selling them to any Foreigner about Sydney as from Port Jackson. 

 When in a curiosity shop one day in Sydney a gentleman happened 

 to come in who wanted a collection of shells from Port Jackson, 

 of about 50 species that he picked out more than 25 came from 

 New Caledonia and Solomon Islands such as Stromhus canarmm, 

 U2)idromus gilherulus, Pterocera larnhis^ Cyprcea tigris, &c. 



6. Neritina Souverbiana. 



Neriiina Soiiverhiana, Montrouzier, Jour de Conch., 1863, Vol. XI., 

 p. 75-175, pi. 5, fig. 5. Neritina {Vitta) pulcherrima, Angas, 

 non Mousson, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 19, pi. 1. fig. 25. 

 Neritina {Vitta) pidcherrima, Braz., Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 

 1877, Vol. IL, p. 21. Neritina Souverhiana, Von Martens, in 

 Martini an Chemnitz, Conchylien-Cabinet, pi. 23, fig. 29-31. 



Sah. Sow and Pigs Eeef, Port Jackson, five fathoms ; Cape 

 Grenville, North-east Australia, twenty fathoms ; Evan's Bay, 

 Cape York, North Australia, seven fathoms ; Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits {Brazier). Art and Pot Islands, New Caledonia, 

 found on marine ¥\ie\is {Montroti%ier). 



1 quite agree with Dr. E. von Martens that Mr. Angas' N 

 pulcherrima, is only a synonym of JV. Souverhiana, Montr, I 



