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A List of CrpR^iDiE, FouifD on the Victorian Coast, 



Collected by Mr. J. F. Bailey. 



By J. Brazier, C.M.Z.S. 



Our new and energetic Victorian Fellow, Mr. J. F. Bailey, 



has sent me, to exhibit on his behalf, eight species of Cyprcea, 



collected by him on various parts of the Victorian coast. I 



herewith append a list of all the species, with references where 



described, and other remarks on some of them. 



1. LrPONIA tjmbilicata. 



Cijprma umhilicata, Sowerby, Tankerville Catalogue, p. 30, 

 1825 ; Zoological Journal, Vol. ii., p. 495, (1826) ; Woods, Index 

 Test. SuppL, pi. 3, fig. 13, (1828); Gray, Zoological Journal, 

 Vol. iv., p, 77, (1828); Sowerby, Zoological Journal, Vol. iv., 

 p. 221. Cyprovula umhilicata, Grray, P.Z.S., p. 124, (1848) ; Angas, 

 P.Z.S., p. 205, (1867). Cyprcea umhilicata, Sowerby, Thes. Conch. 

 pi, 7, figs. 42, 43, 44. Cyprmovula umhilicata, Brazier, P.Z.S., 

 1872, p. 85. 



Sah. Cape Schank and Portland {Bailey). 



Examples of this once very rare shell have been dredged ofP 

 the coast of New South Wales. Peeve, in Conch. Icon., 1845? 

 termed the only specimen he had seen a monstrosity of Cyprcea 

 pantherina, Solander, from the Bed Sea. Dr. Gray, in 1849, says, 

 *' To give some idea of the extraordinary price which is now 

 sometimes required for shells, I may state that the second 

 specimen of this Cowrie, sent home by Mr. Gunn to a London 

 collector, was offered by him to Miss Saul for £30, and eventually 

 realized that price. ' ' At the present day the shell is quite common , 

 being found on the beaches at Circular Head, Tasmania, during 

 winter gales. 



2. LUPONIA angustata. 



Cyprcea angustata, Gmelin (non Gray), Syst. Nat., p. 3421 ; 

 Wood, Index Test., pi. 17, fig. 52 ; Eeeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 17, 

 sp. 91 ; Sowerby, Thes. Conch.; pi. 28, fig. 296-297. 



