316 KECOUDS OF THK AUSTKALIAN MUSEUM. 



sity of their markings, als(j in size. One pair is oval in form, with 

 the stoue gruund-eulour ahnost uniformly freckled, spotted and 

 blotched with dull olive-brown. Length (A) 2-2:2 x 1-6 inches; 

 (B) 2-3 X 1-57 inches. Of the other pair one is inclined to 

 i"ounded-oval, the other oval slightly compressed at the smaller 

 ynd. 'The markings on the stone ground-colour of this pair are 

 distincth' larger and darker, varying from a dark olive-brown to 

 a dark brown, witii which are intermingled a few underlying 

 irregular shaped spots, and small blotches of dull inky-grey ; the 

 markings being evenly distributed over the surface of the shell, 

 except on the larger end of one specimen, where they coalesce 

 and form a well-defined cap. Length (C) 2-33 x 1-64 inches, 

 (D) 2-3S X 1-7 inches. 



Alfhed J. North. 



