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Gatliff, Two Neiv Australian Cowries. 



[Vict. Nat. 

 Vol. XXXII. 



Figs, i, 2 — Cyprcea venusta, Sowerby, var. bakeri, nov. 



Observations. — Named in honour of Mr. F. H. Baker, who has 

 rendered much assistance by mounting molluscan odontophores 

 for microscopic examination. 



Type ot variety in my collection. 



( yi'k.i.a MiLiARis, Gmelin, var. gabrieli, nov. 



Bra/in. in his publication quoted, a1 page -'-'. desnihes an 

 Australian specimen <>t C. miliar is, Gmelin, and ot this well- 

 known species states j " Ii is of an oblong-ovate form, 

 attenuated anteriorly, extremities produced, a little reflexed, 

 sides pitted, back citron-yellow, profuselj sprinkled with eyi 

 dt various sizes, sides and base white." 



'Idie variety now named gabrieli is semi-translucent, base 

 and margins white, dorsum uniformly oi a lawn colour, without 

 the slightest trace ot any spol "i othei coloration or marking 

 on any pari ot the died. It is more ventricose than the 

 ordinary form, and the grooves ol the teeth extend on the 

 outer Lip nearly to the outei margin. There are twenty-one 

 t.cth <m i he outer lip and fifteen on the columellar side. 



Dimensions <>l Type <</ Variety. — Length, )<> mm.: breadth, 

 20 mm. ; height, 20 mm 



