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Murex (^Euphyllon) monodon, Jousseaume, 18S0, in Fischer, Mauiiel de 

 Conchyliologie, Fascicule VII, p. 641, 1881. 



Murex {Ghicoreus) monodon^ Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc, New Soutli AV"alcs, 

 Vol. IX, p. 793, 1881, 1885; Watson, Eeport on the Gasteropoda, 

 Voyage of H.M.S. " Challenger," Zoology, Vol. XV, p. 154, 1886. 



Habitat. — Dupuch Island, Western Australia. (Lieutenant Driiig, E.N.) 

 Cossack, Dampier's Land, North West Coast of Australia. (J. F. Bailey.) 

 Albany Island, North Queensland, 3, 8 fathoms. (Dr. Coppinger.) Near 

 Cape York, 6 fathoms, coral mud.' (H.M.8. " Challenger.") Nicol Bay, 

 North-West Australia. (A.M.) 



Dupuch Island is not in Torres Straits, as quoted by Reeve and other 

 authors. 



Murex cervicornis, Lamarck. 

 Murex cervicornis, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., Vol. VII, p. 163, No. 19, 

 1822 (edit. Deshayes), Vol. IX, p. 575, No. 19, 1813 ; Sowerby, Genera 

 Eecent and Fossil Shells, Vol. II, Murex, pi. 221, fig. 1. Kiener, Icono- 

 graphie Coquilles Vivantes, p. 32, pi. 20, fig. 2, 1812 ; Eeeve, Conch. 

 Icon., Vol. Ill, pi. 16, fig. 66, 1815; Kuster, Conch. Cab., 2ud edition, 

 p. 87, pi. 31, figs. 5, 6. 



Murex {Cliicoreus) cervicornis, H. and A. Adams, Genera of Eecent Mollusca, 

 Vol. I, Part III, p. 72, 1853, 1858 ; Ivobelt, Catalog der Gattung Murex 

 in Jahrb. d. deutsch. malak. Gesellsch., Vol. IV, p. 152, No. 69, 1877 ; 

 Brazier, " Chevert" Expedition Shells, Proc. Linn. Soc, New South 

 Wales, Vol. I, p. 171, No. 8, 1875, 1877 ; Tryon, Manual of Concho- 

 logy, Vol. II, p. 92, pi. 15, fig. 155, 1880 ; Poirier, Ee vision des Murex 

 du Museum, Nouvelles Archives du Museum D'Histoire Naturelle, 

 Deuxieme Serie, Tome V, p. 46, No. 41, 1882 ; Watson, Eeport on the 

 Gasteropoda, Voyage of H.M.S. " Challenger,'' Zoology, Vol. XV, p. 151, 

 1886. 



Murex cervicornis, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., Vol. IV, p. 11, pi. 3, J^Llrex, 



fig. 30, 1879; E. A. Smith, Voyage of H.M.S. -Alert," Collections, 



p. 45, No. 16, 1881 ; Hedley, Proc. Eoyal Society, Queensland, Vol. \l, 



Part V, p. 240, 1889. 



Ilahitat. — New Holland. (Lamarck.) Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 



20, 30 fathoms, sandy mud bottom brought up in the dredge and on the 



tangles. (J. Brazier, 1875.) Thursday Island, 1 fathoms ; Prince of Wales 



Channel; Torres Straits; Clairmont Island, 11 fathoms; Port Darwin, 



Northern Territory, 8, 12 fathoms. (Dr. E. W. Coppinger.) Nicol Bay, 



North West Coast of Australia, found onthe beaches after gales; Albany 



Passage, Cape York, North (jjuecnshand ; off Twofold Bay, New South 



