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Wale.s, 150 fathoms. (J. Brazier.) Off Sydney Heads, 80, 90 fathoms 

 sandy bottom. (Ileury Prince and T. Haylock.) Near Cape York, G 

 fathoms, coral mud; West of Cape York, off South West point of Papua, 28 

 fathoms, green mud. (H.M.S. " Challenger.") Port Darwin, Northern 

 Territory. (W. Saville-Kent.) East Coast of Australia. (British Museum.) 



Murex recticornis, Martens. 



Mine.v recticornis, E. v. Martens; Kobelfc in Jahrb. d. deutsch. nialak. 

 G-esellsch., Vol. VII, p. 81, pi. 3, fig. 3, 1880. 



Habitat. — East Coa?t of Australia, 2G° 5 S. Lat. in 7G fathoms, obtained 

 by the Expedition of the German War-ship " Gazelle." 



The above locality is off the Queensland Coast, near Wide Bay; this species 

 is nearly allied to Murex cervicornis, Lam. 



Murex axicornis, Lamarck. 

 Martini, Conch., Cab., Vol. Ill, pi. 105, fig. 989, 1777. 

 Mi/re.v axicornis, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., Vol. VII, p. 163, No. 18, 1822 

 (2nd edition Deshayes), Vol. IX, p. 571?, 1813; Kiener, Iconographie 

 Coquilles Vivantes, p. 31, pi. 42, fig. 2, 1812 ; Kuster, Conch. Cab., 2nd 

 edition, p. 10, pi. 16, fig. 3 ; pi. 21, fig. 3. Eeeve, Conch. Icon., Vol. 

 Ill, pi. 15, fig 37;. pi. 10, fig. 37, Variety, 1845. 



Murex axicornis, Var., Sowerby, Conchological Illustrations, species 30, 

 fig. GQ, 1840. 



Murex (Chicoreus') axicornis, H. and A. Adams, Genera of Eecent MoUusca, 

 Vol. I, Part III, p. 72, 1853, 1858 ; Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc, New 

 South Wales, Vol. I, p. 171, No. 7, 1875, 1877 ; Kobelt, Catalog der 

 Gattung Mui'es in Jahrb. d. deutsch. malak. Gesellsch., Vol. IV, p. 152, 

 No. C8, 1S77. 



Murex axicornis, Sowerby, Thes. Couch., Vol. IV, p. 11, pi. 3, Murex, fig. 31, 

 1879. E. A. Smith, Voyage of H.M.S. "Alert," Collections, p. 44, 

 No. 15, 1881. 



Murex (Chicoreus) axicornis, Tryon, Manual of Conchology, Vol. II, p. 92, 

 pi. 16, fig. 161, 1880; Poirier, Eevision des Murex du Museum, 

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

 Tome V, p. 46, No, 43, 1882. 



Hahitat. — Palm Island, North East Coast of Australia, now called North 

 Queensland, 8 fathoms, muddy bottom. (J. Brazier.) Prince of Wales 

 Cliannel, 5, 7 fathoms, and Thursday Island, Torres Straits, 4 fathoms. 

 (Dr. R. W. Copplnger.) (A.M.) 



