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11. VOLUTA PULCHRA. SOWB. 



= Var. Wuemani, Brazier, from North East Australia. 



12. "N'OLUTA PIPERITA. SoWB. 



Typical, Rubiana, Solomon Islands. -^ Yar. RucJceri, Crosse, 

 from Florida, Savu, Ysabcl, Rnl»iana, Shortland and Bougain- 

 ville Islands, Solomon's Arcbipelago. = Var. MacgilUvrayi, 

 Cox, from Woodlark Island, east side of the fork of New 

 Guinea. Specimens in Australian Museum named piperita 

 by Mr. G. F. Angas when Secretary. 



13. VOLUTA RETICULATA. ReEVE. 



= Var. JReevei, Sowb., from Ashburton River and Tien Tsin 

 Creek, North West Astralia. 



14. VoLUTA RUTILA. BrODERIP. 



From Darnley Island, Torres Straits. = Var. innexa, Reeve* 

 from Louisiade Islands, near the south fork of New Guinea. 



15. VOLUTA FLAVICA2fS. GmELIN. 



From Katow,New Guinea. = Var. volvacea, Jj^im.; -var. hig)'- 

 hris, Swainson ; — var. modesta, Wood ; = var. signifer, Broderij : 

 = var. Tissotiana, Crosse, from Port Essington and Liverpool 

 River, North Australia. 



16. VoLUTA HARFORDI. CoX. 



= Valuta canaliculata, McCoy, one and the same species. 



A fine living specimen was dredged by Commodore (now 

 Admiral) Loring, at Broad Sound, North East Australia, when 

 in command of H.M. S. Iris, it was found packed up iu the 

 collection with other shells from the same place by Mr. Angas 

 in 1872. Tiie locality given by Dr. Cox, when describing it 

 from specimens received from Tasmania, and said to have come 

 from Wreck Reefs, Bird Island, near Lady Elliott Island, is 

 quite a novelty for geographers ; I find Lady Elliott Island is 

 just inside the Great Barrier Reef in a direct line with Round- 

 hill Head, near Harvey's Bay, on the North East Coast of 

 Australia. Wreck Reefs are 300 miles outside the barrier, 

 about E.N.E. of Lady Elliott Island. Professor McCoy, when 

 describing specimens received from the same person from whom 

 Dr. Cox obtained his, gives Port Denison, Queensland, as a 

 habitat for this shell. I doubt very much its being found so 

 far north. 



17. Callista victoria. 



Gallista victories, Woods. Proc. Royal Soc. Tas. 1875, 

 p. 27. 



Hab., Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens, New South 

 Wales, found in a living state on the sand beaches after heavy 



