t> COLLECTIONS FRftM MELANESIA. 



This species has also been recorded from several localities in 

 North-easl Australia by Mr. Brazier in his account of the Mollusca 

 of the • Chevert ' expedition. 



25. Columbella scripta, Lamarck. 



Hah. Port Mollc, Queensland, and Prince of Wales Channel, 

 5-7 fms. 



C. versicolor, Sowerby, G. variegata, Menke, G. bidentata, Menke, 

 and ft tigrina, Duclos, appear to be synonymous with this species. 



26. Columbella pardalina. 



Lamarck; Duclos, Monog. pi. 2. figs. 13, 14; Kiener, pi. 4. fig. 3; 

 /,' eve, Conch. Icon. figs. Iba-c. 



1 1 <t l>. Port Molle, on the reef (Coppinger) ; Philippine Islands 

 (Cuming). 



A single specimen from Port Molle is somewhat narrower than 

 specimens from the Philippines collected by Air. Cuming. 



27. Nassa coronata, Bruguiere. 



Hub. Port Molle, Queensland, on the beach. 



A single specimen from this locality is of a uniform light brown 

 tint, with a blotch of a darker colour on the back of the body- 

 whorl. 



28. Nassa thersites, Bruguiere. 

 Hab. Port Denison, on the beach. 



29. Nassa algida, var. 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 22. figs. 145 a, b. 



Hab. West Island, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Straits (Cop- 

 pinger). 



This pretty variety is not so broad a shell as the type, almost 

 white, upon which colour the rows of squarish, light brownish spots 

 appear more conspicuous than usual. There are nine whorls, of 

 which the two apical are smooth and convex, the four succeeding 

 ones strongly ribbed and transversely grooved a little beneath the 

 suture, the furrow dividing the ribs into two unequal parts. The 

 three last volutions are smooth, and a little more convex than the 

 sculptured ones above. The length is 20 millim., and the dia- 

 meter 9 millim. 



30. Nassa unicolor. 



Bucciuuiu lseve sinuatum, Chemnitz, Con.-Cab. iv. pp. 54, 59, pi. 125. 

 Ggs. 1194, 1195. 



I'.in riiium unicolorum, Kiener, Coq. Viv. p. GO. 

 Buccinum unicolor, id. 1. c. pi. 19. fig. 69. 





