1874.J MR. J. BRAZIER ON NEW AUSTRALIAN SHELLS. 6/1 



Hab. Fitzroy Island, north-east coast of Australia ; fouud crawl- 

 ing on roots of grass in company with Diplommatina gowllandi 

 {coll. Brazier). 



8. Columbella (Mitrella) russelli. (Plate LXXXIII. 

 figs. 17 & 18.) 



Shell cylindrically oblong, somewhat fusiform, smooth, white ; 

 whorls 6, moderately convex, encircled with dark orange spots ; on 

 the last whorl are two rows of spots, the upper row larger, the lower 

 long and reticulated, those above the suture are arrow-shaped ; aper- 

 ture oblong-ovate, outer lip thickened with a callus above ; columella 

 marked with fine grooves ; canal short, straight. 



Length 2|, breadth \\ lin. 



Hab. No. 6 or Eclipse Island, Claremont Group, north-east coast 

 of Australia. I obtained only one specimen, under a stone, during 

 our stay of nine days {coll. Brazier). 



9. Columbella (Anachis) digglesi. (Plate LXXXIII. figs. 

 11 & 12.) 



Shell oblong-ovate, thin, glassy, whitish, marked with oblique 

 reddish lines, longitudinally narrowly ribbed ; whorls 5|, tabled at 

 the suture ; apex acute, light blue ; aperture ear-shaped, half the 

 length of the shell ; outer lip minutely denticulated within, colu- 

 mella curved, finely striated, with a callus extending to the upper 

 part ; canal short. 



Length l£, breadth f lin. 



Hab. Fitzroy Island, north-east coast of Australia {coll. Brazier). 



This pretty species I obtained at a depth of 18 fathoms, upon a 

 piece of Reiepora dredged off a rocky bottom. I have named it 

 after Mr. Silvester Diggles of Queensland, the author of a work on 

 Australian ornithology, and one of the observing party of the 

 Eclipse Expedition. 



*10. Columbella (Anachis) gowllandi. (Plate LXXXIII. 

 figs. 15 & 16.) 



Shell oblong-ovate, rather solid, horny yellow, longitudinally 

 ribbed as far as the centre of the last whorl ; ribs rounded and 

 smooth, interstices smooth, belcw obliquely striated ; whorls 8, 

 moderately convex, encircled with a reddish band on the centre of 

 the whorls, with two on the last, one in the middle, and one below, 

 grained at the suture ; apex acute, very smooth ; aperture ear-shaped, 

 short, outer lip thickened, smooth ; columella sinuous, coated with 

 callus, upper part with a tooth-like callus spreading towards the outer 

 lip ; canal short, straight. 



Length 2|, breadth 1 lin. 



Hab. No. 6 or Eclipse Island, Claremont Group, north-east coast 

 of Australia, under stones (coll. Brazier). 



Of this species I obtained three specimens at the same locality ; 

 and when visiting the Solomons Islands in 18/2 in H.M.S. 'Blanche' 

 I collected four at Makera Harbour, San Christoval. It comes near 



