838 MR. J. BRAZIER ON AUSTRALIAN CASSIDID^. [Nov. 19, 



mouths of the Macleay, Nambuccra, Bellengen, Redbank, and Cla- 

 rence rivers. This species is also found at New Caledonia and the 

 Philippine Islands. 



3. Semicassis (Phalium) coronulata. 



Cassis coronulata, Sowerby, Tankerville Catalogue, App. p. 20 ; 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. xii. fig. 31. 



Hab. Broken Bay ; and near the mouths of the Macleay, Bellen- 

 geu, and Redbank rivers. 



This species is very often mistaken for C. glauca, Linn., which is 

 a very common shell, but not found on the Australian coast. 



4. Semicassis (Casmaria) patjcirugis. 



Cassis paucirugis, Menke, Moll. Novae Hollandise, p. 23, sp. 107 ; 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. viii. fig. 19 a, b. 



Hab. Merimbula, south of Port Jackson ; Encounter and Guichen 

 Bays, South Australia ; Swan River, Western Australia ; it also 

 ranges to Tasmania. 



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5. Semicassis (Casmaria) achatina. 



Cassis achatina, Lam. Anim. sans Vert, tome vii. p. 226 ; 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. x. fig. 28 a, b. 



Hab. Merimbula, Wollongong, and Botany Bay, south of Port 

 Jackson; thrown on shore after gales. "Bottle and Glass" rocks, 

 Port Jackson ; found under stones. Also north of Port Jackson at 

 Broken Bay ; Port Stephens ; Port Macquarie ; near the mouths of 

 the Macleay, Nambuccra, Bellengen, Redbank, and Clarence rivers. 



6. Semicassis (Casmaria) pyrum. 



Cassis pyrum, Lam. Anim. sans Vert, tome vii. p. 226 ; Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon. pi. xi. fig. 29 a, b, c. 



Cassis zeylanica, Lam. 



Hab. Botany Bay, Merimbula, Hunter's Bay and Middle Harbour, 

 Port Jackson ; Broken Bay, Port Stephens, Port Macquarie ; near 

 the mouths of the Macleay, Nambuccra, Bellengen, Redbank, and 

 Clarence rivers. It is also found in Tasmania, and on the west 

 coast of New Zealand. 



7. Semicassis (Casmaria) torquata. 



Cassis torquata, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. i. fig. 1 a, b. 



Hab. Near the mouth of the Macleay river, New South Wales. 

 I obtained one fine example of this species when investigating that 

 part of the coast two years ago. 



8. Semicassis (Casmaria) sophi^:. 



Cassis sophia, Brazier, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 617. 



Hab. Near Grassy Head {coll. Brazier). 



This beautiful shell is, so far as I know, unique in my cabinet. 



