1869.] | MR. G. F. ANGAS ON NEW AUSTRALIAN SHELLS. 45 
Terias charmione, Boisduval, Spec. Gén. Lép. i. p. 677, n. 40 (1836). 
Hab. —-—? B.M. 
From the collection of Mr. Milne. 
Sp. 2. AMNEMOPSYCHE EXPANDENS. 
Nyctemera expandens, Walker, Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 398. 
n. 17 (1854). 
Hab. ? B.M. 
Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
5. Descriptions of twelve new Species of Land and Marine 
Shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. By 
GerorGE Frencu Aneoas, C.M.Z.S., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., &e. 
(Plate II.) 
Haxioris (PADOLLUS) BRAZIERI, n. 8. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 
Shell oblong-ovate, body-whorl nearly flat above, whorls marked 
with an obscure single central rib ; perforations peculiarly tubiferous, 
standing erect, six open; spire somewhat elevated; sculptured 
throughout with striz radiating from the sutures, with a few spiral 
ridges on the first and second whorls, which lose themselves on the 
body-whorl and again appear on the outer margin of the lip; beau- 
tifully marbled with blotches of red and green interrupted here and 
there with a few white zigzag markings ; base of body-whorl some- 
what flattened ; interior brilliantly nacreous. 
Diam. maj. 13 inch, min. 1 in., alt. 5 lines. 
Hab. Lake Macquarie, New South Wales ( Brazier). 
A beautiful species, remarkable for its radiate sculpture and large 
erect elevated perforations. 
TRITON Bassi, n. s. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 
Shell ovately fusiform, with five or six rounded varices ; spire 
moderately raised, one-third the length of the shell, apex obtuse ; 
whorls rounded, closely encircled throughout with irregular narrow 
flattened ridges beaded alternately here and there and especially 
towards the base with small inconspicuous nodules, the interstices 
very finely longitudinally crisped, last whorl slightly angled at the 
upper part, and furnished at the angle with a few rude tubercles ; 
pale purplish brown, the nodules here and there whitish occasionally 
interrupted on the wider ridges with small chestnut spots ; columella 
white, arcuate, furnished with a small callosity at the upper part, and 
tooth-ridged below ; canal short, recurved ; interior of the aperture 
violet ; outer lip thickened, white, closely and strongly denticulated 
within. 
Length 13, diam. 73 lines. 
Hab. Corner Inlet, Bass’s Straits (Brazier). 
