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115. CONUS GRAVI. 



Conns grayi, Reeve, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 1/9 ; Conch. Icon. pi. 4G. 

 f. 258. 



A somewhat elongated shell, smooth above, ridged below, and 

 handsomely painted with two rows of large waved blackish spots. 

 This species is of very rare occurrence. Under rocks at Middle 

 Harbour at low spring tide. Length 1 1 lines. 



Suborder Rostrifera. 

 Fani. Cypr^eid^. 



lie. CyPROVULA UMBILICATA. 



CyprcBa iimbilicata, Sow. in Tank. Cat. 2260. 



Cijprovula umbilicata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 125. 



Several living specimens of this rare shell were dredged in deep 

 water, at a distance of two miles off the coast of New South Wales, 

 a little to the southwards of WoUongong, by Commodore Loring, 

 C.B., when commanding H.M.S. * Iris.' They are somewhat smaller 

 and paler in colour than the ordinary Tasmanian examples. Length 

 of the New South "Wales specimens 3 inches. 



117. CyPR/EA VITELLUS. 



Cyprcea vitellus, Linn. ; Lister, Conch. })1. G93. f. 40. 



This species, so abundant throughout the Indo-Pacific molluscan 

 province, is rarely met with in Port Jackson. The few that have 

 been obtained alive in Wooloomooloo Bay and at CoorunuUa beach 

 are rich in colour and moderatel}'^ large. Length of largest Cooru- 

 nuUa specimen 2 inches 3 lines. 



118. Cypr.ea caput-seupentis. 



Cyprtjea caput-sei-pentis, Linn.; Lister, Conch, pis. /Ol, 702. 

 f. 49, 50. 



Like C. vitellus, this species, although one of the most abundant 

 within the tropics, is rare in Port Jackson, only three or four speci- 

 mens having been found at Manly Beach and Long Bay, which may 

 be considered its furthest southern limit. The young shells are 

 ash-coloured, with a dark central band. Length 1^ inch. 



119. Cypr^a asellus. 



Cyprcea asellus, Linn. ; Encyc. Mc'th. pi. 35G. f. 5. 



Several specimens of this species were dredged in Port Jackson 

 Harbour by the late Fred. Strange. I obtained three examples my- 

 self at Long Bay, between Port Jackson and Botany Heads. They 

 are larger and the bands more deeply coloured than those from 

 Ceylon. Length 9 lines. 



120. Cypr.ea clandestina. 



Cyprcea clandestina, Linn. ; Wood, Ind. Tes. pi. 3. f. I/. 

 C. moniliaris, Lam. 



