1867.] mr. g. f. angas on australian mollusca. 227 



260. Bulla magdelus. 



Bulla magdelus. Lister. 

 B. ovuhttn, Gould (MS. in Coll. Cuming). 



A brown-clouded species, rather solid, and more swollen than B. 

 punctulata. Middle Harbour and Long Bay. Length 1 inch I line. 



261. Haminia brevis. 



Bulla brevis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de I'Astrol. pi. 26. f. 36, 37- 

 Dredged in Middle Harbour; and Port Stephen, New South 

 "Wales. Length 8 lines. 



262. Akkra soluta. 



Bulla soluta, Chem., Mart. Hist. Conch, x. t. 46. f. 1359-1361. 



B. tenuis, A. Adams; Sow. Thes. Conch, pi. 121. f. 45. 



Found in sandy mud. Botany Bay. It is also found in the Phi- 

 lippines ; Zanzibar ; and Spencer's Gulf, South Australia ; also in 

 Torres Straits. It varies greatly in size. Length of Botany Bay 

 specimens 10 lines, Spencer's Gulf specimens 1 inch 5 lines, Zanzibar 

 specimens 1 inch 9 lines. 



Fam. Bhilinid^. 



263. *Philine angasi. 



Bulla angasi, Crosse, Journ. de Conch. 1865, pi. 2. f. 8. 



Generally distributed along the Australian coasts. Common on 

 mud-banks. Nearly allied to Bulla coreanica of A. Ad., from the 

 Korean archipelago. Length 1 inch 4 lines. 



The gizzard of this species resembles in form that of the British 

 B. quadripartita. 



264. *Chelidonura adamsi. 



Chelidonura adamsi, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 116. 



The shell is small, flat, thin, and patulous, with the outer lip pro- 

 duced posteriorly, and is concealed in the thickness of the mantle. 



The animal of C. adamsi is extremely beautiful. It is of a velvet- 

 black, having the mantle and the two long projecting tails bordered 

 with lines of cobalt-blue and gold. On the back is a small white 

 crescent-shaped spot. Found in a rock-pool at low water, at the 

 " Bottle and Glass," Vaucluse Bay, Port Jackson. Length of animal 

 2 inches. 



The only other species of the genus as yet described is the C. hi- 

 rundinina of Quoy, from the Mauritius, the animal of which is of 

 fine blue and emerald-green colours. 



Fam. Aplysiid^. 



265. DOLABELLA SCAPULA. 



Dolabella scapula, Martyn. 



