66 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



NOTES AND CRITICAL REMARKS 



ON A DONATION OF SHELLS SENT TO THE 



MUSEUM OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



By JOHN BRAZIER, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., M.C.S. 



(Read before the Conchological Societ}', Dec. 15th, 18S7. 



Murex Brazieri Angas. — Hunters Bay, Middle Harbour, 



Port Jackson, New South AVales ; found in shell-sand 



thrown up after south-east gale. 

 Triton (Cumia) speciosa Angas. — Hunters Bay, Middle 



Harbour, Port Jackson. 

 Tritonidea Australis Pease=:7: asswiih's Angas (non Reeve). 



— Bottle and Glass Rocks, Port Jackson. Found under 



stones at low water. 

 Ranella pulchella Sowerby = ^//^/t'.r pemi Perry. — Port 



Curtis, Queensland, N.E. Australia ; ten fathoms. 

 Zemira Australis=^<^//r//fl! Aiistralis Sowerby. — Green 



Point, AVatson Bay, Port Jackson ; eight fathoms ; rare. 

 Nassa Jonasi T)MTiktx=Nassalabecula A. Adams. — Rose Bay, 



Port Jackson. Found in small pools on sandy mud flats. 

 N. paupera Gould=7\^ rufodnda Angas (non A. x\dams). — 



Hunters Bay, Port Jackson, N.S.W. Found with Murex 



Brazieri. The Nassa i-ufodnda A. Adams is the N. 



versicolor of C. B. Adams. Mr. iVngas named the Port 



Jackson species N. rufodnda. 

 N. immersa Carpenter. — Duke of York Island, New Britain. 



A very common species found crawling on sandy mud flats 



at half tide ; used by natives to adorn their dresses and for 



armlets, &c. This is evidendy a MS. name of Carpenter, 



have not been able to find out where described. 



J.C., vi., Apr., 1889, 



