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5. Nassa albescens. 



Bucclnum albescens, Dunker, Abbild. und Besch., 1849, 

 p. 58, pi. ii., f. 15. 



Nassa bicolor, Homb. et Jacq., Yoy. au Pol. Sud., p. 84, 

 pi. xxi., fig. 41, 42. 



One fine specimen obtained. Also at Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits, 5 fathoms, sand bottom. 



6. Nassa sp.? 



One sea-worn specimen. 



7. Purpura mancinella. 



Afurex Diancmella, L. Syst. Nat., ed. xii., p. 12 19. 



One small specimen obtained. Found at Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits, on the reefs under coral : Nickol Bay, North 

 ¥/est Coast of Australia; Port Darwin, North x\ustralia, (Mr. 

 William Tompson Bednall). 



8. Persternia incarnata. 



Tnrbinella incarnata, Desh. Lam. x\nim. Sans. Vert., 

 tome ix., p. 394. 



One specimen found in good condition. Also Port 

 Darwin, N.Australia. Specimens from San Christoval, Solomon 

 Islands are of a bright yellow, violet inside. 



9. Voluta rnaculata Swainson, Exot. Conch., p. 23, pi. xxxviii. 



One inferior specimen obtained. Splendid specimens 

 obtained in 1875, at Palm Island, North-east Australia; also 

 Port Curtis and Port Denison. 



[Q. Mitra limbifera Lam. Anim. Sans. Vert., ed. ii., tome x., 



. P- 329- 



One fine living specimen obtained. 



11, M, avenacea Reeve. 



One sea-worn specimen found. 



12. M. fraga, Quoy et Gaimard. Voy. de I'Astr., tome ii., 

 p. 660, pi. xlv., f 28, 29, 



