IQO BRAZIER : MARINE SHELLS OF FITZROY ISLAND. 



21. Engina sp.? 



One single sea-worn specimen ; resembles E. recurva. 



22. Natica melanostomoides Quoy and Gaimard. Voy de 

 I'Astr., tome ii., p. 229, pi. Ixvi., f. 4. 



One fine specimen obtained. I dredged two specimens 

 in 1875 at Cape Grenville, Northeast 'Australia, 30 fathoms, 

 white sand bottom; they are in the Macleayan Museum. 

 Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. 



23. Conus arenatus Brug. Diet., No. 16. 



One specimen found. Common in the Solomon Islands; 

 New Britain; New Ireland and Duke of York Group ; rare 

 in New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. 



24. C. varius L. Syst. Nat, No. 312. 



Six specimens found; some are coronated and some 

 smooth. 



25. C. minimus L. Syst. Nat, ed. xii., p. 1168. 



One specimen found. Also Nev/ Caledonia, common. 



26. C. Ceylanensis Brug. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 10, 



f- 139—140- 



Eight specimens found. Also north of New Caledonia, 

 Makera Harbour, San Christoval, Solomon Islands. 



27. C. musicus Brug. Sow^erby, Thes. Conch., jd. ii, pi. vi., 

 f. 148. 



Five specimens found. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 

 found on the reefs under coral ; Art Island, New Caledonia, 

 Makera Harbour, San Christoval, Solomon Islands, found 

 under stones. 



28. C. emaciatus Reeve. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 23, 



pi X., f 2I.|. 



One specimen found (white variety). Common on the 

 North Coast of New Caledonia, Lifou and Mare, Loyalty 

 Islands. 



J.C, ii., June, 1B79 



