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39. C. glans Brug. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 46, pi. xxii., 



f- 530— 531- 



Common on the beach after a gale. Isle of Art and 

 Anse Vata, New Caledonia; New Ireland ; New Britain, and 

 Duke of York Group ; Solomon Islands. 



40. C. cocci neus Gmel. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 45, pi. 



xxii., f. 538. 



One fine specimen found. Isle of Art, New Caledonia; 

 Lifou and Mare, Loyalty Islands; New Britain. 



41. C. scabriusculus Chem. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 46, 



f. 542 — 543, Conns fabula, Sowerby. 



Common on the beach after a gale. Isle of Art, New Cale- 

 donia; Lifou and Mare, Loyalty Islands. 



42. C. tenellus Chem. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 45, pi. 

 xxiii., f 556. 



C. ariopus, Sowerby. C. spectabiHs, A. Adams. 

 Only one specimen of this rare species found. 



43. Strombus plicatus Lam. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 30, 

 pi. vii., f. 56. 



Three specimens found. Also Great North Palm Island, 

 Northeast Australia; Home Islands, off Cape Grenville, 

 Northeast Australia; found on the reefs; Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits, on mud flats inside the reefs ; also dredged at 

 20 and 30 fathoms, sandy-mud bottom. 



44. Conus elegans Sow. Thes. Conch,, p. 3, pi. vL, f. 43-48. 



Two sea-worn specimens obtained. Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits, 15, 20 and 30 fathoms, sandy mud floor. 



45. Cypraea tigris L. Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. iv., f. 12. 



Common on the beach after a gale. Darnley Island, 

 Torres Straits. I obtained on the reef at Ovalau, Fiji Islands, 

 in 1865, a splendid orange variety, and in 1872 J obtained 



J.C, ii., July, 1879. • G 1 



