198 BRAZIER : MARINE SHELLS OF FITZROY ISLAND. 



71. Fissurella octagona? Reeve. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., 



pi. viii., f. 159. 



One specimen dead and sea-worn found on the beach. 



72. Buccinulus coccinatus. 



Tornatella coccinata Reeve. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 60. 



Soiidula coccinata A. Ad. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1854, p. 61. 



One good specimen found on the sands. Harbour of 

 Noumea, New Caledonia, 8 fathoms, sandy-mud bottom. 

 Only a few weeks ago I obtained six specimens right under 

 the inner North Head of Port Jackson, in 5 fathoms, white 

 sand and broken shells. Whale Island, Aneiteum, New Heb- 

 rides, crawling on the sandy-mud flat at the edge of ebb tide. 



73. Bulla punctulata A. Adams. Sowerby, Thes. Conch., 

 pi. cxxiii., f 77. 



Two specimens found on the beach in good condition. 

 Also New Caledonia; New Britain; Port Jackson and the 

 coast of New South Wales in general. 



CONCHIFERA. 



74. Mesodesma intermedia Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1854, P- 338. 



One specimen found in a living state. 



The Mesodesma nitida Desh. is not found at Sydney, nor 

 anything like it. So much for the Cumingian Localities. 



75. Cardium Dupuehense Reeve. Conch. Icon., pi. xiv.,f 67. 



One specimen found somewhat sea-worn. 



76. Mytilus Nicobarica var. Kraussii Kuster. Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon., pi. ix., f 40. 



Three specimens found on a block of coral. Cape Bank, 

 Botany Bay, New South Wales. 



J.C, ii., Jully 1879 



