3i8 BRAZIER: cypRjEa found in moreton bay, 



CYPR^A. 



1. Cypraea asellus L. Bribie Island; one dead specimen 



found. 



2. C. felina L. Stradbroke Island, on banks under big hill. 



3. C. carneola L. Stradbroke Island, on the banks under big 



hill. 



4. C. Isabella L. Bribie Island; one dead specimen found. 



5. C. macula A. Ad. Stradbroke Island, on coral banks. 



Subgenus ARICIA. 



6. C. annulus L. Stradbroke Island; very common on all 



the banks off the island. 



Mrs. Coxen says "We had at one time 800 specimens 

 a great deal firmer in color than those figured by Mr. 

 Sowerby in Thes. Conch." I am of the same opinion, having 

 obtained large numbers from Port Denison and Torres 

 Straits that puts the figure of Reeve and Sowerby in the 

 shade. 



7. C. Arabica L. Stradbroke Island, on coral banks; common. 



8. C. caput-anguis Phil. This species was sent for name and 



marked Moreton Bay; I consider Moreton Bay a very wide 

 range. This was described by Philippi, 1849, in 'Zeitschrift 

 fiir Malakozoologie,' p. 24. 



Mr. A. Garrett in this journal, ii., p. in, states that he 

 only found it at the Sandwich Islands. When I was at 

 Strong Island — sometimes called Oualan and Ualan — residing 

 for two weeks I obtained twelve living specimens and a 

 few beach-worn, in that time I did not even find C. capui- 

 serpentis. I have C. caput-anguis from New Caledonia, also 

 various parts of the coast of New South Wales, for instance 

 it is found as far south as Botany Bay, Shark Island, Port 

 Jackson. After the great winter gale of 1868 some hundreds 



J.C, ii., Oct., 1879 



