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5. Voluta nivosa Lamarck. 



Habitat — Western Australia, as far north as Sharks Bay. 



Variety — Norrisii Sowerby. 



Habitat — Nicol Bay, Tien Tsin, Flying Foam Passage, 

 and Camden Harbour, Northwest Australia. 



Variety — Sophia Gray. 



Habitat — Warrior Reef and Darnley Island, Torres 

 Straits. Port Essington, North coast. 



6. V. maria-emma Gray. 



Habitat — Northwest Australia. 



7. V. fusiformis Swainson. 



Habitat — Broken Bay, New South Wales. Tasmania. 

 Although this fine species is generally distributed around the 

 coast of this island, its home seems to be at Circular Head, 

 where it reaches its greatest size and after gales is very abun- 

 dant. Some few years back, after a very heavy storm, I 

 obtained some hundreds of specimens on the Black River 

 Beach ; many of these were over 7 inches in length. On the 

 southern coasts it is much smaller, rarely attaining 5 inches 

 in length. 



8. V. piperata Sowerby. 



Habitat — Rubiana, Solomon Archipelago. 

 Variety — Riickeri Crosse. 



Habitat — Florida, Isabel, Savu, Shortland and Bougan- 

 ville Islands, Solomon Archipelago. 



At the two first mentioned islands I obtained a great 

 "number of specimens from the natives, who collect them on 

 the coral reefs skirting the coast. 



Variety — Macgillivrayi Cox. 

 Habitat — Woodlark Island. 



This attractively colored variety is often brought to 

 Hobart Town by the crews of whaling vessels. 



