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16. Voluta Turner! Gray. 



Habitat — North Australia. 

 Variety — -Jamracki Gray. 

 Habitat — Northwest coast, Nicol Bay. 

 Variety — Ellioti Sowerby. 



Habitat — Northwest Cape, Tien Tsin, Barrow Island, 

 Northwest coast. 



Variety — Loroisi Vallen. 



Habitat — Islands off Fortescue River, Western Australia. 



17. V. praetexta Reeve. 



Habitat — Tien Tsin Creek, Flying Foam Passage, 

 Dolphin Island, Northwest Australia. 



18. V. maculata Swainson. 



Habitat — Port Curtis, Port Denison, Lady Elliot's 

 Island, Northeast Australia. 



19. V. Harfordi, Cox. — V. canaliculata McCoy. 



Habitat — Broad Sound, Northeast Austraha (Brazier) 

 Wreck Reefs. 



I obtained the type specimens from the last mentioned 

 locality where it is extremely rare, and when found it is 

 generally broken on the hp. Dr. Cox and Prof McCoy 

 obtained their specimens from Mr. R. Thatcher, to whom I 

 gave several examples. 



20. V. papillosa Swainson. 



Habitat — North coast of Tasmania, Encounter Bay, 

 South Australia. Off coast of New South Wales, between 

 Montague Island and Twofold Bay, dredged in 1,900 

 fathoms (Brazier). 



Variety — Macquariensis. 



Shell same form and size as typical but of a more or less 

 intense yellow colour throughout without any markings. 



Habitat — Macquarie Harbour, west coast of Tasmania. 



