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Dredged in Gulf St. Vincent, under 22 fathoms, 20 alive, 

 9 dead; in 17 fathoms Backstairs Passage, 1 alive; in 15-20 

 fathoms off St. Francis Island, 1 alive; in 35 fathoms, 1 alive, 

 2 dead; in 45 fathoms off Neptune Islands, 1 dead; 

 in 90 fathoms off Cape Jaffa, 2 dead, immature ; in 104 fath- 

 oms 35 miles south-west of Neptune Islands, 2 good, dead. 



Another variety which may be called marmorata is beau- 

 tifully marbled with flames of white and deep blackish- 

 brown. 



Daphnella excavata, (xatlitf. 



DophneUa excavata, Gatliff, Proc. R-oj*. Soc, Victoria, 1906, 

 vol. xix. (N.S.), p. 1, pi. i., figs. 1 and 2. Type locaUty — "Port 

 Phillip": Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc, New South Wales. 1907, vol. 

 xxxii., p. 507, "in 17-20 fathoms off Mast Head Island, Queens- 

 land" ; Hedlev and May, Records Austr. Mus., vol. vii.. No. 2, 

 1908, p. 112, ""in 100 fathoms off Cape Pillar, Tasmania."' 



Dredged in 22 fathoms outside Backstairs Passage, 11 

 examples. Identified by Mr. Gatliff. 



Cythara compta, Adams and Angas. 



Cithara compta, Adams and Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 

 1863, p. 419, pi. xxxvii., fig. 5. Type locality— ''^ew South 

 Wales"; 1865, p. 160, "dredged Rapid Bay, Gulf St. Vincent"; 

 1867, p. 204; Sowerbv, Proc Mai. Soc, London, 1896, vol. ii., p. 

 31; Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc Roy. Soc, Victoria, (1899) 1900, 

 vol. xii. (N.S.), p. 176, "Victoria" ; Tate and May, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc, New South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 370, "Tasmania." 



Daphnella, etc., Tryon, Man. Conch., 1884, vol. vi., p. 

 306, pi. XXV., fig. 49. 



Daphnella varix, Tenison- Woods, Proc Roy. Soc, Tasmania, 

 (1876) 1877, p. 10. Type locality — "Tamar Heads, Tasmania." 



Dredged alive at all depths from 9 to 20 fathoms in Gulf 

 St. Vincent and Spencer Gulf, and in our two Straits ; only 



1, and that very poor, dredged in 40 fathoms off Beachport. 

 It is taken on the beach on St. Francis Island, and has been 

 sent to me from Rotnest Island, in Western Australia. It 

 is a comparatively common shell in South Australia. 



Cythara kingensis, Petterd. 



Daphnella hingensls, Petterd, Jour. Conch., 1879, vol. 

 ii., p. 102. Type locality — "King Island, Tasmania" : Tate and 

 May, Proc Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 

 370; Hedlev and May, Records Austr. Mus., vol. vii., No. 2, 1908, 

 p. 112, "100 fathoms off Cape Pillar, Tasmania." 



Cithara cnrinata, Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc Roy. Soc, Vic- 

 toria, 1899, vol. xii., p. 103, pi. viii. Type locality — "o fathoms 

 Western Port"; Tate and May, loc. cit., affirm its identity. 



Manqilio emina, Hedley, Records Austr. Mus. vol. vi., part 



2, 1905. p. 53, fig. 20. Type locality— ''111 fathoms off Cape 

 Bvron, Ncm" South Wales." 



