MOLLUSCA — IlKDLKV. 371 



VOLUTA :\IAGNIFICA, CJirmnitz. 



VoliUa mac/Hi Ilea, CluMunitz, Conch. Cab., xi., 1795, p. S, pi. 174, 

 175, f. 1G93, 1G94. 



Station 25. 



The statement of Cliemnitz that this species inhabits Norfolk 

 Island was copied by subsequent authors, but is, I believe, 

 incorrect. 



Alive from 42-48 fathoms off Newcastle. 



VOLUTA MAMILLA, Gray. 



Volnta mamiUa, Gray in Sowerby, Thes. Conch., i., 1844, p. 207, 

 pi. 1., f. 57, 58. Id., Dautzenberg, Journ. de Conch., xli.x , 

 1901, p. 10, pi. ii. f. 1. 



Valuta inainmilla, Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844, p. 149. 

 Stations 37, 44. 



A specimen from station 37 is larger than any record, being 

 293 ram. (IIA- inches) long and 155 broad ; the weight is 12|- oz. 

 For its size the species is thin and light. 



Mr. J. Milligan described* this shell as used by the blacks of 

 Circular Head, Tasmania, for carrying water in the same way 

 that the Queensland Aborigines emplo}'' Melo. 



Alive from 50-52 fathoms off Botany Bay, and dead from 49-50 

 fathoms off Coogee. 



M I C R O V O L U T A, Ayigas. 



MICRO VOLUTA AUSTRALIS, Angas. 



Microvoluta australis, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 35, pi. v., 

 f. 2. Id., Brazier, Ann. Kept. Austr. Mus. for 1881 (1882), p. 

 20, 21. Id., Tryon, Man. Conch., iv., 1882, p. 105, pi. xxxi., 

 f. 151, 152. 



Valuta minima, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., v., 1887, p. 300, pi. 515, 

 f. 86. . 



Stations 23, 49. 



Taken in 16-19 fathoms in the Newcastle Bight, and in 63-75 

 fathoms off Port Kembla. Brazier has also reported it from 35 

 fathoms off Broughton Islands, and from 24 fathoms off Cabbage 

 Tree Island. 



* Milligan— Proc. Eoy. Soc. V.D. Land, 1854, p. 159. 



