150 



1 recent, translucent, uncoloured ; 80 miles west of Eucla 

 in 80 fathoms 2 dead, up to 11 mm., showing colour at the 

 ends; in 81 fathoms 3 recent, coloured on back and ends; 

 90 miles west of Eucla in 100 fathoms, 1 eroded. Taken on 

 beach at Esperance up to 13*5 mm. ; at Albany up to 12 mm. ; 

 at Ellensbrook, very many brilliantly coloured ; on Rottnest 

 Island up to 11 mm.; Cottesloe beach up to 14 mm. 



Trivia globosa, Sowerby. (Cypraea globosa, Gray : M.S.S. 

 Descrip. Cat. of Cvp., p. 14, No. 121). Sowerbv: Conch. Illus. 

 Cat., Sp. 117, 1837, fig. 34, 1832; Sowerby : Thes. Conch., vol. 

 iv., 1870, p. 47, No. 167, pi. xxxv., figs. 466, 467; Angas : Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 94; Hedley : Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1909, 

 p. 362; Shaw: Proc. Mai. Soc, vol. viii., 1909, p. 308. 



Dredged by Federal trawler "Endeavour" 40 miles west 

 of Eucla, in Great Australian Bight, in 72 fathoms 1 ; at 

 80 miles west in 81 fathoms 1. In King George Sound in 12 

 to 14 fathoms 3 dead, but in perfect condition, 4 mm., 3 mm., 

 and 2*5 mm. long (Dr. Verco). 



Erato bimaculata, Tate 



Erato bimaculata, Tate: Adelaide Philos. Soc, 1878, vol. i., 

 p. 88; Tate and May: Proc Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxvi., 

 1901, p. 375, pi. xxiii., fig. 6. 



Recorded by Tate on the east and west coast of Gulf 

 St. Vincent and on the east coast of Spencer Gulf. Dredged 

 4 alive in 5 fathoms Gulf St. Vincent ; in Backstairs Passage 

 in 17 fathoms 11, in 22 fathoms many dead, 10 quite fresh; 

 off Corny Point, Spencer Gulf, in 30 fathoms 1 dead. 



Albany beach 1 ; off Bunbury, dredged, in 15 fathoms 

 1 -dead; Rottnest Island beach 2, typical (Dr. Verco). 



Erato lachryma, Sowerbv 



Erato lachryma, Grav : Descrip. Cat., 1832, p. 17; Sowerbv: 

 Conch. Illus. Erato, p. 15, Sp. 5, 1837, fig. 48 ; 1832 (Lachrfnia 

 trifasciata, Humphrey, M.S.S.) ; Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. i ii . , 

 1866, p. 82, Sp. 5, figs. 4, 5, 6; Reeve: Conch. Icon., 1865, fig. 9; 

 Tate: Trans. Rov. Soc S. Austr., 1881, vol. iv., p. 140: Tate and 

 May: Proc Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. xxvi.. 1901, p. 375; 

 Hedloy: Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1909, p. 362. 



Erato denticulata, Pritchard and Gatliff: Proc Rov. Soc. 

 Vict., vol. xii. (N.S.), 1900, p. 133. 



Sowerby's type of 1832 was from New South 

 Wales ; in the Thes. Conch, the species was recorded from 

 Japan in 1866. Tate identified it from Fowler Bay (Mrs. 



