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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Shell globose, spire short, somewhat flattened, whorls rather rapidly 
increasing and descending, umbilicated, mouth lunate, edge sharp. Colour pure 
white, rather glossy, with three concentric rows ol‘ yellow markings sometimes 
spots, sometimes lines, and sometimes broad Y-like markings along the periphery. 
Sculpture consists of close-set. flattened line with narrow interstices, on the last 
whorl, twelve above and about twenty below the rounded periphery, mostly 
broad lira? above and mostly narrow below; on the antepenultimate and preceding 
whorls nine lira? are counted. Umbilicus large, open, perspective, funicle 
running up. Columella straight, a little flattened and recurved anteriorly, 
medially flattened forming a tooth-like projection from which a funicular rib 
runs into the umbilicus; above spreading as a glaze on the body whorl and 
crossing to posterior angle of mouth which is half-moon shaped. Height 14 mm. ; 
width 17 mm. 
Habitat: Michaelmas Cay, North Queensland. 
Septa rubecula Linne. 
While adding a species and genus to the Queensland and Australian 
fauna, this species is of more than ordinary interest. The genus Septa was intro- 
duced by Perry (Arcana, pi. ii., Jan. 1, 1810) with the sole species Septa 
scarlatina, which is the same as Mur ex rubecula Linne (Svst. Nat., xth ed., 
p. 749, 1758). 
The name Sepia , as used in Medley's Queensland list, has been shown to 
need replacement by Dharonia Gistel (1 redale. Nautilus, 1913, p. 55), so that 
this reintroduction is pleasing to me. 1 found the species at Michaelmas Gay, 
and Mr. Melbourne Ward at the Capricorn Croup. The names in the family 
CymatiidsB need much rearrangement, as many generic types are grouped under 
the name Cymatium. C ymatium labiosinn Wood needs elimination as it refers to 
the same thing as strung ei A. Adams and Angas, and, though T once advocated 
the identity of these two, the latter name should be used for the Australian 
shell. 
Distorsio anus Linne. 
This well-known species has not hitherto been recorded from Australia, 
as Shirley’s report from ‘*3Biirketown” is valueless. A series of shells received 
by Shirley from Burketown, an inland locality, comprised such Pacific species 
as flarpa nobilis Martvn, Cyprim onyx' L., C onus bull a I us L., ('onus luteus L., 
&c., and were obviously never collected there, nor in Queensland. At the same 
time Shirley added ct Distortnx cancellatus lies'll., Yeppoon, but there was no 
such species named by Deshayes. and 4 * caite< j Ilhius ’ was probably intended, but 
the author of that name was not even Deshayes. Furthermore, Medley had 
included Distortrix decipiens Reeve, which would refer to the same species 
Shir lev had in view. The correct name for this seems to be Distorsio reticulata 
Bolton (Mils. Bolton, ii, p. 133, 1798, based on Mart. 2, t. 41. f. 405, 406) from the 
Island of Hitoe in the Moluccas. 
Family CONTILE. 
Many more species of Cones exist in the Queensland seas than are listed 
at present, and T can add eleven, while T have another half dozen which have not 
yet been satisfactorily located. 
