BOULDER BANK, NELSON. 
CHAPTER XXXY. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND. 
(continued.) 
New Zealand is neither destitute in the variety of its Molluscs, 
nor in the size of their shells or the beauty of their color, 
many of which will bear comparison with those of warmer 
seas, this is especially the case with the shells of the northern 
termination of the islands, where they partake much of a 
tropical character ; thus the Triton variegatum, ( Pntetere, ) 
the ancient Maori trumpet, is found at the North Cape, and 
although in size much less than those of New Caledonia and 
the Fiji Islands, is still a fine shell, from eight to ten inches 
in length, but the Dolium variegatum , also obtained at the 
Cape, quite equals that of New Caledonia, both in size 
and beauty. The same may be said of the Cyprea Macu- 
lata of Maketu in the Bay of Plenty, which is little inferior 
