12 DISTRIBUTION OF AUSTRALASIAN VOLUTES. 
or black lines, is often obtained in good condition at Broken Bay 
Heads; I have not known of its being found further south than 
Botany Bay. It is found most abundantly at Nelson s Bay, Port 
Stephens, and in fine condition, but it has a range much further 
north. I have specimens from Port Macquarie, Redbank River, 
and the Macleay River Heads, and other ports as far north as 
the Tweed River, on the East coast ; possibly it extends as far 
as Brisbane. I do not consider this species as a variety oi V. 
lineata, for the two are in my opinion quite distinct species. • 
Moreton Bay, Mr. Brazier. 
14.—VOLUTA ANGASI— Sowerby, 
Is the only Volute found in any numbers on the Victorian coast* 
It is considered by Gray only a variety of V. undulata, Lam. > 
it is a small species, from two to three and a half inches 
long, of a rusty white, with longitudinal flexuous chestnut lines 
more or less undulated. This species first makes its appearance on 
the coast of New South Wales, even as far North as Port Mac¬ 
quarie, in great abundance at Port Stephens, and may be traced as 
far as Broken Bay Heads South, but not of large size, and generally 
the specimens are dead and beaclnVorn. I have recently had speci¬ 
mens of this shell from below Jervis Bay, a part of the coast as 
yet too little explored to speak confidently of what species are to 
be found there; but the great home of this species appears to bo 
on the Nortii coast of Tasmania. Mr. Thatcher found this shell 
in great abundance from Circular Head to the mouth of the River 
Tamar. At Corner Inlet and Snake Island, on the Victorian 
coast, it is also found abundantly. 
15.—VOLUT A UNDULATA— Lamarck, 
Is one of the brightest of the marine fauna. Its metropolis is 
Spencer’s Gulf, the best specimens coming from inside Boston Bay 
(Port Lincoln) and Encounter Bay. The type is from Boston 
Island, the shell being three inches long, the ground pure white, 
and the undulated lines stand in bold relief. It ranges along the 
South Australian coast generally, and extends to the Great Austra¬ 
lian Bight. I may here remark that Voluta undulata is essentially 
Australasian, and that it, V. zebra , Leach, Port Stephens, 
V. Turneri , Gray, North coast ; V. Elliotti, Sowerby, V Loroisi, 
Valen , of West and North-West Australia, and V. Angasi , 
Sowerby, are very much alike, if not the same species. 
1C.— VOLUTA EXOPTANDIt A— Sowerby, 
Is very rare ; the only genuine specimens known of are said to be 
fro.u Port Elliott, South Australia. 
