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Show 1871.] MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. 97 Fam. HALIOTIDJ-E. 77. HALIOTIS (PADOLLUS) BRAZIERI, Angas, P. Z. S. 1869, pl. 11. f. 1. Richly mottled with red and green blotches, and remarkable for its radiate sculpture, and large, erect, elevated perforations. Lake Macquarie, New South Wales (Brazier) ; Watson's Bay, Port Jackson (Angas). 78. HALIOTIS HARGREAVESI, COX, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 49, pl. 26. f. 4. Strongly longitudinally ribbed with nine or ten flat and coarsely lamellose ribs, and with depressions in the internal surface corresponding with the elevations without. Broken Bay Heads, New South Wales. Fam. FlSSURELLIDiE. 79. E M A R G I N U L A DILECTA, A. Ad. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 85 ; Thesaurus (Fissurellidce), pl. 10. f. 5. A small, coarsely latticed, elongated, and somewhat depressed species, with the marginal slit long and narrow. Lane Cove, Port Jackson (Brazier). Fam. SCUTELLID_E. 80. SCUTELLINA CINNAMOMEA. Patella cinnamomea, Gould, Expedition, Shells, p. 9. Scutellina ferruginea, A. Ad. A thin, finely sculptured species, of a brown colour. Fam. DENTALIID^:. 81. C A D U L U S ACUMINATUS, Deshayes, in Cum. Coll. Dredged on a clear sandy bottom, Middle Harbour, Port Jackson. The shell of Cadulus is a small, semitransparent, curved tube, more or less tumid below and contracted at the base. It was at one time supposed to be the case of an annelid; but, from an examination of the animal, it has been proved to be a mollusk. Fam. CmTONiDiE. 82. LORICA ANGASI, H. Ad. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 193. Camp Cove, Port Jackson (Brazier). A species quite distinct from L. cimolia, Reeve, of which L. volvox, Reeve, is a synonym. Fam. ACTEONID^E. 83. B U C C I N U L U S NIVEUS, Angas, P. Z. S. 1871, PL I. f. 27. A somewhat acuminate species of an ivory white throughout. Dredged at the " Sow and Pigs," Port Jackson (Brazier). PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1871, No. VII. |