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Show 1867.] MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. 213 Articulated throughout with brown on a flesh-coloured ground, and clouded with olive more or less below the sutures. This species is found on the beach occasionally at Middle Harbour and about Wollongong. Length 1 inch. 167. EUTROPIA SANGUINEA. Phasianella sanguinea, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 3. f. 3. The examples of this shell found in Port Jackson are much smaller than those from South Australia and Swan Biver. On examination of a number of specimens, this species seems to pass into the preceding one. Length 1 inch. 168. EUTROPIA (TRICOLIA) KOCHII. Phasianella kochii, Phil., Krauss, Moll. Siidaf. p. 104, pl. 6. f. 4. This richly coloured little species is from deep water in Port Jackson. It is also met with in South Africa and the Falkland Islands. Length 6 lines. 169. *EUTROPIA (TRICOLIA) ROSEA. Eutropia (Tricolia) rosea, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 114. A very minute species, somewhat elongated, of a uniform roseate colour. From shell-sand, Coodgee Bay. Length 1^ line. 170. *EUTROPIA (TRICOLIA) VIRGO. Eutropia (Tricolia) virgo, Angas, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 115. Equally minute with E. rosea, having the whorls ventricose, flamed with white at the sutures, and finely painted with pink undulating lines. From shell-sand at Coodgee Bay. Length l£ line. Subfam. TURBININ^E. 171. LUNELLA UNDULATA. Turbo undulatus, Chemn. Conch. Cab. x. pl. 169. f. 1640, 1641. Amongst rocks about Port Jackson Heads, Broken Bay, Wollongong, &c. This species ranges all along the southern coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Height 1 inch 6 lines. 172. NINELLA STRAMINEA. Helix stramineus, Martyn, Univ. Conch, t. 71. Turbo torquatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3597. T. lamellosus, Brod. Zool. Journ. v. p. 331. This large species is common amongst the rocks at low water about Port Jackson Heads. It is also abundant on many parts of , the coast of New South Wales, the animal being used as an article of food by the aborigines. The operculum of Ninella is remarkable for having two marginal raised spiral ribs externally. Height 2 inches. |
