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Show 206 MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. [Feb. 14, Outer Manly Beach and Watson's Bay have produced a few specimens of this delicately zigzag-lined species. It is found in crevices of rocks at very low spring tides. At Moreton Bay it is more abundant, being found in company with C. annulus, C. erosa, C. caput-serpentis, and others, in those clusters of oysters called * ningi-ningi' by the blacks, which are exposed at low tides on the shores of Strad-broke Island. Length 8 lines. 121. CYPRCEA CARNEOLA. Cyprcea carneola, Linn. ; Lister, Conch, pl. 664. f. 8. This species, abundant further to the north, is sometimes met with at Long Bay, between Botany and Port Jackson Heads. Length 1^ inch. 122. CYPRCEA XANTHODON. Cyprcea xanthodon, Gray; Sow. Conch. Illus. f. 18. A very rare species in Port Jackson, of which I found two living examples at Watson's Bay. Length 14 lines. 123. CYPRCEA ERRONES. Cyprcea errones, Linn.; Wood, Index Test. pl. 17. f. 39. Young specimens of this species, so common within the tropics, are found, though rarely, at outer Manly Beach. Length 1 inch. 124. CYPRCEA FELINA. Cyprcea felina, Gmel., Wood, Index Test. pl. 17. f. 26. A single example of this common Indian Cyprcea was found by me at Middle Harbour. Length 9 lines. 125. CYPRCEA PIPERATA. Cyprcea piperata, Gray; Sow. Conch. 111. f. 24. Rare in Port Jackson. In South Australia this species is abundant. The New South Wales specimens yet obtained are all young, and are spotted in bands somewhat like C. bicolor of Gaskoin, which may be only a variety of this species. 126. CYPR.EA MACULA. Cyprcea macula, A. Ad. Of a greyish colour, freckled with chestnut, with dark spots round the basal margin. It is conspicuously characterized by a large chestnut blotch on the back of the shell. Rare in Port Jackson. Found also in Moreton Bay, and Japan (A. Adams). Length 10 lines. A good species, unlike any other, and certainly not a variety of C. fimbriata. 127. TRIVIA AUSTRALIS. Cyprcea australis, Lam.; Sow. Conch. Illus. f. 29. Trivia australis, Gray. |