MOLLUSC A, I. SMITH. S5 



straightish aliove. then olilicpie at the canal, aliove which there is a slight callus and 

 two or three olilitjtie wrinkles. The aperture is of the same rosy tint as the exterior. 

 irregularly oval, ami almiit half the length of the whole shell. 



Length. 1 1 j mm. : diameter, d. 



This specimen is not the voiing of <'. rubicwnda (Terry), another lame "Triton 

 occurring in New Zealand. The protocoiich in that species is purplish, and the following 

 normal whorls are finelv spirallv striated, and without rows of pustules. 



If). \ i .nlliiiii (Pusia) liii-oiiiru in (Murdoch and Suter). 



Viiljii't-iil,! il'iisin) li!,'inii<'<t, Miinloch and Sutcr, Trans. N.X. lust.. \ol. XXXN'III. p. -S'.i, 

 pi. XXIII, tig. -2-2 (I '.Mill). 



Station 134, near North Cape. New Zealand: I I 20 fathoms. 



This species lias Keen considered liv Sutcr,* the same as Turricula iii<ir</iii<it<t . 

 Hutton.f a tertiarv fossil from Wanganui, hut judging from his description and figure 

 there seems sufficient difference to sepai-ate these two forms. Moreover, an allied fossil 

 species of Mifriiln had alreadv hecii descrihcd hy Lamarck J under the name Mitni 

 marginata. 



ICi. I ' i-i-i>ni /lit Ji/iititfii (< v >uov and Gaimard). 



Ftmus <?/7<i/a/x, tjuoy and Gaimard, Voy. "Astrolabe," Xool., vol. II, p. 4 '.IS, jil. XXXIV, 



tigs. 15, 1G (1833). 

 Vi'minelln dilntiiln : Ircdale. Proc. Malae. Soc., vol. XI, p. 175 (11)14). 



Station. New Zealand. 



17. \'i'i-i'niii'//ii nnilttNit (Martyn). 



liiii-i'lninii luiiliixiiiii, Martyn , Univ. Conch., vol. T, fig. 5 (1784). 

 Station. Mouth of Bay of Islands, New Zealand : 20 fathoms. 



18. Cominella oe?sp0rsffl (Bruguifere). 



Biii-i-iniini iiilxjii'i-xiiin, ISruguiere, Encycl. Method., Vers, vol. T. p. 265 (1789). 

 Jim;-!,,!/,,! niin-iiliiliini, Martyn (nee Linne), Univ. Conch., vol. II, tig. 4!) (17SI). 

 C,n,,',,i>lli< ,i,,i,-ii/(il,i : Sutcr, Man. N.X. Moll., p. .">S5 (for synonymy), pi. XLV, l\-^. 7. 



Station 1:14. near North Cape. New Zealand : 11-20 fathoms. 

 I'.i. Arcularia ri>n>ini/ti, \--.\\-. I'l. I, fig. 2s. 



ilnni, i:riigui(''i-c, Kiicyrl. Method.. N'crs, vol. I, p. L'77. no. Hi (!7S'.i). 



i-nrniiiil 

 NIIKHII fiiriiiiiilti : Reeve, Conrli. Icon., vol. VI I I, ]'l. Ill, lig. 'J'l. 



Station l:U. near North Cape. New Zealand : 11 20 fathoms. 



The single dead shell is rather narrower than typical examples, has tlattish whorls 



Man. N.X. .Moll., p. 363. 



t Trans, and 1'roc. N.X. lust., vol. XVII, p. 315 (1885). 



1 Anii.i. sans Vert., vol. VII. p. :!l'4 <1S-_'L>). 



