TORNATELLINA. 



length ; spire moderately elongated, obtuse at the apex. Aper- 

 ture nearly vertical, ovate; small thin tooth placed in the 

 center of the body- whorl; columella thickened, twisted, the 

 edge entering spirally inwards, leaving a deep groove above ; 

 peristome thin, simple. Length iy 2 , breadth 1 line" (Bra- 

 zier). 



Darnley Island, Torres Straits; found on trees (Chevert 

 Exped.). 



TornatelUna ptttcrdi BRAZIER, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 i, 1876, p. 109. 



T. grenvillei Brazier. "Shell imperforate, oblong, thin, 

 glossy, transparent, light horn-color, obliquely striated, de- 

 cussated with minute silky lines. Whorls 5, roundly convex; 

 suture distinctly impressed; spire conoid; apex obtuse; base 

 convex. Aperture somewhat diagonal, elongately oval; peri- 

 stome thin, simple, straight, margins regularly arched, the 

 columellar margin thickened with callus, twisted, reflected 

 and running spirally inwards, joining the thin Avhite lunate- 

 shaped tooth placed in the body- whorl. Length iy 2 breadth 

 % line" (Brazier). 



Home Islands, North-East Australia; Albany Island, Cape 

 York (Chevert Exped.). 



TornatelUna grenvillei BRAZ., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 i. 1876, p. 109. 



43. T. NOUMEENSIS Crosse. PI. 38, figs. 3, 4. 



Shell imperforate, ovate-conic, thin, pellucid, a little shin- 

 ing, brownish-corneous. Spire moderately long, the apex 

 rather obtuse ; suture impressed . Whorls 5, a trifle convex, 

 smooth, the last a little longer than the spire, somewhat 

 rounded at the base. Aperture suboblique, semioval, colored 

 like the outside. Parietal lamella horizontal, entering, whit- 

 ish. Peristome simple, the columellar margin one-plicate, 

 whitish, basal and outer margins acute. Length 2^, diam. 

 iy mm. (Crosse). 



New Caledonia: Hot Maitre near Noumea (Marie coll.). 

 Also Lifu, Loyalty Is. (Lambert). 



