Daphnella.} GASTROPODA. 511 



Hob. Five, miles south of Cuvier Island, in 38 fathoms (Captain 

 Bollons). 



9. Daphnella tenuistriata, Suter, 1908. Plate 22, fig. 16. 



Daphnella tenuistriata, Suter, P. Mai. S., viii, 1908, 190, pi. 7, f. 25. 



Shell very small, subulate, thin and fragile, minutely spirally 

 striate. Sculpture consisting of very fine dense and equal spiral 

 strise from the protoconch down to the base, the former most likely 

 smooth. Colour flavescent to fulvous, the protoconch purple. Spire 

 elevated conic, somewhat higher than the aperture, outlines faintly 

 convex. Protoconch broken off in all the four specimens at my dis- 

 posal. Whorls 5 to 6, lightly convex, rather rapidly increasing ; base 

 contracted. Suture linear, well impressed. Aperture subrhomboidal, 

 the sides parallel, angled above, with a short broad and slightly 

 emarginate canal below. Outer lip moderately convex, acutely curved, 

 and sometimes a little contracted below, sharp, with a shallow broad 

 sinus below the suture. Columclla vertical, straight, excavated on 

 meeting the faintly convex parietal wall. Inner Up thin and very 

 narrow. 



Diameter, 2 mm. ; height of three whorls without protoconch, 

 5 mm. : the height of the perfect shell may be about 6 mm. 



Animal unknown. 



Type in my collection. 



Hob. Near the Snares, in 50 fathoms (Captain Bollons). 



Remarks. Although none of the specimens are quite perfect, I 

 do not hesitate to describe this elegant species, especially as there 

 is no prospect of getting more material in the near future. One speci- 

 men has part of the protoconch left, showing its colour and smoothness. 

 It is nearly related to D. acicula, Sut., but is larger, the sculpture 

 extending not only over the body-whorl, and the canal more distinct. 



10. Daphnella totolirata, Suter, 1908. Plate 22, fig. 17. 



Daphnella totolirata, Suter, P. Mai. S., viii, 1908, 189, pi. 7, f. 23. D. lacu- 

 nosa Button : Suter, T.N.Z.I., xxxi, 1899, 75 ; not of Button. 



Shell minute, narrowly fusiform, thin, semitransparent, spirally 

 lirate. Sculpture : The protoconch is microscopically finely spirally 

 striate, the succeeding whorls have 3 and the body-whorl 10 to 12 equi- 

 distant fine spiral lirse, the interstices smooth and slightly broader than 

 the threads. Colour white. Spire narrowly conical, about 1J times 

 the height of the aperture. Protoconch of 1| convex whorls, the nu- 

 cleus narrowly rounded, oblique. W harts 4 to 5, regularly increasing, 

 lightly convex, somewhat flattened below the suture ; base slightly 

 contracted. Suture not much impressed. Aperture high and narrow, 

 angled above, with a very short broad and truncated canal below. 

 Outer lip convex, straightened below the suture, with a very shallow 

 broad sinus at the suture, smooth inside, crenated on the outside by 



