14 fiASTEROPODA. 



rest of the shell ; inside white ; covered with a brown hairy epidermis. 

 Length, 4 ; breadth, 2'4 ; angle of spire, 62. 



Tasmania. 



FAMILY BUCCINID^;. 



Head truncated, tentacles moderate; mantle enclosed ; shell oval ; 

 columella simple, callous ; canal abruptly reflexed, producing a notch 

 in front ; operculum with an oblique central groove, nucleus apical. 



BUCCINUM. 



Shell conic, few whorled ; anterior canal very short; columella 

 smooth. 



Cold seas. 



36. B. (Cominella) maCUlatllHl, Marty n ; Purpura turejida, 

 Gray, \Diejf. N.Z., ii., p, 234; B. maculatum, Deshayes, Anim. sans 

 vert., x., jt?. 185. Shell ovate, turgid ; spire short, whorls convex, trans- 

 versely plicated ; smooth ; aperture ovate, callous above, outer lip thin, 

 sinuated, smooth. Pale greyish yellow, with transverse reddish purple 

 spots, arranged in spiral rows ; interior and columella yellow. Length, 

 2 ; breadth, 1'3 ; angle of spire, 60. 



Common. Chatham Islands. 



Var. B. Spire shorter, hinder part of body whorl swollen ; body 

 whorl with shallow spiral grooves. 

 Common. 



37. B. (CoHiinella) zealandicum, Reeve.. Shell thick ; 



whorls flattened, six or seven in the spire; spirally striated and trans- 

 versely plicated ; a broader and deeper groove round the posterior 

 portion of the whorls near the suture: outer lip grooved internally, 

 columella slightly plaited anteriorly. Pinkish yellow ; inside brownish, 

 lip and columella yellow. Length, 16; breadth, - 85 ; angle of spire, 

 45. 



Stewart's Island. 



Var. B. Larger, spire not so acute, whorls faintly banded with 

 brownish pink. Length, 2 25 ; breadth, 1'3 ; angle of spire, 55. 



Chatham Islands. 



Mr. Reeve describes his shell as " filleted between the folds with 

 transversely oblong red spots, interior of the aperture orange yellow." 



38 B. (Cominella) costatum, Quoy, I.e., a., p. 417. Shell 



rather thin ; whorls spirally striated, and transversely ribbed ; colu- 

 mella smooth ; outer lip smooth, slightly angled posteriorly ; canal 

 short. Dark brown ; inside dark purplish brown. Length, '8 ; 

 breadth, '48 ; angle of spire, 42. 



Common from Stewart's Island to Bay of Islands. Australia. 



3!). B. luridum, sp. nov. Small, spire acute ; whorls finely 

 spirally striated, and transversely ribbed ; columella smooth ; outer lip 

 grooved inside, not angled ; canal short. Brown or purplish ; interior 

 paler. Length, '7 ; breadth, '3 ; angle of spire, 36. 



Auckland. 



40. B. (Cominella) laevigatum, B. Uneolatum, Quoy, i.e., ii., 



p. 419, nee. Lamark. Shell smooth ; whorls flattened, those of the 



