GASTEEOPODA. 



aperture large, outer lip angled ; canal produced. Yellowish, minutely 

 and closely spirally striped with reddish brown. Length, 5 25 ; 

 breadth, 2 35 ; angle of spire, 50. 

 Common. 



10. F. VarillS, Lamark, I.e., ix., p. 457. Fusiform, rather thick ; 

 spire whorls with two, and body whorl with many, spiral ridges, crossed 

 by varices ; between the spiral ridges on the body whorl there are one, 

 two, or three smaller raised lines ; aperture ovate ; outer lip finely 

 crenulated ; canal produced, bent to the left and recurved. White or 

 yellowish white, inside pinkish brown ; in the young the mouth is 

 internally banded with pale purple. Length, 24 ; breadth, T2 ; angle 

 of spire, 50. 



Variable, the varices being sometimes wanting on the body whorl. 

 Port Pegasus, Stewart's Island. Eound also in Australia. 



11. F. Stangeri, Gray, Dief. N.Z., ii., p. 230. Small, ovato- 

 fusiform, rather thin ; spire whorls with two, and body whorls with 

 about eight, spiral ridges, crossed by thin varices, which are often 

 worn down into rounded ribs ; between the spiral ridges there are one, 

 or sometimes two, smaller raised lines ; the whole shell closely trans- 

 versely striated ; aperture ovate, angled behind ; outer lip wrinkled ; 

 canal short, bent to the left. Eeddish or purplish brown, mouth often 

 internally banded with purple. Length, 1' ; breadth, '55 ; angle of 

 spire, 55. 



12. F. traversi, sp. nov. Ovato-fusiform ; spire whorl and 

 posterior portion of body whorl longitudinally ribbed, ten ribs in a 

 whorl; aperture oval; canal short, bent slightly to the left; lips 

 smooth. White, with thin brown spiral stripes, ten or twelve on the 

 body whorl ; interior white, with two brown interrupted bauds on the 

 outer lip. Length, I'l ; breadth, '58 ; angle of spire, 50. 



The young shell is white and semi-translucent. 

 Chatham Islands only. 



13. F. COrticatllS, sp. nov. Small, fusiform, thick ; whorls finely 

 spirally grooved, and strongly transversely ribbed, about eleven ribs in 

 the body whorl ; aperture oval ; outer lip grooved in the adult ; canal 

 short, slightly bent to the left. Yellowish white, with thin spiral 

 stripes of purplish black, but the colours always obscured by a thick 

 coralline growth; interior white, banded on the outer lip. Length, 



. 75 ; breadth, - 37 ; angle of spire, 45. 

 Auckland. 



14. F. plebeillS, sp. nov. Small, fusiform, whorls convex, spirally 

 grooved, and finely transversely plaited ; aperture oval, slightly angled ; 

 outer lip grooved in the adult ; canal short, slightly bent to the left. 

 Purplish, the reliefs darker and browner ; inside brownish purple. 

 Length, '8 ; breadth, '4 ; angle of spire, 32. 



Common. 



15. F. inferilS, sp. nov. Small, ovato-fusiform, whorls spirally 

 grooved and transversely plicated ; aperture broadly ovate, angled 

 posteriorly ; outer lip creaulated ; canal very short, bent to the left. 



