GASTEROPODA. 



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80. E. Chathamensis, sp. nov. Turreted, apex blunt, spire 

 whorls obsoletely transversely plaited. White. Length, '23 ; 

 breadth, "13. 



Chatham Islands only. 



FAMILY CONIDJE. 



Shell inversely conical ; aperture long and narrow ; outer lip 

 notched at or near the suture ; operculum minute, lamellar. 



CONUS. 



Characters of the family. 

 Tropical seas. 



81. C. ZealandiCUS, sp. nov. Shell turbinate, spire short, 

 conical ; body whorl with distant spiral striae, which at the anterior 

 end are elevated ; spire whorls spirally grooved. Pale cinnamon 

 brown, the spiral stripe darker ; posterior edge of body whorl white 

 with chestnut spots, anterior portion of body whorl varied with white, 

 forming an irregular spiral band before the middle ; spire whorls with 

 small chestnut spots. Length, '6 ; breadth. '3 ; angle of spire, 83. 



Allied to C. anemone, Lamark, from Australia. 



* 82. C. distans, Hwass. Shell somewhat elongately turbinated, 

 slightly attenuated in the middle; reddish yellow, sometimes zoned 

 \\ilh pale ash colour; encircled with distant, somewhat obsolete, .im- 

 pressed lines ; base stained with blackish violet ; spire convexly 

 exserted, coronated with obtuse white knobs, the interstices between 

 which are reddish or yellowish brown; apex very peculiarly flatly 

 truncated. (Reeve.) 



New Zealand (Cuming). 



Sub-order Rostrifcm. 



Head moderate, with a produced, contractile, transversely annulated 

 ro'strum ; tentacles far apart, on the sides of the base of the rostrum ; 

 eyes on the outer side or behind the base of the tentacles ; phy- 

 tophagous. 



FAMILY STEOMBID^;. 



Shell solid, spiral, with an expanded lip deeply notched near the 

 canal ; operculum claw-shaped, serrated on the outer edge ; muzzle 

 elongate ; eyes on the top of thick peduncles, with the tentacles on 

 the sides. 



STROMBUS. 



Shell tubercular or spiny ; spire short ; aperture long, with a short 

 canal above and truncated below ; outer lip lobed above and sinuated 

 near the notch of the anterior canal. 



Tropical and warm seas. 



83. S. nOVSB Zealandise, Uexliai/es, I.e., iz.,p. 715 ; . pacificus, 

 Sowerly. Shell oblong ; whorls flat, finely striated, nodulous ; the 

 posterior row of nodules on the body whorl much larger ; spire short ; 

 outer lip not much expanded, with tw r o posterior and two anterior 



