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Reeve. This Japanese species, of which I used a good specimen 

 for comparison, is no doubt nearly allied to our form, but the 

 sculpture and colouring of the base is quite different. The 

 late Dr. E. von Martens declared the New Zealand shell to be 

 X conchyliophora, Born ; but this West Indian shell has the 

 base brown, with light spiral striae. The shells attached to our 

 species are mostly valves of Chione mesodesma and stutchburyi. 



14. Calyptraea scutum, Lesson. 

 Voy. " Coquille," Zool., vol. ii, 1830, p. 395. 

 Several specimens. 



15. Natica zelandica, Quoy and Gaimard. 



Voy. " Astrolabe," Zool., vol. ii, 1832, p. 237, pi. lxvi, figs. 

 11-12. 



A number of very small young shells. 



» 16. Cyclostoma philippinarum (Sowerby). 



Scalaria philippinarum, Sow., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844, p. 12. 

 One young shell ; perfect apex. 



17. Crossea cancellata, Tenison- Woods. 



Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1877 (1878), p. 31, and 1882 (1883), 

 p. 169. 



One adult specimen. 



18. Pyramidella (Syrnola) pulchra (Brazier). 

 Syrnola pulchra, Braz., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. i, 1877, 

 p. 285 ; Hedlev, Rec. Austr. Mus., vol. iv, p. 25, pi. xvi, 

 fig. 20. 



One specimen ; apex lost. This is an addition to our fauna. 



19. Pyramidella (Syrnola) lurida, n. sp. Plate XXVII, fig. 4. 

 Shell small, subulate, imperforate, smooth and polished. 

 Sculpture consisting of very fine and close microscopic spiral 

 striae ; the fine and nearly straight growth-lines distinct. Colour 

 white. Spire high, subulate, much higher than the aperture ; 

 outlines but faintly convex. Protoconch heterostrophe, globular, 

 of 1 smooth and polished whorl. Whorls 7, regularly increas- 

 ing, faintly convex ; base rounded. Suture well impressed, 

 margined below by a distinct narrow smooth band. Aperture 

 subvertical, elongate-ovate, angled above and narrowly rounded 

 below. Outer lip thin and sharp. Columella subvertical, 

 arcuate, with a distinct plait above, which is continued as 



