328 Transactions. 



p. 478, pi. xxx, fig. 5. Turritella vittata, Hutton, Cat. Mar. 

 Moll. N.Z., 1873, p. 29 (not of Lamarck, used for a fossil 

 shell). 



Hutton's name being preoccupied, Watson's name is avail- 

 able. In my opinion the two represent the same species. 



Vermicularia (Stephopoma) nucleogranosa, Verco (1904). 



Stephopoma nucleogranosum, Verco, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Aus- 

 tralia, vol. xxviii, 1904, p. 143, pi. xxvi, figs. 11-13. 



About two years ago I found this species at Takapuna on 

 the under-side of boulders between tide-marks. On examining 

 it I found it to be a new species, and put it aside for future 

 description. My specimens quite agree with Dr. Verco's excellent 

 description and figures. The setse of the operculum show a very 

 great variability, and they are quite distinct from the sym- 

 metrically built seta? of V. (Stephopoma) rosea, Q. and G. 



Planaxis mollis, Sowerby (1823). 



Buccinum bmsilianum, Lamarck, Anim. s. vert., vol. vii, 1822, 

 p. 272. Planaxis mollis, Sowerby, Genera, part xii, 1823. 

 Planaxis brasilianus, Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1904, 

 p. 186. 



Mr. Hedley has shown that Lamarck's name, though a mis- 

 nomer, has priority over that of Sowerby. In my opinion it is 

 not in the interest of science to adopt a name distinctly proved 

 to be a misnomer, and to substitute it for a name accepted by 

 most conchologists. 



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Tritonium costatum, Born (1780). 



Murex costatus, Born, Test. Mus. Ctes. Vindob., 1780, p. 297. 



This is the species commonly known as T. olearium, L. 

 Hanley has, however, shown that Linne's Murex olearium, L., 

 is the same as Ranella giqantea, Lamarck. (For full list of refer- 

 ences see " Challenger " Report, vol. xv, Gastropoda, p. 390.) 



Tutufa (Crossata) calif ornica, Hinds (1844). 



Ranella californica, Hinds, Voy. " Sulphur," 1844, p. 12, pi. ii, 

 figs. 4, 5 (= ihersites, Redfield). 



A specimen of this Californian species was found at the 

 Kermadecs, and is in the Auckland Museum. The whole surface 

 of the shell is covered by a white coating of nulliporites. I 

 compared it with a specimen fiom California, and was unable 

 to separate the two. This is another Kermadec puzzle 



