298 Transactions. 



Whorls 9, lightly convex and contracted at the suture, the 

 first four whorls more rounded than the others ; varices few, 

 interrupted, irregularly disposed and not well marked ; base 

 rounded. Suture very distinct, impressed. Aperture sub ver- 

 tical, rather large, obliquely quadrate, broadly angled above, 

 flatly expanded at the base. Outer lip not much strengthened, 

 but slightly curved and forming a broad rounded angle at the 

 junction with the basal lip. Inner lip forming a very thin 

 narrow callus on the body, more prominent on the stout colu- 

 mella, which is nearly straight, rounded on joining the basal 

 lip, both being distinctly everted. Altitude, 5 - 04 mm. ; dia- 

 meter, 2'11 mm. 



Type in the Colonial Museum, Wellington. 



Obs. One dead shell only. This species is allied to E. 

 munita, Hedley,* from which it may be distinguished by its 

 smaller size, fewer whorls, the less prominent varices, and more 

 feeble sculpture. 



49. Eulima (Mucronalia) bulbula, n. sp. Plate XXV, figs. 



43, 44. 



Shell small, subulate, imperforate, white, smooth, polished 

 Sculpture consists solely of the mostly discontinuous slightly 

 marked varices on some of the whorls. Colour white, shining, 

 porcellaneous. Spire long, subulate, straight. Protoconch mu- 

 cronate, the nucleus small, rounded, the second whorl relatively 

 much enlarged, bulbous ; all smooth. Whorls 10, straight, 

 regularly increasing, the last much higher in proportion and 

 slightly angled round the centre. Suture distinct, not impressed, 

 irregularly indented on the lower part of the shell. Aperture 

 small, vertical, pyriform, regularly arched below. Outer lip 

 sharp, very slightly convex. Inner lip forming a light callosity 

 on the oblique columella and body, rounded off at the base 

 toward the outer lip. Altitude, 13 mm. ; diameter, 3 mm. 

 Aperture: length, 3mm.; breadth, l'5mm. 



Type in the Colonial Museum, Wellington. 



Obs. Two dead shells were obtained, one only adult. Mr. 

 C. Hedley says that the mucronate tip of this species somewhat 

 recalls E. coxi, Pilsbry. 



50. Minolia textilis, n. sp. Plate XXVI, figs. 45, 46. 

 Shell small, conoidal, widely umbilicate, fragile, exquisitely 

 sculptured. Sculpture : There are numerous radiate sharp 

 riblets at regular intervals, the interspaces about twice the 



;; Memoirs Austral. Museum, vol. iv, part 6, 1903, pp. 358-59, fig. 81 

 in text. 



