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whorl, three above the aperture, a fourth and faint fifth on 

 the body-whorl. The sutures of the early whorls are sharp. 

 of those succeeding concavely rounded. The base is spirally 

 striated. The type is worn — the protoconch damaged, and the 

 outer lip broken away for a quarter of a whorl. There are 

 spiral striations between the main spirals, and these are strongest 

 on the somewhat hollow infrasutural tabulation ; there is no 

 anal fasciole. Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, 3 mm. 

 " Near M. diciyota, Hutton (H. S.)." 



DriJlia multiplex, n. sp. Fig. 3. 



Shell fusiform, white, chalky. Whorls 5, including a glossy 

 protoconch of one whorl and a quarter ; each whorl is tabulated 

 below the suture, and the tabulation ends anteriorly in a pro- 

 minent spiral thread ; then follows a second tabulation, termi- 

 nating in a row of oval gemmules, about fifteen on the last whorl ; 

 just posterior to the gemmules is a fine spiral thread carrying 

 the abruptly curved sharp threads of the anal fasciole ; these 

 threads are regularly interspaced, elevated and very distinct on 

 both tabulations ; they are covered by the first spiral, but over- 

 ride the second with a sharp downward bend ; on the bodv- 

 whorl they change their character, becoming mere striations, and 

 more numerous than in the fasciole ; in this respect they differ 

 rom Drillia dilecta, Hedley. A second slightly gemmed thread 

 appears on the body-whorl, and two fine spiral lines on the anterior 

 tabulation. On the base are four strong spirals, and on the canal 

 about ten much weaker. The lip is too much broken away to 

 render reconstruction desirable. Length, 5 - 5 mm. ; breadth, 

 2 "5 mm. 



I have just seen a recent shell dredged by Mr. C. Cooper off 

 Poor Knights in 70 fathoms ; it is pale-pink. 



Daphnella aculeata, n. sp. Figs. 4, 4a, 46. 



Shell buff-coloured, lighter towards the apex and canal. 

 Whorls 5, including a reticulated protoconch of one whorl and 

 a quarter. Sculpture : Longitudinally and slightly diagonally 

 ribbed, the ribs crossed by two strong spiral keels, ribs and keels 

 about equal in strength, the intersections forming sharp points. 

 The last whorl has upon the base four additional keels, the space 

 between the two peripheral keels and the four on the base being 

 greater than that between any other two ; a fine thread is visible 

 in this wide space, there is also a duplication of the posterior 

 keel ; the last whoil has about twelve ribs. The sutures of the 

 early whorls are sharp, those of the latter are concavely round. 

 The columella descends vertically from the body-whorl. The 



