BY RALPH TATE, E.G.S., ETC. 391 



Natica sertata, No. 31, p. 10. 



JY. testa ovato-semiglobosa, transversa, solida, laevi, albida ; anfrac- 

 tibus quinque infra suturam longitudinaliter sulcato-crenatis : ultimo 

 macularwm ramosarum fusearum duplici scrie ornato ; spira bevi ; 

 umbilico %tt in praccedente. Long. 7, lat. 5-3, alt. 4*3 lin. 



Hub. Western Coast. 



Has some resemblance to N. costata, Menke. [Apparently this 

 species occurs fossilised in the pleistocene marine beds at Port 

 Adelaide.] 



Phasianella Lehman]s t i, No. 41, p. 12. 



Ph. testa ovato-conica, solidiuscula, laevigata, flammis lineolis-que 

 interruptis fusco-carneis v el rose is undulatis longitudinalibus lineisque 

 alb is continuis confertis transvcrsis deeussata ; spirce products acutce, 

 anfractibus convexiusculis. Long. 2 inches 3 lines, lat. 1 inch. 



Hub. Eastern Coast, rare. 



[Doubtlessly one of the numerous varieties of Ph. bulimoides.~\ 



PflASLAN-ELLA. PrEISSII, No. 42, p. 12. 



Ph. testa ovato-conica, solidiuscula, Icevigata, ex aurantio etfulvo 

 tincta, lineis ex nigro articulatis sparsis cincta ; spires products 

 acutce ; anfractibus convexius culis. Long. 2 inches, lat. 1 1 lines. 



Hab. Eastern Coast. 



[Doubtlessly another variety of P. bulimoicles ] 



Phaslaxella brevis, p. 12, No. 45. 



Ph. testa subgloboso-ovata, solidiuscula, laevigata, ruf a, flammis 

 angulatis laceris pallidis longitudinalibus lineis-que transversis 

 articulatis decussata ; anfractu ultimo turgklo ; spiroz brevis 

 conoidece, anfractibus convexis. Long. 9, lat. 6 lines. 



Sab. Eastern Coast. 



[Apparently a small form of P. ventricosa.~\ 



