782 NEW MARINE SHELLS. 



blotches of the same colour; valves concentrically finely striated; 

 umbones tumid, cardinal area short and deep ; interior of the 

 valves white, with a dark purple stain anteriorly; margins crenate. 



Long. 42; alt. 38; diam. 22 mm. 



Hab. — Entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria; found on 

 the beach after heavy weather (Coll. Mrs. A. F. Kenyon). 



This very pretty Axincea is of a pure white, ornamented with 

 elongated and zigzag chestnut lines, giving the appearance of a 

 chain of mountain peaks seen at a distance. This is the Axincea 

 of Poll, 1791, Pectunciihis of Lamarck, 180L 



