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or leas channeled and unevenly covered by 

 curved, spiny processes, which are exten- 

 sions of growth; sculpture consisting of 

 fine growth lines, which become coarsest 

 between the periphery and suture of the 

 body whorl; rather long, sharp, hollow 

 spines at the periphery, seven upon body 

 whorl; spiral striae fine; columella with 

 four primary plaits, often two, secondary. 

 Indistinct plaits; ground color and interi- 

 or, yellowish-white, overlaid with pale 

 buff and dark chestnut, longitudinal linea- 

 tions, which are closely spaced below the 

 suture; outer lip thin. 



Aulica deshayesl (Reeve) l85'^ 

 (Plate 17, Figures 115-116) 



ioluta i^esha'jesi Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 185^, p. 73, Moll., plate 26, 

 Tryon: Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 88, 

 plate 26, fig. 63, 1882. 



Alt. 75-100 mm. 



Hab. North coast of New Caledonia; north- 

 east Australia; Cllpperton Island, Gala- 

 pagos (Miss Cooke). 



Nucleus consisting of three and 

 one-half whorls, slightly granose; post- 

 nuclear whorls, two and one-quarter; suture 

 irregular in that it follows from nodule to 

 nodule, particularly adjacent to the body 

 whorl, slightly channeled; eight spiny nod- 

 ules upon body whorl; light Interrupted 

 spiral striae and rather fine longitudinal 

 growth lines; ground color light ivory, 

 overlaid with uneven zones of orange-brown; 

 columella with four plaits. 



An abnormal example, In the collec- 

 tion of the author, is illustrated on 

 plate 17, fig. 116. 



Aulica exoptanda (Sowerby) 18^9 

 (Plate Ik, Figure 100) 



Valuta exoptanda Sowerby, ms. in Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon., plate 10, fig. 22, 1849. 

 Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. J>, 1st 

 suppl., p. 271, plate 12, (Thes. plate 

 261) fig. 136. Tryon: Man. Conch., 

 vol. 4, p. 91, plate 26, fig. 72, 1882. 



Alt. 105, diam. 48 ram. 



Hab. Port Elliot and Port Lincoln, south 

 Australia, frequently inhabited by her- 

 mit crabs. 



Shell, cyllndrically oblong, some- 

 what olive shaped, spire short, conical, 

 obtusely papillary at the apex, whorls 

 smooth, slanting round the upper part then 

 rather swollen, and gradually attenuated; 

 columella strongly four-plaited; aperture 

 rather narrow and of a rich orange color, 

 lip but little thickened; surface pale rose- 

 orange, faintly two-banded, densely, pro- 

 miscuously painted throughout with sharply 

 waved, fine chestnut-red lines; columella 

 richly colored like the interior. 



Aulica guntheri guntheri 

 (E. A. Smith) I886 

 (Plate 14, Figure 104) 



Valuta iuntheri Smith, J. C, I886, vol. 5, 

 p. 62. Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 5, 

 2nd suppl., p. 302, plate 17 (Thes. 

 plate 516), figs. 162, 163. 



Alt. 43, diam. 22 ram, 



Hab. West Australia. 



Shell small, solid, white, whorls, 

 six; ornamented with numerous. Irregular, 

 dark-yellow longitudinal color-lines; per- 

 iphery angulated and ornamented with a 

 series of sharp tubercles; spire short; 

 columella white, with four plaits; interior 

 of labrum, white. 



Aulica guntheri adcocki (Tate) 1888 

 (Unfigured) 



Valuta guntheri var . adcocki Tate, I888. 



Alt. 53, diam. 25 mm. 



Hab, Middleton to St. Francis Island, 

 Australia, not common. 



Shell small, yellowish-white, with 

 wavy, narrow, chestnut, spiral lines; two 

 chestnut spiral bands on body whorl; a 

 spiral row of elongate tubercles on periph- 

 ery; mouth oval-elongate; outer lip thick- 

 ened Internally bevelled off to a fine 

 edge; columella with four folds, oblique. 



