62 DAPHNELLA. 



Daphnella crassilirata, Tate (sp.). 



[Plate IV. Figs. 2«-S.] 



1888. Bela crassilirata, Tate, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Aust. vol. x. p. 173, 



pi. iv. fig. 7. 



1889. Bela crassilirata, Dennant, id. vol. xi. p. 45 (list name). 



Protoconcli similar to that of B. sculptilis, but somewhat canali- 

 culate, and the anterior portion is more strongly striated spirally. 

 Shell tumid ; whorls five to six in number, angulate at the 

 periphery, between which and the suture is a deep depression ; 

 suture canaliculate and marginate ; surface of the whorls uniformly 

 and deeply sulcated spirally, and crossed by regular growth-lines 

 which produce a cancellation especially well developed in the 

 neighbourhood of the suture. Aperture rather broad, pyriform, 

 obtuse posteriorly ; outer margin very thin, sinus broad, but 

 shallow between the suture and the periphery ; inner margin 

 covered by thin deposit of callus, through which the spiral 

 sulcations are visible posteriorly ; columella excavated, twisted 

 anteriorly. 



This species, though figured, does not appear to have been 

 hitherto described. It differs essentially from D. sculptilis in 

 being shorter, having the peripheral angulation placed nearer 

 the suture, in being much more deeply excavated between ; the 

 surface of the shell is more deeply sulcated, and the aperture 

 is wider. 



Dimensions. — Length 25 mm.; breadth ll'Smm. ; length of 

 aperture 13'5 mm. 



Form, and Zoc— Eocene : Muddy Creek, Victoria. 



G. 4193. Two specimens. Fresented, hij John Bennant, Fsq. 



G. 5496. One example. Furchased. 



Daphnella pulchra, Tate (sp.). 



1888. Bela pulchra, Tate, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Aust. vol. x. p. 173, 



pi. iv. fig. 2. 



1889. Bela pulchra, Dennant, id. vol. xi. p. 45 (list name). 



Protoconch composed of one and a half smooth, polished turns, 

 turbinate, depressed, and canaliculate. Shell as a whole short and 



