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and annulate at the periphery, and there is no distinct anterior 

 carination on the body-whorl. 



Dimensions. — Length 35 mm.; breadth 18 mm.; length of 

 aperture 10'5 mm. ; length of canal 9'5 mm. 



Form, and Loc. — Eocene : Victoria. 



48052. An example of the adult, in which the serrations on 

 the angulation of the body-whorl aie much reduced in size ; from 

 Schnapper Point. Purchased. 



70417. Two specimens; from Dundenony. Purchased. 



Lotorium quoyi, Reeve (sp ). 



1844. Triton giioi/i, Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. ii. fig. 93. 



1881. Triton qtioyi, Tryon, Manual of Concliology, vol. iii. p. 24, pi. xiii. 



fig. 116. 

 1888. Triton quoyi, Tate, Trans. Eoy. See. South Aust. vol. x. p. 127. 



The specimens in the collection are much rolled, but appear 

 to be identical with the living L. quoyi, so common on the 

 southern shores of Australia. The symmetrical cancellate orna- 

 ment on the body-whorl, the smallness of the aperture, the 

 armature of the latter, and the abbreviated canal, are distinctive. 



Dimensions. — Length 18 mm. ; breadth 9 mm. ; length of 

 aperture and canal 8'5 mm. 



Form, and Loc. — Miocene and post-Pliocene, Victoria. 



G. 4271. Two examples of the neanic stage of growth. 

 Miocene : from Muddy Creek. Presented lij John Dennant, Esq. 



G. 5545. Examples of the adult. Post-Pliocene : from Lime- 

 stone Creek, Glenelg river. Purchased. 



G. 9396. Specimens of divers stages of growth; from Muddy 

 Creek. Purchased. 



Lotorium spengleri, Chemnitz (sp.). 



1795. Miircx spenr/leri, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. Bd. xi. p. 117, pi- cxci. figs. 

 1839, 1840. 



1843. Triton spengleri, Lamarck, Deshayes, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert. 



t. ix. p. 627. 



1844. Triton spengleri. Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. ii. fig. 36. 

 1873. Tritoniiim spengleri, Yon Martens, List Moll. N.Z. p. 24. 

 1873. Triton spengleri, Ilutton, Cat. ^Marine Moll. N.Z. p. 13. 

 1873. Triton spengleri, Ilutton, Cat. Tert. MoU. N.Z. p. 5. 







