[Proc. Koy. Soc. A^ict..ki.\. 21 (N.S.). 1't. I., 190S. 



Ahi. XII. — 0*/ Soiiif Nfu^ Species of Victoriav Marine 



Mi>lhisc((. 



By .T. H, ({ATLTFF and C. J. aABRIEL. 



(With Plate XXI.)- 



[Read 9tli July, 1908!. 



The present paper de.scribes four new species, fi<iures of which 

 are also given. 



Marginella victoriae. sp. now 

 (PI. XXL, Fig. .-)) 



Shell rather small, white, semi-translncent, solid, shining. 

 Ovately biconical. AVhorls about four, suture barelj- discernible. 

 Outer lip much thickened, sinuated at its junction with the body- 

 whorl, finely denticulated on its inner edge. Columella quad- 

 riplicate. Aperture long, rather narrow, Avidening towards the 

 base. Dorsum, faintly plicately noduled at the shoulder of the 

 body-whorl. 



Dimensions of Type. — Length, 3.6 : breadth, 2. mm. 



Locality. — Dredged Western Port. In shell sand Portsea, 

 Port Phillip. 



Obs. — In Tasmania this shell has been wrongly identified as M. 

 rufula, Gask., a banded species found at the Cape of Good Hope. 



Type in Mr. Gatliff's collection. 



Daphnella bastowi, s}). nov. 

 (PI. XXI., Fi-s. \-\). 



Shell small, greyish white, whorls five and a-half, convex, 

 somewhat angled below the suture, which is impressed. The 

 ajiex is dome-shajted, consisting of two whorls, the first being 

 very small ; they have numerous spiral striae, crossed at right 



