196 G. B. Prltchard: 



of i)re8ervati(Mi in the Table Cape Beds is not sucli as to show all' 

 its eliaracteis in a deiided manner, henee different leniarks about 

 the presenef. indistinctness, or absence of spii'al sculpture. I feel 

 certain that this species is really well sculptured spirally, carry- 

 inji' about I'-i well-defined threads on the posterior whorls. It is 

 evidently a close ally of V. Jic pf(i<joiialii<, Tate, from the River 

 .Muiiay Cliff's, and a ciitical comparison of serial specimens may 

 show a closer c(>nnection than has hitherto l)een indicated. 



The tvpe of tliis species is api)ai-ently inaccessible, thus increas- 

 injj: the difficulty of satisfactorily dealini^ with it. 



12. VOLUT.\ ANCILLOIDES, Tate 



l.^M). r. <nirl]loides, Tate. Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., yol. 

 ix.. p. 126, pi. iii., f. 7. 

 Obs. — The type of this species was obtained from the clay beds 

 of Mornington oi- Sclmapper Point, Victoria, and is in the Geologi- 

 cal Museum of the Adelaide University. It is well represented in 

 tlie Table Cape fauna, as most collec'tions have included it, and 

 specimens are on exhibition in the Hobart Museum. A good species 

 and (luite distinct from F. macro pt era, McCoy. 



13. VOLUTA MACCOYII, T Woods. 



1877. V. marrof/ii, T. Woods. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., for- 



1876, p. 95. 

 1889. r. i„(irc(>!ill, Tate. Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., vol. 



ix., p. 126, pi. ii., f. 2. 

 1896. V. iiKirrnnii, Pritchard. Pi'oc Roy. S(.c. Vic, vol. 

 viii.. U.S. pp. 95-97. 

 Obs. — The type of this species is from tlie Table Cape beds, al- 

 though the species is also very connuon in Victoria, especially at 

 the Muddy Creek and .Moinington sections. The Victorian rej.re- 

 seiitatives are of a thinner and more fragile tyi)c> than the usual 

 Tasmanian examj)les. In my o])inion V. jmlitii, Tate, should be 

 included witli this species, but I am afraid that in my endeavo\ir 

 to clear ujt some of the *i1itticulties surrounding this species in a 

 formei- paper on the T;il)le Cape fossils, I \\v,\\ have added need- 

 less confusion by including V. liratu, Johnston. Upon more nuiture 

 consideration on a<lditi(mal material I must admit that V. lirafa,. 

 Johnston, sliould be upheld. 



