324 (Jh(i,/)i)i<i,ii and (jiihrii'l: 



"closely und luimitely retioulate-liiied " smiacf cliaiatlciistic: of 

 this species. The general form of the shell is iieai- C />rifcfiardi, 

 Harris, 1 but the whorls are flattened and the costate ornament 

 occupies the whole height of each tuin. 



G. torrii was first deso'iljed by Prof. Tate from material obtained 

 at the bottom of a dee}) well at Tareena on the Muiiay. in New 

 South Wales, just acioss the Victoi-ian border. 



Distribution.— 'Qore 5. 162-Hi,S feet. 



Fan.. CASSIDIDAE. 

 <^enus CASSIS. Lamarck. 



Cassis contusus, 'I'ate. 



Cassis roiitiisiis, Tate, 1899. Trans. ]\. Soc. S. Austr., vol. 

 xxiii. p. 108, pi. I. figs, hi, h. 

 Observations. — A fi-agment of this species was found in the 

 Mallee bores. The contused markings arranged in three spiral 

 rows round the body whorl are a characteristic feature in this 

 species. It Avas originally described, like the preceding species, 

 fi'om a Avell-boring at Tareena. on the Murray, in New South 

 Wales. 



l)istriI>nfion.—^ovii 2, 198-200 feet. 



Sub-genus SEMICASSIS (Klein), .\lorch. 

 Cassis (Skmicassis) subgranosa, Tate sp. 



Semicassis subgrdiiosa, Tate, 1889. Trans. \\. Soc. S. Austr., 

 vol. xi. p. 166. pi. vii. fig. 10. 

 Obser ratio IIS. — This rare species is disi iiii;iiislic(l I'ldui <\ (N.) 

 semigravosii by the stronger costate (Miiamcni ami llir sjiirally sul- 

 cated body whorl. 



The only locality hitherto yielding tliis spr.ies is Edithburg, 

 Yorke's Pcninsida, S. .\usti-alia, where it oirurs in the " hard 

 raggy limestones." 



Distribution. — Bore 6. 154-158 feet. 



1. Oat. Tei-t. MoUusca, Aiistralasia (Brit. Mus.), 1S97, p. •2-2(i. pi. vii., fijf. 



