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AsTIlKNiiTO.MA CICATKKilM-A sji. IIOV. 



(Plate xlii., tig. 5.) 



Shell lanceolate, latlier sniall aiul solid. Coloiii' butf, sometimes 

 siiffiised with violet ; iiitei ior pale pui-ple. Wlioils eleven, inclufliiig a 

 mncroiiate piotocouch of two aud a half smooth whorls. »Sculpture : — On 

 the penultimate are five elevated and polished spiral keels, and on tlie last 

 whorl there are seventeen, including five on the snout; except the proto- 

 conch'aiid snout the whole shell is over-run by fine close curved i-adial 

 threads, which are interi'upted by the spirals. Fasciole well marked, half 

 its breadth below the suture; fi'om a median spiral thread the contained 

 radials are disposed in chevron. Lip simple, its edge toothed by the 

 external keels; notch deeply incised, widely gaping; lower limb more 

 horizontal tliaii the upper. Innei' lip a thin smear, no tubeicle at its 

 insertion. On the inside of the lip ai'C six entering raised spiral threads, 

 which stop short of the edge. Length 15 mm., bi'eadth 5 mm. 



Hah. Queensland : — 4 to 14 fathoms, Albany Passage (type) ; 10 

 fathoms, Mapoon ; 15 fathoms, Palm Islands ; 5 to 10 fathoms, Hope 

 Islands ; Barney Point, Port Curtis (self). A specimen in the Macleay 

 Museum is labelled Ovalau, Fiji. 



Asi'HIiXoTOMA COGNATA Smith. 



(Figure L) 



PleHrotoma cofjnata Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 

 xix., June 1877, p. 490. !<}. Hedley, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales, xxxiii, 1908, p. 487, pi. x. his., 6g. 2. 

 IiJ. Shirley, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, xxiii., 1911, 

 p. 101. 



.'' Oliyotoiiia puiilcvtixis Jousseaume, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 viii., 1883, p. 199, pi. x., fig. 9. Id. Melvill and Standen, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1901, p. 434. 



By its stronger and more distinct spirals this species is 

 readily distinguished from Asthowtoma suhtilinea. 



Hah. N.S.Wales: — Woolgoolga (Laseron) ; Ballina 

 (Lower). Queensland : — Burleigh Heads (Shirley) ; Calo- 

 undra (Gross) ; Bustard Head (Pulleiue) ; Facing Island, 

 Port Curtis (Kesteven). Fig. i. 



AsTHENOTOMA SC HTILIXKA Hedley. 



(Plate xlii., fig. 6.) 



Pleurotoma violnceu Angas (not Hinds), Proc. Zool. vSoc, 1871, p. 92. 

 .'' Plearotoma vertehrata var. ((/fc/J<( Bouge and Dautzeuberg, Jour.de Conch, 

 Ixi., 1914, p. 132. 



Astlienotoma suhtilinea Hedley, Jourii. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, li., 1918, 

 p. M82. 



The shell now discussed was first recorded by Angas from Broken 

 Bay, New South Wales, under the title of Plenrotoma violacea Hinds, but 



