228 RKCORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN" ML'SEUM. 



TCRRIDRUPA PRRTIXAX ThiJle)J. 



(Plate xliii., fig. 15.) 



Shell stnall, cyliiidro-fusiform, contracted at the base. Colour pale 

 bnft", darker on the base and the columella. Whorls eight, including the 

 protocouch. Suture deeply channelled. Sculpture : — On the last whorl 

 there is a prominent keel on the shoulder, followed anteriorly by seven 

 evenly spaced and gradually diminishing s{)irals ; above the keel is a 

 broad fasciole, crossed by fine crescentic i-iblets and bounded b}- a small 

 spiral ; on the upper whorls three spirals aloue persist, the median being 

 pi'ominent. Aperture narrow ; sinus wide and rather short; canal short 

 and a little reflected ; columella straiglit, witii a thickened maT-gin. 

 Length 5 mm., breadth 1-5 mm. 



This s[)ecies may be distinguished from its associate, V. '■uiiniieuticit, 

 bv less prominent keels and more cylindrical form. 



Hub. Queensland : — 5 to 10 fathoms, Hof)e Islands (type) ; 15 

 fathoms. Palm Island (self) ; 20 fathoms, between Caii'iis Reef and 

 Endeavour Reef (McCulloch); off Cape Sidmonth (Henn); Dainley Island 

 (Brazier). Papua: — Katow (Brazier). 



El'IDElKA HedJeij. 



Ejjulelra Hedley, Journ. Roy. Soc. X.S.W., li., 191S, p. M 79. Type 

 ClitvKfiiJii ftn'(if(( Gray, 1827. 



Shell solid, ovate-acuminate, last whorl about as long as the spire. 

 Sculpture: — A bead-x'ow along the fasciole, and frequently another along 

 the suture, separated by a broad furrow ; the base is cancel late with i*adial 

 and revolving cords. Protocouch smaller and less elevated than that of 

 Turn's or liiqiii!<itoi-, of two smooth turbinate whorls, set a little obliquely, 

 and from one aspect appealing bulbous. Fasciole ascending the spire in 

 the middle of each whorl. Notch broad and shallow. Outer lip not in- 

 flected ; canal very short. Pillar a little twisted. Operculum of the turrid 

 type. 



In general appeai'ance this genus a|)proaches Clavnf iihi, to which 

 ijideed the type species was originally assigned. The operculum here 

 noted (Plate xliii., fig. 20) in the case of E. .^trintit, and previously 

 described by Sir J. Verco for E. perLsi and E. 'paiiii, however excludes it. 

 In the pattern of the sculpture (tcnnnnla has some likeness to Epideira, 

 but the post-nepionic sculpture sef)arates it. A near relation is l>iifht/fii)ua, 

 from which E/iideiru is separable by sculpture, shorter canal, tallei- spire, 

 more numerous whorls, and straighter columella. 



EpideiiK seems to be represented in New Zealand by PJeurntoiim rosed 

 Quoy and Gaimard. 



H^l'IOElRA (iAHENSIS .-7'. Iiov. 



(Plate xliii., fig. 16.) 



Shell ratliei' thin; ovate-lanceolate. Colour buff, vaiiegated wiili 

 white clouds about the periphery, and chestnut spots on the suture. 

 Whorls seven, including a smooth two-whoi-led protocouch. Suture 



