A REVISION OF TliB ACSTHAMAN TURIMD.F, HF.DLF.Y. 253 



The niati'iiiil for tliis description has been ^Hthered ;uiioii|nf storm 

 drift on ocean beaches, and is worn or broken. 'I'his species lias a f^eneral 

 I'esembhince ti) }[. Inirpiilnriit^ but diffei's by beiiii^ hir^j^er, of more slender 

 proportions, more contracted at tiie base, with less prominent radials and 

 witli spiral threads. 



Huh. N. S. Wales : — Woolgoolga (tj'pe, C. Laseion) ; Little River 

 (Brazier); Catherine Hill Bay (R. L. Ciierry); Tliirioul (Mrs. N. Barnett). 



Mki.aio.ma sur.viuiiMs M>nj. 



BrilJIa si'hciridi^^ May, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1910 (1911), p. 892, pi. xiv., 

 tig. 18. 



Rah. Tasmania: — 9 fathoms, Derwent Estuary (type); 40 fathoms, 

 Schouteu Island (May). Victoria: — 80 fathoms, Gabo Island ("En- 

 deavour "). 



Melatoma woodsi Beddnme. 



DrlJJia irnndsi Beddome, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1882 (1883), p. 167. Id. 

 Tate and May, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxvi., 1901, p. 368. Id. 

 Hedley, Mem."^ Austr. Mus., iv., 1903, p. 388. Id. Verco, Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. S.A., xxxiii., 1909, p. 301. 



Drillid lidirifti Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. R03-. Soc. Vict., xii., 1899, 

 pp. 101, 172, pi. viii., fig. 2. Id. Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 

 XXV., 1901, p. 722. 



Hah. Tasmania: — D'Entrecasteaux Channel (type, Beddome); Fred- 

 rick Henry Bay (May). Victoria: — Gippsland Coast (Pritchard). South 

 Australia : — Middleton ; 300 fathoms, Cape Jaffa ; 200 fathoms, Beachport 

 (Verco). N.S.Wales : — Sydney ; 22 fathoms, Manning Heads ; 2i fathoms, 

 Bronghton Islands; 50 fathoms. Botany Heads ("Thetis"). 



Var. acostata Verco. 



Verco, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., xxxiii., 1909, p. 301. 



Hah. South Australia : — 200 fathoms, Beachport ; 130 fathoms, Cape 

 Jaffa (Verco). 



TUKRICULA Srluuiiarher. 



Turricula Schumacher, Essai Nouv. Syst. Vers, test., 1817, p. 217, type 

 T. flammea Schumacher=J/»/-e.f toniatiis DillwjMi, Chemnitz, Conch. 

 Cab., iv., pi. cxliii., tig. 1336-8. Id. Iredale, Proc. Malac. Soc, xii., 

 1917. p. 324-. 



Snrriil'i H. and A. Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll., i., 1853, p. 88. 



The brothei's Adams introduced Snrcid(( to I'ephxce Schumacher's 

 name, on the mistaken plea that it w^as preoccupied by Klein. References 

 to Tiirricula previous to 1817 are invalid for nomenclature, and the 



