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AnACITIIAKA HKKVICOSTATA S//. //(*/•. 



(Plate 1., Hg. 114.) 



Sliell small, thin, elongate-ovate. Cok)ur pale buff, witli a uarrow 

 subsntuial band. Wlioils founded, six, including t.lie protoconcli, which 

 is smooth, tui'binate, slightly tilted, and of two whorls. Sculpture : — The 

 libs rather prominent, rounded, broader than their inteistices, on the 

 penultimate nine, on the last whorl ten ; these are spaced more widely 

 than those above, commencing at the suture and terminating rather 

 abruptly at the periphery ; the spirals even, comparatively coarse, and 

 close-set tlireads, which over-run the whole shell. Aperture wide, unarmed, 

 varix slight; sinus indistinct; canal a mere notch. Length 4'5 mm., 

 breadth 2 mm. 



H(0). Queensland: — 17 to 20 fathoms, Mast Head Island (self). 



Anacithaka CAELATURA sp. IIOV. 



(Plate 1., fig. 115.) 



Shell fusiform, small, rather solid. Colour buff, with an indistinct 

 pale ferruginous baud on the shoulder. Whorls six, rounded above, 

 constricted at the sutures, and contracted at the base. Sculpture: — The 

 ribs are perpendicular, narrow, widely spaced, not continuing from whorl 

 to whorl; on the penultimate nine, on the last eiglit; fine even close-set 

 spirals over-run the whole shell. Aperture wide, unarmed ; vai'ix high 

 and broad ; sinus wide and rather deep ; canal short and broad. Length 

 45 mm., breadth 2 mm. 



Holi. Queensland : — 5 to 8 fathoms, Murray Island (self). 



Anacithara conata Hedley. 



Mangelia naufraga var. coiutta Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxxiv., 

 1909, p. 458, pi. xliv., fig. 94. 



Hah. Queensland: — 5 to 10 fathoms, Hope Island (type) ; 17 to 20 

 fathoms, Mast Head Island (self). 



Anacithara exqdisita sp. hod. 



(Plate 1., fig. 116.) 



Shell small, biconical. Colour uniform i)VLve white. Wliorls six, 

 turreted. Protoconch two smooth, elevated, symmetrical whorls. Sculp- 

 ture : — nibs rather low and rounded, discontinuous from whorl to whorl ; 

 on the penultimate there are eight, which become slioiter, lower, wider 

 S[)aced, and tend to disappear ; fine, dense, even spiral threads over-run 

 the whole surface. Aperture open, unarmed ; varix well developed ; sinus 

 a semicircular incision ; canal open, short. Length 4*5 mm., breadth 2 mm. 



Hah. Queensland: — 17 to 20 fathoms. Mast Head Island (self). 



