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spirals, but rise into scales along the sutures. The spirals ai'e sharp 

 widely-spaced threads, of which there are twenty on the body whorl, 

 eveuh'^ distributed between the fascicle and the end of the canal ; five of 

 these ascend the penultimate. Aperture simple ; lip thin ; sinus wide and 

 shallow; canal produced. Length 6*5 mm., breadth 2"6 mm. 



The single specimen which Brazier identified as D. pinrlcan'nta differs 

 from authentic Philippine examples of that species by being shorter and 

 broader, with more inflated whorls and more prominent spirals. Nearer 

 related is D. ctjriiatodes Hervier, than which T). clieverti is smaller, more 

 slendei', and with more prominent sculpture. 



Hah. Queensland : — 80 fathoms, Darnley Island (t3'pe. Brazier). 



DaI'HNELLA DILUTA Soirerlil/. 



BcwlineUa diluta Sowerby, Proc. Malac. Soc, ii., 1896, p. 26, pi. iii., fig. 6. 

 Id. Verco, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., xxxiii., 1909, p. 321. 



Hcib. South Australia: — St. Vincent Gulf (tj'pe); 55 fathoms, Cape 

 Borda ; 17 fathoms, Backstairs Passage (Verco). 



Da1'PINEI>LA GRANATA ^ji. NOV. 



(Plate liii., fig. 162.) 



Shell rather small, solid, ovate, and sharply gradate. Colour uniform 

 buff. Whorls seven, inclusive of the protoconch, contracted at the suture, 

 angled at the shoulder, rounded at the periphery, and hollowed at the 

 base. Sculpture: — Surface reticulated by elevated flat-topped spirals and 

 radials ; on the upper whorls these are of equal value, and enclose deep 

 square meshes; the radials amount on the last whorl to twenty-five, and 

 on the antepenultimate to about twenty ; they graduall)^ diminish in size 

 anteriorly and vanish on the base ; on the last whorl there are about 

 seventeen spirals, not counting a few minute interstitial threads ; on 

 the penultimate there are three and on earlier whorls two spirals ; the 

 protoconch consists of two rounded whorls, superficially smooth, but on 

 high magnification developing faint and minute oblique I'eticulation. 

 Aperture imperfect in the only example seen. Length 65 mm., breadth 

 3 mm. 



This species is related to D. aidacoessa Watson, but is more solid and 

 proportionately broader, the levolving and transverse cords few, and the 

 I'eticulation coarser. 



Hab. Queensland: — 4 to 14 fathoms, Albany Passage (type, self). 



DaI'IINEI.LA MARiMOKAI'A Jliitdt!. 



Daphnella marniorata Hinds, Zool. "Sulphur," 1844, p. 25, ])1. vii., fig. 19. 

 Td. Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., i., 1876, p. 159. 



Fleiirutuinn dapJiuelloidcs Reeve, Conch. Icon., i., 1845, pi. xxiv., fiir. 208. 

 Id. Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxxii., 1907, p. 484. 



