330 RECORDS OK THE AUSTRALIAN Mi;SEUM. 



Daphnella tkrixa MelviU and Stauden. 



Daphiiella terina Melvill aud Staiiden, Jonrn. ot" Conch., viii., 1896, p. 296, 

 pi. X., Use. 43. Id. Bouge aud Dautzenbei-g, Joui'n. de Coucli., Ixi.. 

 1914, p. '212. 



Specimens of this species from Funal'iiti were eri-oneously recorded 

 by myself as Dniilniella lymiieiformlti Kiener.^-i 



Hah. Queensland: — 30 fathoms, Darnley Island (Brazier); 5 to 8 

 fathoms, Mui^ray Island (self). 



Vevrecdla MelrilJ. 



Veprecula Melvill, Proc. Malac. Soc, xii., 1917, p. 188. 



This genus is distinguished by a slender fusiform shell, which is 

 reticulated by radial and spiral cords, producing a sharp point at each 

 intersection. The protoconch is tall aud elaborately frilled, and the 

 sutural sinus is deep and narrow. Type Clathurella sykesii Melvill and 

 Stauden, 1903. 



Besides the following Australian species and the tj^pe two Indian 

 species are included — Plenrotoina asperulata Smith, 1882, aud P. reticulosa 

 Smith, 1882, as well as V. rooperi Mestayer, 1919, from New Zealand. 



Vktrkoula scala sp. llOV. 



(Plate liv., fig. 165.) 



Shell slender, fusiform, excavate at the base and below the suture. 

 Colour burnt sienna, with a cream zone on the shoulder of the last whorl. 

 A tall and narrow protoconch of four whorls, delicately radially ribbed, 

 is followed by five adult whorls. Sculpture : — Spaced spiral cords over-run 

 the ribs and form small scales on their summits, foui' on the penultimate, 

 then three and two on earlier whorls ; on the final whorl they exteud to 

 the tip of the snout, and number about sixteen ; the radial ribs are closely 

 packed above, aud are moie spaced as they descend ; ou the last whorl 

 they decrease to six in number, and are narrow, ei-ect, and oblique ; thej' 

 vanish on the base. Apeiture: — Canal produced, aud a little twisted; 

 notch sutural, rather deep aud nari-ow. Length 5'5 mm., breadth 2 mm. 



Ilab. Queensland : — 5 to 8 fathoms, Murray Island (type, self) ; 

 10 fathoms, York Island (Brazier). 



VkI'KKCUI.A VAOILLATA .<p. )lol\ 



(Plate liv., fig. 166.) 



Shell small, acuminate, excavate at the base and below the sutui'e. 

 Colour buff, sometimes suffused with chocolate. An acicular protoconch 

 of three whorls is followed by five adult whorls. Sculpture: — Deep square 



" Hedley— Mem. Austr. Mus., iii., ]899, p. 476. 



