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Sliell fusiform. Wliorls nine, inclndinpf the protoeoiicli. Coloui; flail 

 white. Piotoconcli of two i\)uiide(l microscopically spirally f^rooved whorls. 

 Sculpture: — On the first adult whorl there are nine or ten radials, which 

 decrease to six on the lower whorls; these aie discontinuous, prominent, 

 vertical, ceasing at the fasciole and on the base ; the spirals are evenly 

 spaced, sharp, elevated, over-ridin>^ and denticulating- the ribs, inci'easiug 

 by intercalation from two above to about eighteen below ; these are again 

 traversed by a secondary sculpture of Hue radiating thi-eads ; fasciole 

 broad, excavate, crossed by close, sharp, and crescentic lamella?. Aperture 

 imperfect in my exani{)le; canal sliglitly twisted. Length 12 mm., 

 bi-eadth 5 mm. 



Ilab. Queensland : — 4 to 1-t fathoms, Albany Passage (type); 5 to 8 

 fathoms, Murray Island (self); '20 fathoms, Daiiiley Island (Braziei-). 



ASPKRDAI'HNE BASTOWI GutUff {iud (lahrit'l. 



DapJnielhf baxtowl Gatliff and Gabriel, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xi., 1908, 

 p. 365, pi. xxi., tigs. 1-4. Id. Verco, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., xxxiii., 

 1909, p. 324. 



Huh. Victoria: — Western Port (type, Gabriel). South Australia: — 

 St. Vincent Gulf (Verco). 



AsPKRDAl'HNE BEI.A Udlll. liov. 



liehi tasmnuka May, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1915, p. 84, pi. i., fig. 3 

 (not Diiphnella ta><maiiica Tenison-Woods, 1877, now transferred to 

 Asperdaphiie). 



Hub. Tasmania: — D'Eutrecasteaux Channel ; 10 fathoms, (type, May). 



ASPERDAPHNK BREN'CHLEYI AilCfilK. 



(Figure 10.) 



ClatJiiirelld breiiclileyl Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1877, p. 37, pi. v., fig. 12. 



DiqjliiieUa breuchleyi Hedley, Mem. Austr. 

 Mus., iv., 1903, p. 391, fig. 106. 



Hub. N.S.Wales : — Port Stephens (type, 

 Angas) ; 50 fathoms. Cape Three Points 

 ("Thetis"). 





FiK. 10. 



