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Psni'ltODAPHNKLLA STIPATA s//. nOV. 



(Plate Ivi., ficr. 191.) 



Sliell small, solid, broad in proportion to length. Adult wlioils about 

 four. Sculpture: — Tlie radials ai'e prominent spaced ribs, set about ten 

 to a whorl ; the spirals are strong cords, two on the antepenultimate, 

 three on the penultimate, and seven on the last whorl ; on the latter the 

 third spiral from the suture runs into the top of the varix, between the 

 fourth and the Kfth is a wide gap, and the last three are tubercular and 

 traverse the snout. Aperture: — The varix is very thick and prominent; 

 the sinus is small and shallow. Length 4 mm., breadth 2 mm. 



This sturdy little species is somewhat like Pleurotoma nlhn}'^- but is 

 shorter, com[)arativ'ely stoutei-, with fewer l)ut more prominent cinguli. 

 In the hollow of the base a s[)iral is missing, producing the effect of a 

 broad furrow interrupted by the radials, as in P. spelceodea Hervier and 

 P. tincta Reeve. The only three specimens that I dredged are dead and 

 faded, so that details of colour and apex are not available. 



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



PSEUDODAPHNELLA TESSKI.LATA Hinds. 



(Plate Ivi., figs. 192-193.) 



Clnvatula tes^ellata Hinds, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843, j).44, and Zool. "Sulphur," 

 ii., 1844, p. 23, pi. vii., fig. 17 (n.ot Pleurotoma tesseUata Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon., i., 1845, pi. xxvii., fig. 244, err. on pi. "344"; nor Pleurotovia 

 tessellata Reeve. Couch. Icon., i., 1846, pi. xxxvi., fig. 331 = P. /ori»os,-< 

 Reeve; nor P. tessellnta of subsequent authors). 



Pleurotoma forhe.til and Pleurotoma apical!'^ Montrouzier, Journ. de Conch., 

 ix., 18(31, p. 277, pi. xi., fig. 6. 



Cldtliiirella apicalU Hervier, Joui'n. de Conch., xliv., 1896, p. 143. Id. 

 Bouge and Dautzenberg, Journ. de Conch., Ixi., 1914, p. 192. 



? Defrancia mauritiatia Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1893, p. 491, pi. xxxviii., 

 ■ figs. 23, 24. 



This species appears to have suffei'ed geiieral neglect, and its name to 

 have been misa[)propriated. The above figure is from a specimen that 1 

 collected in Torres Sti'ait. 



Hah. Queensland: — Murray Island; Palm Island (self). 



"^ Deshayes -Moll, de Reunion, 1863, p. 110, pi. xii., figs. 17, 18. 



