42 Macteay Memortat Vouume. 
Pisanta xineata, Martyn, Univ. Conch. Buceznum, pl. xtvm.; Tryon, Le. ITI. 
pl. uxxu. figs. 229, 230. 
Locality.—W anganui, Petane. 
PISANIA STRIATULA, Hutton; Comdnella striata, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. Vol. VII. 
p. 458, pl. xxi; (not Pzsanza striata, Guil.). 
(Plate vi. fig. 12.) 
Shell fusiform. Whorls six or seven, convex, with small spiral ribs and 
finely spirally striated between the ribs; upper whorls of the spire longitudinally 
ribbed. Aperture ovate; outer lip grooved inside ; columella with a few small 
teeth at the anterior end; canal rather long, turned slightly backward, and 
notched. Length 29mm. ; breadth 15mm. 
Locality.—Wanganui, Petane, Matapiro. 
PIsaniA DREWEI, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. Vol. XV. p. 410. 
(Plate vi. fig. 13.) 
Shell fusiform. Whorls six, spirally ribbed, about 22 ribs on the body 
whorl, the spire whorls finely longitudinally ribbed. Aperture ovate, the 
posterior canal well marked, anterior canal short, columella obliquely truncated. 
Length 20mm. ; breadth 11mm. 
Locality.—Wanganui, Petane. 
Genus COMINELLA. 
Key to the species. 
1. Body whorl not longitudinally plicated. 
Spire considerably longer than aperture ... ..» C. accuminata. 
Spire not longer than aperture. 
Posterior sinus strongly developed ... » C. maculata. 
5 ,, slightly developed ... .. (C. verpata: 
2. Body whorl longitudinally plicated. 
Plications nodulose. 
Spire shorter than the aperture __.... .. CC. subnodosa. 
,, longer than the aperture sos ... C. nassovdes. 
Plications smooth. 
Plications not continued to suture ... vent, Coduraaa: 
continued to suture aa ory, Cy RULLONT. 
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