156 URosALrmx. 



imbricated over the plaits ; squamje Ix'liind tlie columella valid, 

 raised and canaliculate ; at the sutures, the plaits and lirje obso- 

 lete ; outer lip crenulate outside and toothed within ; columella 

 lip expanded, umbilicus margined with rounded, iml)ricated 

 scales. Length 21, lat. 15 mill. 



E. Goast Tasmania ; rather uucumnion. 



At one time I considered this a Tasmanian var. of T. Hanleyi, 

 Aug. (= Paivce, Cr.), but a comparison of man}' specimens 

 shows me that the present is an entirely different shell, very 

 much more scabrous. The umbilicus and its margin are also 

 peculiar and distinct. 



The above is the original description. Not tigured. 



U. DUBIA, Hutton. 



Oval, fusiform, thick ; whorls of the spire seven, convex, with 

 coarse spiral ribs ; the spiral whorls only furnished with longitu- 

 dinal ribs ; mouth oval ; canal very short. Covered with a per- 

 sistent greenish brown epidermis ; dark purple within the aper- 

 ture. Length "T inch, lat. "4 inch. 



New Zealand. 



Wider than U. Paivae, the canal much shorter ; distinguished 

 also by the absence of ribs on the body -whorl. Not figured. 



V. PLEBEiA, Hutton. U. Brazieri, Woods. U. Australis, 

 Woods. LT. iNFERA, Hutton. IT. Goldsteini, Woods. 

 Kobelt includes these in his catalogue of f/ro.s-a/pu^r, which he 

 makes a subgenus of Trophon. I lia^e described tliem under 

 Trophon. 



U. Tritoniformis, Jil. PL 3!), tigs. 4'Jl, 488, 4i){). 



Brownish, the nodules sometimes nearly black ; bluish or pur- 

 plish within, sometimes banded. Length •'\b-\-'-lb inches. 



Philippines; Australia: Tasmania. 



Readily distinguished by its small size and long, turriculated 

 si)ire. 1 have before me a similar form said to come from 

 Ceylon. 



Dunker redescribed this species making for it a new genus, 

 Adamsia typica, and H. and A. Adams have adopted it as a sub- 

 genus of the pisanoid genus Cominella: it is, however, a true 



