22 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OP NEW ZEALAND. {Mollusca. 



CTeniis PoLiNiCES, Muntfoit, 1810. 

 Distrihutinn. — World-wide. 



Polinices (Lunatia) amphialus (Watson), 1881. 



Natica ainphidla, Watson, J.L.S., xv, 1881. p. "iCiO ; Chall. Rep., xv, p. 437, pi. xxvii, 

 fig. 6. Natica vitrea, Hutton, C.M.M., p. 21. Lunatia vitrea, Huttoii, 

 M.N.Z.M., p. 72. 

 Hab. — Near the Bounty Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. BoUons). 

 Also north-east from New Zealand, in 700 fathoms ; Stewart Island ; Chuthum 

 Islands. 



Fam. LAMELLARIIDAE, d'Orbigny. 

 Genus Lamellaria, Montagu, 1815. 

 Didtrihutiuii. — Atlantic. Indian, and Pacific Ocean. 



Lamellaria ophione, (hay, 1850. 



LdDieUaria ophione. Gray, P.Z.S., 1849 (1850), p. 169. Latiiellaria indica. Leach : 

 Hutton, C.M.M., p. 21 (not of Leach). Coriocella ophione. Gray : Hutton, 

 M.N.Z.M., p. 59. Marsenia ophione, Gray, Index F.N.Z., p. 80. 

 Hab. — Near the Snares Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. Bollons). 

 Also Kermadec Islands, Hauraki Gulf, Cook Strait, Tasmania, and southern 

 Australia. 



Fam. TRICHOTROPIDAE, Gray. 

 Genus Trichotropls, Broderip and Sowerby, 1829. 

 Distribution. — Mostly Arctic and Antarctic. 



Trichotropis clathrata, Sowerby, 1874. 



Trichotropis clathrata, Sowerby, Conch. Icon., xix, pi. ii, fig. 10 ; Voy. Ereb. and 

 Terr., p. 3, pi. i, fig. 21; Man. Conch. (1), ix,"p. 43, pi' vii, fig. 51. 

 Trichotropsis inornata, Hutton, C.M.M., p. 26. 



Hab. — Snares and Bounty Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. Bollons). 



Throughout New Zealand and Chatham Islands. 



Fam. SEPTIDAE. 

 Genus Argobuccinum, Herrmansen, 1846. 

 Distribution. — Trojaical and warm seas. 



Argobuccinum argus (Gniclin), 1790. 



Mitrex argus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. 13. 1790, p. 3547. Triton raneUiformis, King, 

 Zool. Journ., v, 1832, p. 347. Ra)ieUa vexiUum, Sowerby, Conch. Illustr., 

 1841, pi. i, fig. 3. Ranella hingi, d'Orbigny, Yoy. Amer. Merid., v, 1841, 



