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sliglitly ilattened below the suture, convex at periphery and base. Suture super- 

 ficial, white-banded below. Aperture pyriform, subvertical, angled above, regularly 

 arched and somewhat effuse below. Peristome sharp, simple, the outer lip very 

 little convex, slightly advancing at the middle. Columella subvertical, arcuate : 

 inner lip narrow, callous. There is a very slight und)ilical depression. 



Diameter — Maj., '2-4 mm. ; miu., 2 mm. Height, (v4 mm. 



Type in the Canterbury Museum. Christchurch. 



Hah. — Carnley Harbour. Auckland Islands, on shore (Professor Benham). 



Fam. CHRYS()l)()i\Hl)AE. Cossmann. 



Cenus EuTHEiA, Gray, 1850. 

 Dis/rihxtion. — Japan, California, Mediterranean, South America, Falkland 

 Islands. New Zealand. Kerguelen, and South Africa. 

 This is a distinctly southern genus. 



Euthria linea (Martyn). 1784. 



BuccinuDi linen, Martyn, Univ. Conch., ii. 1784. hg. 4S. Fusns lincdfus, Quoy and 

 (Jaimard, Voy. "Astrolabe.'" ii, p. 501. ])l. xxxiv, figs. 6-8. Eut/uin 

 lineata, Martyn, Man. Conch. (1), iii, p. 151. pi. Ixxii, tigs. 229-231. 



Hub. — Antipodes, Auckland, and Campbell Islands. 



Throughout New Zealand and Chatham Islands. 



Subsp. pertinax, Martens, 1878. 



Euthiia lineata pertinax. Martens. Sitzber. Naturf. Fr., Berlin. 1878, p. 2.3. E. lineata. 

 var. A, Hutton, M.N.Z.M., p. 51. 



Hah. — Auckland Islands. 



Also Hauraki ({ulf. Banks Peninsula, and Foveaux Strait. 



Euthria vittata (Quoy and (Jaimard), 1833. 



Fusus vittatus, Quoy and (laimard. \ oy. " Astrolabe," ii, 1833, p. 504, p\. xxxiv, 

 figs. 18, 19. Euthria vittata, Q. and G., Man. Conch. (1), iii, p. 152, 

 pi. Ixxii, figs. 235, 236. Buccinum trilineatum. Reeve, Conch. Icon., 1846. 

 fig. 98. Fusus hicinctus, Hutton, C.M.M., p. 10. Euthria hicincta, Hutton, 

 J. de Conch., 1878, p. 15. 



Hah. — Auckland Islands. 



Throughout New Zealand and Chatham Islands. 



Euthria littorinoides (Reeve), 1846. 



Buccinum littorinoides, Reeve, Conch. Icon.. 1846, fig. 46. Euthria lineata littori- 

 noides. Reeve, Man. Conch. (1), iii. p. 151, pi. Ixxii, fig. 231. Euthrin 

 lineata, Martyn, var. C: Hutton, M.N.Z.M., p. 51. 



Hub. — Auckland Islands (Professor Benham). 



Throughout New Zealand. 



