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Alcira varians (Hut ton). 1885. 



CnhmihcUd variam, Hutton, T.N. Z.I. , xvii, 1884 (1885), 314, pi. .wii. fig. 2; Plioc. 



.M., p. 44, pi. vi. fig. 16 (not of Sowerby). Surcuht varians, Hutton: 



Suter, T. N.Z.I. , xxxi, p. 69. Columbella incomians, Sutcr, T.N.Z.I., xxxviii, 



1905 (1906), p. 329. 



Hah. — Near the Snares Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain ,]. Bnlidus) ; Auckland 



Islands (Professor Benham). 



Also Foveaux Strait and Duucilin Harbour. 



Alcira sanguinea, Suter. 190S. 

 AJcim sanguinea, Suter, P. Mai. S.. viii, 1908, p. 181, ])1. vii, fig. 7. 



Hah. — Near the Bounty Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. Bollons). 



Fam. MARGINELLIDAE, Adams. 

 Genus Marginella, Lamarck. Lsol. 

 iJisti-ihutioii. — In warm and tropical seas. Found in depths to nearly 400 

 fathoms. 



Marginella (Volvarina) albescens, Hutton, 1873. 



Mafgi)iell<i albescens, Hutton, C.M..M.. p. 19. Marginella [Volvarin.a) infans, Reeve: 

 Hutton, T.N.Z.I., xvi, p. 224 (not of Reeve). 



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

 Also Stewart Island, near Cuvier Island, and Chatham Islands. 



Marginella (Glabella) amoena, Suter. 1908. 

 Marginella ((llalx'Ua) amoena, Suter, P. Mai. S., viii, 1908, p. 184, pi. vii, fig. 15. 

 Hab. — Near the Snares Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain .T. Rollims). 



Marginella (Glabella) lurida, Suter, 1908. 

 Marginella {(,'labella) htrula, Suter, P. Mai. S., viii, 1908, p. 183, pi. vii, fig. 14. 



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

 Also Foveaux Strait, in 15 fathoms. 



Marginella (Glabella) plicatula, n. sp. (Plate I, figs. 4,5.) 



Shell very small, volutiform, fairlv solid, white, axially finely plaited. The sculp- 

 ture consists of very fine subefjmdistant axial plications. Colour a dirty white. 

 Spire very little raised, broadly conoidal, with obtuse apex. Whorls about 3, the 

 last large, convex, slightly contracted at the base. Suture inconspicuous. Aperture 

 high and narrow, almost as high as the shell. Outer lip thickened, smooth inside, 

 with an outer varix extending along the base. Columella slightly oblique, almost 



