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nitente, pellucida, alba, vel quadrizonata maculis fulvis varie in- 

 terruptis ; spira vix exserta, ohtusa ; apertura angusta, antice latiore 

 et emarginata ; columella antice ohliqne qiuidriplicata, lahro vix in- 

 crassato. Long. 6, lat. 2| mil. 



Shell small, elliptical, polislierl, shining, pellucid white or 

 marked with four zones of variously interrupted brown spots, 

 spire scarcely exserted, obtuse, aperture narrow, wider and 

 emarginate anteriorly, columella obliquely quadruplicate, lip 

 scarcely thictened. Blackman's Bay. W. F. Petterd and 

 Legrand. The zones of color and absence of any determinate 

 spire and the thin lip distinguish this shell. 



No. 7. CoNUS CARMELi. 11.8. C.t. ohlongo-rlwmhiformi, tenui, 

 nitente, alba, una linea pallide mfo maculata zonata ; anfr. 8, 

 tenuiter spiral, liratis, liris acutis, interstitiis long, striatis ; spira 

 brevi ad svturas canaliculatis et liratis; 2 ult. anfr. ttibercidato 

 coronatis ; nucleo mamniilato, apertura lineari, labro acutissimo. 

 Long. 22, lat. 9. 



Shell oblong, rhombiform, thin, shining, white, zoned with 

 one pale red spotted line ; whorls 8, finely spirally lirate ; 

 lirse acute, interstices striate lengthwise ; spire short, canali- 

 culate and lirate at the sutures, two last whorls tuberculately 

 coronate ; nucleus mammilated, aperture linear, labrum very 

 acute. North coast. W. F. Petterd. 



CoNus TASMANicus. Mild ('vide'Pvoc.\875). This name being 

 preoccupied by Sowerby I propose the name C. macleayana for 

 my species as a slight acknowledgment of the great services 

 rendered to natural science in Australia by the learned Presi- 

 dent of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



No. 8. CoLUMBELLA XAViERANA. n.s. C.t. elougato fusiformi 

 turrita, spira quam apertura lujigiore, conica, apice acuto, Icevi, polita, 

 strigis obUquiis, albis, et castaneis latis et undulosis eleganter 

 variegata ; sutura subcanaliculata ; anfr. 8, planatis ; apertura 

 ovata, labro crasso, labia inconspicuo ; columella conspicue striata. 

 Long. ] 2, lat. 4 mil. 



A rather long smooth shell, conspicuously flamed with van- 

 dula.ting chestnut longitudinal broad lines of color which under 

 the lens are sometimes seen to be flecked with white. The 

 genus is, however, so variable in the matter of color that it 

 may be only a variety of some already described. N. coast. 

 W. F. Petterd. 



No. 9. CoLUMBELLA MiLTOSTOMA. n.s. C. t. parva, ovcita, splra, 

 conica acuta, kevi, nitente, alba ; anfr. 6, planatis, ultimo tumido ; 

 sutura obsolete m,arginata ; apertura spira lecpumti, ovata, eleganter 

 rufo marginata; labro incrassato intus conspicue dentato ; labio 

 reflexo, tuberculato ; columella spiraliter striata, striis 4, (i-d labrum 

 posticum pertingentibns. Long. G, lat. 3h 



A small white smooth tumid species easily distinguished by 



