141 



An almost cyliudrical shell, sub-pcllucid and shining with 

 obsolete ribs. 



No. "27. Phasianella prtciiELLA. u.s. P.t. mhiuta, tumkh ovafa, 

 aj^rtura ijnam spira loiKjiorf, Iccvi, vifenfc, pol'da, intense olivacea, llneis 

 tenuibu-s, ilistantibtt<<, reijidarib. mactilatifs cincta, et flaviulis latis albis, 

 ca^tanea nehulotyis a .siitxrLi procedcnfibns ornata : apcrtuni, late ovata, 

 hibro fenui : colionella alba, con<j)iciic linea olivaeea, macidnta, marrjinuta; 

 ha.ii conrcxa, jiiinrti.-i lineata operculo ca;ruleo albo, extim lavi, 7ii(ente,tiimide 

 connxo. Long. 31, lat. 2 mil. 



Shell minute, tumidl}^ ovate, aperture longer than the spire, 

 smooth, shining, polished, intense olive Avith girdles of fine 

 regular distant spotted white lines, and ornamented with 

 broad flames of clouded chestnut proceeding from the sutures, 

 aperture broadly ovate, lip thin, columella white conspicuously 

 margined with a spotted olive line ; base convex with punctate 

 lines ; operculum bluish white, smooth shining and tumidly 

 convex outside. Long Bay, 3 fathoms, sand. Rev. H. D. 

 Atkinson. Two specimens of this elegant species were found, 

 in both of which the operculum was in situ. The coloring was 

 constant, but in all the genv;s this varies almost infinitely. 

 There is a small species described by Augas, P. rosea, which is 

 rose red. Still, the above may possibly be a variety. 



TuEBO (ninella) straminjsa. Martyn, A small variety 

 of this shell was found by Mr. Gunn on the N. Coast. As 

 the species is known to vary very much, and is thus identified 

 with T. torquatns, Gmel. and T. lamcllosns, Bred , I may men- 

 tion that Tasmanian specimens are small, and vary from all 

 the above types. There is a strong rounded keel on the lower 

 whorls which are black spotted ; the mouth is slightly 

 angular at the keels, the summit of the whorl tuberculate and 

 the suture channelled. Diam. 20 Alt. 17, mil. The oper- 

 culum has two spiral ridges, not unlike the convolutions of 

 the human ear. 



Xo. 28. Turbo (LrxELLA) Simsoni. n.s. T.t. jtarca, tnrhinata, 

 solidimctda, amjwite mnbUicata, sitperne depressa, basi convexa, olivacea, 

 strigi-i niijris ruji-sqite namerosis rudiatim vai'ieyata; anfr. 4, (f^'l suturas 

 consjjicue Jlmhriatis, iransverxim tenuissime coiifertissimeqiie striatis ; anfr. 

 ult. medio lo.fe planato, carinato, superne Jhnhriato, ad per iplupriam acute 

 ani/idafo ; apcrtiira rotundn(a,J'anre urgenlca, marr/aritacea, labio acnto, 

 (rian'jtdato, anguste cero;ideo nuirginato : rolnmeUa alba, planafa, el 

 subtuhfrcnlala, antice acuta; operculo calcareo, albo interne planato et 

 regubtriter, multispiro.le, extus rakle convexo in medio, margine planato. 

 Long. 9, lat. 12 mil. 



This shell is closely allied to our T. undulaius, Chem., but 

 is much smaller, and has hitherto been confounded with it. 

 Its smaller size, the red and black flammules, and the peculiar 

 raised rounded carina on the upper edge of the last whorl 

 which continues round the suture as a kind of hem, eatily 

 distiugviish it. If I mistake not I have found it myself in 



