143 



from G. coxi, in its smaller size, smooth shining habit and 

 colour. 



No. 31. (tIBBULA dolorosa. U.S. G.t. parva, turhinato-conoidca, 

 solida, lirata, .tuhnifenfe, atro-purpurea, npice margaritace, rosea ; an/r. 

 Jf-5, convexiusculis, liris lafi.% rofundatts, itquaUhus cinctis, et transversim 

 oblii/iie obsok'fe, striis incremenfi decussafis ; hatii co»vej-a, lirata, purpurea ; 

 umh'dico anr/uffo, perpendkulariter striato ; apertnra rotumlata, xpletidid6 

 iridescenti ; iutus lirata; columella, marfiinata. Diam. maj. et alt. 7. 



A somewhat tumidly conical small solid shell, umbilicate 

 and lirate, specially distinguished l>y its blackish purple hue, 

 •while the apex is pearly and rose colour. The mouth is 

 splendidly iridescent, and the columella is marginate. Bass' 

 Straits. 'W. H. Fetterd. Rare. 



No. 32. (riBBULA WELDii. U.S. G.t. parvu, dejrresfio-turhinata, car- 

 iuata, stih-late umhilirata, solida, nitentc, albida, lincis ohliquis fenuibus et 

 maculis fulvis eleganttr ornata : anfr. o, quadratic, superne et infra 

 carinafis, carinis rotuiidati.s, elerati-% maculis fulcis conspicuis, vndique 

 (cariim exceptis et ult. an/, inter carinas) liratis ; apiceobtuso basi j^lanata, 

 .<>triaia, lineis roseis radiata ; apertura rotundata, 2^^'i'^'^tomct continua 

 incrassata ; columella arcuata, consplcua, uvibilico marginato, margine 

 alba, et intus liris spiralibus et cequalibus insiipiito. Long. 7, lat. G^, 

 alt. 6. 



A small uepressedly turbinate shell, white shining and 

 porcellauous, keeled and lirate throughout except on the 

 keels and on the last whorl between them. It is prettily 

 marked with brown spots on the keels and fine diagonal lines 

 of the same colour on the whorls ; on the base, which is lirate, 

 it is radiately marked with fine rose lines. The umbilicus is 

 white margined and spirally lirate. Eare. Bass' Straits, 

 E. C. Gunn. 



This shell may turn out to bo G. porcellanct. A. Adams, 

 Zool. Proc. 1851, p. 186, sp. 28, but I had no specimens of the 

 latter for comparison. 



No. 33. Margarita (minolia) tasmanica. M.t. orbiculato turbinata 

 late et perspective umbiUcata, pallide rufa et nebuUit albis variegata, insuper 

 maculis roseis, minimis, angulatis indistincte cincta ; anfr. 5 rotunilatis, 

 rnpide crescentibus, creberrime tenuissimeque transversim sulcatis, et long, 

 oblique striatU ; apice subccserto, acuto : peripheria obtuse angulatOj ; basi 

 convcriuscula, striata : umbilico simplici, peramplo, spira ad apicem 

 jxitifacienic ; npiertura rotundata ; perisfo7na rix continua fenui. Maj. 

 diam. 9, niiu. 8, alt. 5. 



Shell orbicularly turbinate, widely and perspectively um- 

 bilicate, clouded with pale red and white, and indistinctly 

 zoned with small pale angular rose spots ; whorls 5, rounded, 

 rapidly increasing, thickly and finely spirally grooved, and 

 transversely obliquely striate ; apex somewhat exsertcd and 

 acute, periphery obtusely angulate ; base rather convex, striate, 

 umbilicus simple, ample, showing the interior of the spire to 

 the apex, aperture rounded, peristome thin and not quite con- 



