HELICID&. 15 
Shell imperforate, ovately oblong, solid, irregularly rugosely striated, 
fulvous-brown, occasionally streaked with chestnut ; spire ovately-conical, 
flesh-coloured on the upper portion, apex rather acute ; suture ragged, 
widely margined with white; whorls 6, moderately convex, the last 
equalling the length of the spire, sub-attenuated at the base ; columella 
vertical, scarcely torturous ; aperture sub-vertical, rhomboidly-semioval, 
within yellowish-white ; peristome thick, white, margins united by a 
white callus, the right margin rather expanded, slightly arcuated, within 
the upper part slightly sinuous, basal and columellar margins dilated. 
Length, 3°05 ; diam., 1:22 ; aperture within, length, 1°37 ; breadth, 
555.) (Pfr) 
Wangaruru, near Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Hochstetter.) 
NVote.—Eggs testaceous, oval, length, 27 ; young shell, sub-perforate, 
thin, pale-horny. 
P. antipodum, Gray; Dief. Trav., vol. 1, p. 247; Revue Zool., . 
LOAM SG ei, ALLL, Ol. 2, p:227 : YOlNO, D. VE3e/VO. Lad) 
Voy. Erebus and Terror, pl. t f, 5 g. Shell oblong, imperforate, smooth, 
pale fuscous, covered with pale-fuscous opaque epidermis, variegated 
profusely with dark lines, principally at the suture, apex obtuse, rubi- 
cund ; whorls rather convex; aperture --— ; peristome ?; specimen 
not adult; whorls 4, the last 1 inch in diam. ; axis, 1 inch (Gray.) 
Bream Head and Whangarei. 
Probably the young of the last species. Said by Gray to be allied 
to B. fulgetans, Brod, from the Philippine Islands. 
Sub-Family— Pupine. 
Tentacles rudimentary, minute, or entirely wanting. Foot short, 
obtuse, or pointed behind. Shell cylindrical, or fusiform; whorls 
numerous, narrow, equal; aperture small, frequently with elongated 
teeth or thin laminze ; peristome generally non-continuous. 
Genus, PUPA—Draparnaud. 
Shell rimate or perforate, cylindrical or oblong; aperture rounded, 
often toothed; margins distant, mostly united by a callous lamina. 
Animal with a short foot, pointed behind ; lower tentacles short. 
Widely distributed. 
P. novoseelandica, Peiffer; P.Z.S., 1851; ILH.V., vol. 3, p. 
5303 vol. 6, p. 299, Wo. 76; Reeve, Conch, lc. f- 126. Shell perforated, 
sub-cylindrical, thin, obliquely closely ribbed, deep fuscous, variegated 
with straw-coloured spots, principally about the impressed suture ; spire 
as it proceeds upwards scarcely attenuated, apex sub-rotund ; whorls 
7%, rather convex, the last dot reaching to one-third of the entire 
length of the shell, rounded ; aperture sub-vertical, semi-circular, tooth- 
less; peristome, simple, straight, margins remote, columellar margin 
slightly dilated above. 
Length, ‘18 ; diam., ‘o8 ; aperture, length, ‘o5. (Pfr.) 
New Zealand (Strange.) 
Sub-Family—FHelicine. 
Shell globular, or convex ; spire short, the last whorl much larger 
than the others, composing nearly the whole shell; umbilicus covered 
