PATELLID. 109 
Auckland to Dunedin. Auckland Islands. 
P. denticulata, MWartyn; P. margaritaria, Chemnitz; Reeve, 
Conch. Ic., f. 743; Voy. Erebus and Terror, pl. 1, f. 26; P. ornata, Deshayes, 
Anim. sans vert., Vil., p. 542. Oval, conical, more or less depressed, 
radiately ribbed ; apex not recurved ; margin crenated ; pale greenish or 
reddish-yellow, with about twelve brownish-black rays spotted with 
white ; interior above the muscular impression purplish-black ; below 
silvery, rayed with pale yellow and brownish-black. 
Heigth, 4; length, 1 ; breadth, °7. 
Auckland to Dunedin. 
P. flava, Hutton, CMM, p. 44. Ovate, conical, radiately 
ribbed; apex recurved; margin crenated; pale-yellow, inclining to 
orange towards the apex ; interior, above the muscular impression, more 
or less orange ; below silvery. 
Height, 1; length, 2:2 ; breadth, 1°8. 
Amur Bluff. Stonyhurst. 
The young shell is more orange, and has the apex sub-anterior. 
P.antipodum, Smith ; Voy. Erebus and Terror, Moll., p. 4, pl. 1, 
f. 25. Shell rotundly ovate, a little narrowed in front ; the apex much 
inclined anteriorly, one-fourth the length from the front margin, radia- 
tely rather finely ribbed ; ribs crossed by fine concentric lines of growth; 
orange-yellow, clouded with white around the middle, varied with ten or 
eleven black narrow rays placed at nearly equal distances, those in front 
being rather more approximated than the rest ; interior brilliant pearly 
orange-yellow, the exterior black rays especially visible at the margin, 
which is crenulated (Smith.) 
Length, 1°1 5 width, ‘85 ; height, -37 inch. 
P. tramoserica, Martyn, pl. 16 ; Reeve, Conch. Ic.. f, 27. Shell - 
ovate, sub-conoid, radiately ribbed ; ribs close set, sometimes obscurely 
nodosely tubercled, rarely a little prickled; yellowish or rose tinged, 
rayed with black ; rays white-spotted, or with the interstices altogether 
black ; interior more or less brightly coloured at the margin (Reeve.) 
New Zealand (Martyn and Gould.) Common in Australia. 
P. stellularia, Quoy, Zc, iii, p. 347, pl. 70, f. 18-20; Reeve, 
Conch. Ic., f. 96. Oval, depressed, with small granular ribs; reddish, 
with white rays at the apex, or two white lines at the posterior end; 
interior white ; apex anterior. 
Height, -3; length, 1-4; breadth, 1. (Quoy.) 
Cook Strait. Bank’s Peninsula. 
P. stellifera, Chemnitz, Lamark, l.c., vii. p. 535. Ovate, rather 
depressed, with fine radiating decussate ribs; apex not recurved ; 
blackish or reddish-brown, with radiating white stripes, which some- 
times do not reach the margin; interior white, silvery; tip greenish- 
brown. 
Height, 25; length, ‘95 ; breadth, °7. 
Cook Strait. 
