272 TROCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Shell conical, imperforate, spirally ril)l)e(l, ribs 5-6 on the penulti- 

 niiitt^- and 10-14 on tlie body-whorl ; pinkish-white or li.^ht- grey with 

 blood-red spots on the ribs, or with red flexuous longitndinal marking's. 

 AVhorls 6, slightly convex, the last angled at the periphery, rather 

 convex below. Suture distinct. Aperture oblique, outer lip thick, 



Cantliarldtis sdiiijauwiin (Gray). 



inside with a white opa(|ue callosity ; columella oblique, white, its 

 expansion covering the umbilicus, leaving sometimes a small fissure. 

 Alt. 9, diam. 7 mm. 



Hah. — Auckland to Wellington ; Cliatham Is. 



Like Captain Button, I have only seen dead specimens. 



Var. cfdlafa, Hutton. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. ix, p. 363 ; Pilsbry, Man. 

 Conch., ser. i, vol. xi, p. 131. 



Shell smaller, more deeply ribbed and the ribs naiTOwer ; 5-7 on 

 the penultimate-, 15-16 on the body- whorl ; they are sometimes 

 rendered obsoletely granular by the lines of growth that cross them 

 ol)liquely. Columella with an obsolete tooth in the middle ; umbilicus 

 completely closed up. Alt. 5-.'), diam. 4'5mm. 



Ilab. — Foveaux Strait (dredged). 



A"ar. elongata, n.var. 



Differs fi'om the type in being narrower, the whorls of spire 

 obsoletely shouldered, the riblets more numerous and finer, 10-11 on 

 the penultimate-, about 18-19 on the body-whorl. Colour white or 

 light-grey, ribs light-brown or reddish-brown, dissolved in spots on 

 the base only. Outer lip edged with white and brown dots, followed 

 by a broad white opaque band ; interior pearly. Aperture quad- 

 rangular, columella nearly vertical, with an obsolete tooth in the 

 middle, the expansion covering the umbilicus. Alt. 7 '5, diam. 5 mm. 



iZ«/;.— Lyall Bay (A. Hamilton). 



22. Cantuakidus dilatatus (Sowcrby). 



Elenclius dilatatus, Sowerby : Proc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 251 ; Ilutton, 



Man. New Zealand Moll., p. 101. 

 Cantharidus dilatatus (Sby.) : Hutton, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 



Wales, vol. ix, p. 363 ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. i, 



vol. xi, p. 148, 



