SUTER : NEW ZEALAND TROCniT)^. 



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Shell turretcd, narrowly perforate, shining, white, with longitudinal 

 nndulatiug or ziczac pinkish or purplish lines, sometimes with spiral 

 bands at the periphery and around the umbilicus. Whorls more or 

 less cariuated at the periphery, the carina exserted above the sutures 

 on the spire. Suture margined. Columella not truncate. Alt. 8-12, 

 diam. 5-7 mm. 



Hah. — Stuart Island (Stewart Island?), IS'ew Zealand. 



I have not seen any New Zealand specimens. 



Subgen. Thalotia, Gray, 1847. 



Sect. THALOTIA, S.S. 



26. CANxnARiDus coNicus (Gray). 



Ilonodonfa coni'ca, Gray: King's Survey Australia, vol. ii (1827), 



p. 479. 

 (?) Troehus picfus, Wood: Index Test. Suppt., pi. v, fig. 28. 

 Thalotia picta (Wood): A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1851, p. 172. 

 Monodonta turrita, Menke : Moll. Nov. Holl., p. 15. 

 Troehus Lehmanni, Kiener: Species, genre Trochtis, pi. xlvi, fig. 2 (not 



of Menke). 

 Thalotia JFoodsiana, Angas : Proc. Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 611, pi. xlii, 



figs. 4, 5. 

 Troehus Troschelii, Philippi : Conch. Cab., p. 131, pi. xxiii, fig. 2. 

 Cantharidus rufozona, A. Ad. : Hutton, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 



Wales, vol. ix, p. 362 (not of A. Adams). 

 Thalotia conica (Gray) : Hutton, Man. New Zealand Moll., p. 97. 

 Cantharidus conicus (Gray) : Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. i, vol. xi, 



p. 141, pi. xlvi, fig. 73; pi. xlvi, figs. 67, 68 {T. TFoodsiana). 



Shell elevated, conical, impei-forate, pinkish or greyish white with 

 crimson apex and numerous close longitudinal dark reddish-brown 

 stripes, often cut into tessellations. Whorls of spire with 5 or 6 

 granose lirte, 13-14 on the last whorl. Peristome thick, plicate 

 within. Columella straight, denticulate, with a strong basal trun- 

 cation. Alt. 20, diam. 13 mm. 



Ilah. — Kangitoto Channel, near Auckland ; scarce (T. F. Cheeseman), 



The species'was omitted from the list of New Zealand mollusca by 

 Captain Hutton in his revision (Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. ix, p. 357, footnote). From his description of Cantharidus rufozona 

 there is no doubt that it is not that species, but C. conicus (Gray), 

 Two specimens from Auckland in my collection agree perfectly with 

 typical specimens from Tasmania. There are also specimens in the 

 Auckland Museum, marked as coming from Auckland. 



It is evident that Adams' short description of C. rufozona does not 

 f refer to C. conicus, since he described that species under the name of 

 Thalotia i)ieta (Wood). 



