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Testa oblonga, solidiiiscula, albida, maculis parvis fuscis sub- 

 quadratis bit'asciatim dispositis picta ; spira Icvitor producta, obtusi- 

 uscula, sutura angusta ; aiit'ractus 5-6, convexiusculi, spiralitcr 

 crebrorrimc lirati, plicis lougitudiiialibus numerosis obtusis iiitftructi ; 

 anfr. ult. spiram supcrans, vix inriatus, ad basin constrictus ; apertura 

 ovalis, intus obsolete lirata, bibro crassiusculo ; columella arcuata, 

 inferne contorta, canali brevissimo. Long. 12, diam. 5-50 mm. 



Mah. — West Australia (Bednall). 



A small whitish shell, with two rows of brown spots. Its nearest 

 ally appears to be P. cingidiim. The specimens sent to me by Mr. 

 Bednall arc slightly worn, but the one I have selected as type shows 

 the characters and colouring fairly well. 



7. MuREX (Haustellum) MtJLTiPLicATtTS, n.sp. PL XIII. Fig. 5. 

 Testa clavaiformis, longirostrata, straminea dilute fusco fasciata, 



antice fusco tincta ; spira couica, mediocriter olevata, sutura impressa ; 

 anfractus 6^ valde convcxi, rotundati, longitudinaliter nodoso-multi- 

 plicati, spiraliter lirati, trivaricosi ; varicibus rotundatis, rugosis, hand 

 spinosis; anfractus ultimus intlatus, ad basin constrictus, rostro 

 elongate, fere recto ; apertura rotunde ovalis, intus lirata ; peristoma 

 acutiusculum, lamina columcllari tcnui. Long. 58, diam. maj. 23 mm. 



Hab.—'' West Australia" (Brazier). 



Specimen in the collection of Mr. J. J. MacAndrew. 



In form this shell resembles a small Murex haustellum, from which 

 species, however, it differs in every other respect. The varices are 

 rounded and not at all angular or spinose, otherwise the shell bears 

 some resemblance to M. rectirostris. The longitudinal plicae are 

 narrower and more numerous than in any other of the group, the 

 transverse lirae giving them a beaded appearance. 



8. Pectex Townsendi, n.sp. PL Xlil. Fig. 10. 



Testa late flabelliformis, rotundata, crassa. Valva sinistra convexa, 

 laevigata, concentrice levissimc lamiuata, carneola, fasciis irregularibus 

 undulatis rufo-fuscis et carnco-albidis picta, costis 20, rotundatis, 

 hand striatis, auriculisque latiusculis, complanatis, striatis, sub- 

 asqualibus instructa. Valva dextra minus convexa, costis paulo 

 latioribus. Long 110, alt. 120, hit. 45 mm. 



Hah. — Kurachi. 



The type is in the collection of Mr. J. J. MacAndrew. 



This fine shell was discovered by Mr. F. W. Townscnd, after whom 

 I have much pleasure in naming it. There is another specimen from 

 the same locality in the British Museum (Natural History). Compared 

 with P. crassicostafus, Sowerby, it is rounder, the left valve more 

 convex, the auricles more nearly equal, and the ribs much less 

 numerous, not angular or sfjuamose, but smoothly sloping. Neither 

 ribs nor interstices have any longitudinal striaj. 



9. SUNETTA KURACHENSIS, n.Sp. PL XIII. Fig. 1. 



Testa ovalis, tcquivalvis, fere asquilateralis, crassa, laevigata, sulcis 

 profundiusculis conccntricis postice antice et superne sculpta, purpureo- 

 f usca, fasciis paucis purpureis ornata ; margo dorsalis anticus concavo- 

 declivis, posticus leviter declivis, vix arcuatus ; um bones incurvati, 

 approximati ; lunula leviter concava, rugoso-plicata ; fovea ligamenti 



