304 VOLUTA. 



basin versus paulo attenuatus ; apertura elongata, columella 

 conspicue quadviplicata. 



Professor McCoy proposed for this species, remarkable 

 for its channeled suture, the appropriate name of V. canalicu- 

 lata, but earlier in the same year Dr. Cox had given it the 

 name of Harfordi. 



99. Bednalli, Brazier (f. 171). — V. testa elongato-sub- 

 fusiformi, pallide flavida, balteis 3-4 angustis rufo-fuscis, et 

 flammis longitudinalibus ejusdem coloris arcuatis et angulatis 

 conspicue picta ; spira elata, obtusa ; anfractus convexi ; 

 ultimus hand angulatus, elongatus, angustiusculus, basin 

 versus mediocriter attenuatus ; apertura angusta, fauce pallide 

 flavidula ; columella quadriplicata, plicis obliquis subremotis. 



A remarkable species with a very distinct style of paint- 

 ing. Three or four transverse reddish-brown narrow bands, 

 with peculiarly arched longitudinal flames between them. 

 The specimen is believed to be unique. 



100. LUTEA, Watson (f. 172). — V. testa fusiformi, sordide 

 lutea ; spira elata, acutiuscula, sutura irregulariter impressa, 

 apice leviter obtuso ; anfractus 6^, convexi, costati ; ultimus 

 vix ventricosus, subobsolete costatus, basin versus attenuatus ; 

 apertura mediocriter ampla ; columella rectiuscula, cuticula 

 vitrea late effusa tecta, quadriplicata, plicis subsequalibus, 

 parviusculis, labrum incrassatum, rotundatum, superne leviter 

 emarginatum. 



A New Zealand species discovered in the ' Challenger ' 

 expedition. 



101. ALABASTRINA (Gen. Guivillea) Watso7i (f. 169, ^ 

 diam.). — V. testa ovata, tenui, alba, undique minute granu- 

 lata, spiraliter inconspicue irregulariter striata ; spira elata, 

 ad apicem leviter contorta, sutura perobliqua, leviter canalicu- 

 lata ; anfractus 5;^, convexi ; iiltimus ventricosus ; apertura 

 ampla ; columella recta, cuticula vitrea late effusa tecta, 

 uniplicata, plica angulata, vix obliqua, labrum tenue, valde 

 arcuatum. 



A single specimen of this remarkable species was dredged 

 in the voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger,' between Marion Island 

 and the Crozets, at a depth of 1600 fathoms. The shell 

 hardly looks like a Volute, having something of the external 

 form of Fusiis (Neptunea) norvegicus, and the single plait on 



