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1.— Sealaria novoseelandiae, Clessin. 



In Martini and Chemnitz, Scalariidae, p. 57, pi. xv, fig. 4, iSgy. 

 Had Clessin taken the trouble to look up the species already described 

 from New Zealand he could have ascertained that this species was 

 known a long time ago, for it is in reality nothing else but Sealaria 

 tenella, Hutton, P. L. S. N. S. Wales, (i) vol. ix, p. 943, 1885 = 

 litieata, Hutton, Cat. Mar. Moll. N. Zeal, p. 22, 1873, ''^-'^ Kiener; 

 — iyra, Hutton, Man. N. Zeal. Moll., p. 70 (1880), no?i Sowerby. 



2.— Sealaria reevei, Clessin. 



In Martini and Chemnitz, Scalariidae, p. 63, pi. xv, fig. 9, 1897. 



From the description, and partly from the figure (the spiral ridge 

 round the umbilical region being omitted) it is evident that this 

 species is Sealaria (Opalia) zelebori^ Frauenfeld, Reise der Novara, 

 Zool., vol. ii, pt. 3, p. 7, pi. i, fig. 6, i?>62> = inter»tedia, Hutton, Cat. 

 Mar. Moll. N. Zeal., p. 10, 1873. 



Clessin seems not to be aware of the fact that Frauenfeld has 

 described and figured this species, as he enumerates it (1. c. p. 50) 

 thus : "6'. zelebori, Frauenfeldt, in coll." ! Well preserved specimens 

 show the costae of the lower whorls all winged a little below the 

 suture, as is indicated in the figure given by Clessin. This species is 

 also found in the Pliocene of New Zealand. Frauenfeld and Clessin 

 mention 10 whorls, a specimen in my collection has 12, and its height 

 is 24 mm. 



The first of the above species is found in the Hauraki Gulf, the 

 second also, and at Tauranga and Stewart Island besides. 



It is very much to be regretted that such careless work in founding 

 new species should be done, especially in a monograph of Martini 

 and Chemnitz. 



At the present day the following five species of Sealaria are known 

 to occur in New Zealand waters : 



I. — Sealaria (s. str.) tenella, Hutton. 1885. {lineafa, Hutt., non 

 Kiener; Iyra, Hutt., non Sow.; tiovoseelandiae, Cless.) 



2. — Sealaria ( Clathriis) pliilippinariDii, Sowerby, 1844. 



3. — Sealaria ( Clathrits) Jukeriaiia, Forbes, 1852. (ivelliHgtonensis, 

 T. W. Kirk, 1882.) 



4. — Sealaria (Opalia) ausiralis, Lamarck, 1840. 



5. — Sealaria (Opalia) zelebori, Frauenfeld, 1868. (intermedia, 

 Hutt. ; reevei, Cless.) 



6". australis is a recent addition to the New Zealand fauna ; speci- 

 mens were collected and brought to Capt. Hutton from the Kermadec 

 Islands by Miss Robinson of Christchurch. 



