146 



Length, 4*1 mm.; spire, 2'6 mm.; width, 2*6 mm. 

 Hah.— 104: fathoms, 35 miles S.W. of Neptune Islands, 

 5 dead. 



Type in Dr. Verco's collection. 



Scala crassilabrum, iSowerby, jun. 



Scalaria crassilabrum, Sow., jiin., Thes. Conch., yol. i. p. 

 105, p. 87, pi. XXXV., figs. 115, 116, 1847; Tryon, Man. Conch., 

 vol. ix., p. 82, pi. 17, f. 32, 1887. 



The localities given are the Philippines and Central 

 America, and, though the regions are remote, our shell 

 answers to the description and figures. Dredged in deep water, 

 St. Vincent Gulf. One example, measuring 12-75 mm. by 3*5 

 mm. 



Scala granosa, Quoy. 

 Turritella granosa, Quoy, Zool. "Voy. Astrolabe, vol. iii., p. 

 138, t. 55, f. 29, 30; Scalaria qranulosa, Quoy, Tryon, Man. 

 Conch., vol. ix., p. 80, pi. xvi., f. 11, 1887; No." 198, HandHst of 

 Aq. Moll, of S. Aust., Adcock, 1893; Scalaria haUinensis, E. A. 

 Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vii., 1891, p. 139, onlv a smooth 

 form, teste Hedley, Proc. Lin. Soc. N.S.W., 1901, pt. iv., p. 701, 

 pi. xxxi., f. 21. 



Taken alive at Encounter Bay, in crevices of rocks (Dr. 

 Perks). It must be a very littoral species, as no example has 

 been dredged by me. 



Scala australis, Lamarck. 



Scalaria australis, Lam. Anim. s. Vert., 2nd edit., vol. vi., 

 p. 228, sp. 6, 1843; Delessert Recueil, t. 33, f. 11: Thes. Conch., 

 p. 103, sp. 82, pi. XXXV., f. 135, 1847; Trvon Man. Conch., vol. 

 ix., p. 76, pi. xvi., f. 90, 1887; No. 197 Handhst of Aq. Moll. 

 of S. Aust., Adcock. Hah. "the Seas of New Holland.'" — M. Mac- 

 leay." • 



Taken alive on the beach at Corny Point, Spencer Gulf 

 (Dr. Perks), and Middleton (D. J. Adcock). It must be very 

 limited in its range as regards depth, for I have not taken 

 a single individual alive or dead by dredging. 



Scala consors, Crosse and Fischer. 



Scalaria consors, Crosse and Fischer, Jourii. de Conch., 

 vol. xii., 1864, p. 347; xiii., 1865, p. 43, pi. 3, figs. 11, 12; Tryon, 

 Man. Conch., vol. ix., p. 74, pi. 13, f. 11, 1887; No. 196, Hand- 

 list of Aq. Moll, of S. Aust., Adcock, 1893. Type locality, St. 

 Vincent Gulf, S. Aust. 



In the Brit. Mus. the tablet has on its face, "VS. coyisors, 

 Cr. and Fischer, Ceylon, G. F. Angas,' and on its back, "Type." 

 It has a peripheral keel. Mr. J. C. Melville cites it from 

 Bombay, and refers it to perplcra, Pease. I have a note with- 

 out any reference. "Angas sent shells from S. Aust. to 

 Crosse, for description, and among them were .S'. fhlicatula 



