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spire short or concealed, very finely striate, aperture partly stained violet 

 purple. Long. 31, lat. 25. Kare. Extreme south of Bruni Island. Said 

 to occur in the Eastern Seas upon madrepores. 



Purpura littorinoides. Tenisoii- Woods. An examination of many 

 individuals has shown me that the outer lip is toothed, and the shell ap- 

 proaches a Nassa, especially in examples from S. Coast of Australia, where 

 it is common. It may possibly require a new genus for its reception. 



Purpura propinqua. Tenison- Woods. 



Eburna (zemira) australis. Soiv. Conch. Illust. fig. 5. A small shining 

 ovate shell with short spire, finely grooved, one rather deep groove on the 

 lower third of body whorl ; light chesnut spots at the edge of the channel. 

 Long. 17, lat. 10, whorls 5. E. Eather rare. Common in S.A. 



Cancellaria l^vigata. Sow. Conch. Illust. fig. 24. An almost smooth 

 shell with faint spiral grooves on the upper whorls. Strongly grooved 

 within the aperture. Long. 27, lat. 16, whorls 6, Not common. S.A. 



Cancellaria undulata. Sow. Zool. Proc. 1878, j). 136. Erect and 

 sharply turretted, ribbed throughout with somewhat distant and obliquely 

 waved ribs. Long. 40, lat. 23. Somewhat rare. It is said that a variety 

 of this shell, C. truncata, occurs in the Philippines, G. granosa should pro- 

 bably be included with it. It has been doubted if this and the last shell 

 occur in Tasmania, but I have seen many specimens, and some from Port- 

 land Bay, Victoria. 



Cancellaria tasmanica. Tenison- Woods. 



Cancellaria excavata. Sow, Rare. N.W. Coast. W.F. Petterd. 



Ancillaria mucronata. Soio., Thes., Conch., Anc, p. 63, p. 211. This 

 is believed to have been described from a fossil from the lower cainozoic 

 beds at Table Cape. Mr. Legrand informs me that he has never found it 

 but as a fossil. My reference to it in my paper on the Tertiary Fossils of 

 Table Cape (see Proc, 1875) will need correction as the shell is there stated 

 to be still living. 



Ancillaria MARGINATA. Lamarcl; Vol 10, p. 591. Neatly margined 

 at the suture with a broad orange brown band and a spiral ridge which is 

 more defined as it reaches the apex. Long. 32, lat. 16. Rather common. 

 Var. Tasmanica mihi. A smaller white shell. 



Olr'a hieroglyphica. Reeve, Icon. jil. 2^, fig. 68. A small oblong some- 

 what tumid shell, ivory white and shining, encircled with three bands of 

 pale brown undulating and branching marks. The only Tasmanian Olive 

 known. Rare. Brown's River. One specimen only from the East Coast. 

 Long. 12, lat. 5, whorls 5. 



Fasciolaria fusiformis. Valenc. in Kiener, Icon. Coq. Viv., p. 13, pi. 4, 

 fig. 2. Smallest spire, varying considerably in size and with an arcuate 

 columella ; sometimes coronate or with faint tubercles on the upper whorls. 

 Pale brown, with very little enamel on^the columella, in which respect it 

 differs from the two following. Common. Long. 50, lat. 20. 



Fasciolaria coronata. LamarcTc, Vol. 9, p. 433. Coronate fleshy white 

 with scorched spots ; variable in size sometimes, long. 170, lat. 85. 



Fasciolaria trapezium. Linne, Syst. Nat., 12 Ed., p. 1224. See refer- 

 ences in Lani., Vol. 9, p. 433. This shell is variously described by many 

 authors. It is found in the Indian Ocean of large size, and is said by 

 Sowerby to occur in the East and West Indies. The Tasmanian examples 

 are thick,_ ovately fusiform, shell crowned with few blunt tubercles ; en- 

 circled with fine double lines and very minutely cancellate. Channelled in 

 the posterior part of the mouth ; periostraca sordid, olive brown ; smaller 

 than F. coi'onata, and not twisted ; never larger than long. 100, lat. 50. 

 Reeve seems to regard the Tasmanian species as varieties of F, coronata, but 

 they are very different. 



