134 STRUTHIOLARIA. 



vermis, and appearing to connect that species with S. papulosa. 

 These three will probably prove to be varieties only of a single 

 species. 



New Zealand. 



S. sulcata, Jonas (fig. 38) is simply an individual having the 

 revolving sulci stronger than usual, with the shoulder and its 

 nodules almost obsolete. Its locality, China, is; of course erro- 

 neous. The specific name has priority over c/igas, but besides 

 the fact that it has been overlooked by all the monographers, the 

 specimen upon which the description is based, although recog- 

 nizable as this species, is not normal in its characters. 



Section II. PELICARIA, Gray, 1857. 



S. SCUTTJLATA, Martyn. PL 12, figs. 39, 40. 



Yellowish fawn-color, longitudinally more or less streaked 

 with a darker shade; sutures callous. Length, 1*5-2 inches. 



New Zealand. 



S. oblita, Sowb., is a synonym. 



S. MIRABILIS, Smith. PI. 12, fig. 41. 



Shell thin, white, under a very thin, deciduous olivaceous 

 white epidermis, spire and upper part of body-whorl sharply 

 cancellate, on the lower part of the body-whorl the longitudinal 



ribs become obsolete. Length, 42 mill. 



Kerguelen Islands. 



Has the aspect of a Buccinum, but the operculum, animal, and 

 the dentition especially, show it to be a true Struthiolaria. 

 Kerguelen has representatives of other New Zealand genera, 

 showing similar variation in being more fragile. S. costulata, 

 von Martens, is a synonym ; it was published only about three 

 weeks after Mr. Smith's name. 



S. microscopia, Gray. This is a species of Sinusigera. 



