neu) Species of Plcuvolou\'u\i)}. 491 



Hub. Australia. 



This si)ccic's has a close relationship to I\ violuceoy Hinds, 

 from which it (lifters, however, in colour, the number otcari- 

 nations, and the more j)roduce(l spire. It is still more nearly- 

 allied to P. calhita, Gould, from which it ditfers only in size 

 and the ]n'esence of only one ])lication on the columella, 

 whereas P. vallata possesses two. It may be merely the adult 

 of the latter species. 



Pleurotoma antij)oclu7n. 



Testa bre\'iter fusiformis, dilute carnou-fusca, transvcrsini albo- 

 cariiiata ac inter carinas knigitudinalitcrti'iiuissimo liratn ; aiifract. 

 7i, j)rimi 2h ])oHti, Utn-(\s, sc(iuentes 4 supunie ad suturaiu carina 

 duplici ct pauluhim infra medium altera loiiijjo maxima (supra 

 et infra (puun sunt lineintercurrentes gracilcs 1-2) cincti ; anfr. 

 ultimus magnus versus basim contractus, carinis pnccipuis ad 

 (quarum ea paululum supra medium longe maxima) aliiscpie 

 (circiter 0) miuoribus circa caudam succiuctus ; apertura oblonga 

 inferno contracta, iutus la)vis, lougitudiuis testae .', fere aquans ; 

 labrum tcnue, margiuc baud crcnidatum supra carinam maxi- 

 mam bite sed minime profundo incisum ; columella tortuosa, 

 callosa, nitens ; canalis brevis, recurvus. 



Long. 10 mill., diam. 4. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



This species, which consists of but few whorls, is chiefly 

 remarkable for its short fusiform shape and the prominent keel 

 around the whorls a little below the centre. 



Pleurotoma multiscriata. 



Testa acuminato-ovata, lutea (iuterdum purpureo-fu.sca) ; anfract. 

 10, pi'imi 2 laives, politi, cieteri planiusculi, infra suturam tuber- 

 culonmi parvorum serie duplici, infra earn liris spiralibus 1-2 

 gracilibus, infra quas circa medium tuberculorum majorum serie 

 duplici secunda, et infra bane liris 1-2 ex nodulis parvis factis 

 suctiucti ; anfr. ultimus liris nodosis circiter 15 ornatus ; apertura 

 liris tcuuibus 5-0 intrantibus, baud ad labri margincm extendeu- 

 tibus, munita, longitud. totius A adiequans ; columella fere recta ; 

 labrum tenue, piiulubuu infra suturam (bstincte incisum ; canalis 

 perbrevis, recuiTUs. 



Long. 15 mill., diam. 5. 



Ilab. Ceylon, Persian Gulf, aiul China iSeas. 

 {Sometimes the rows of granules on the body-whorl are 

 alternately larger and smaller. 



Pleurotoma alhofasciata . 



Testa i)l)longa, siibcylindracea, rubro-castanca, zona unica alba 

 infra caiiuam tuidulatam oruata ; anfract. 12, convexiusculi, 



