150 ACT .1 



slightly convex on the body, it passes gradually into the short con- 

 cave pillar, at the base of which there is only the faintest trace of a 

 tooth ; its edge is sharp and patulous, with a minute chink behind 

 it Alt. 0'18 in.; diarn. O'l. Penultimate whorl, height 0'06. 

 th,beigb1 'Ml, breadth 0'07 inch. ( Wats.). 



0/Moncceur Island, Bass' Strait, 38-40 fms. 



A. awttrinus WATS. J. L. S. Lond. xv, p. 286; Chall. Gastr. p. 

 628, pi. 47, f. 3. 



This species slightly resembles Action pusillus (Forbes), from the 



Mediterranean and North Atlantic; but the spirals in that species 



are stronger, and are pit marked ; the suture is much stronger and 



more channelled, and the body whorl is more barrel-shaped. 



to.). 



A. FABREANUS Crosse. PI. 18, figs. 86, 87. 



Shell slightly rimate-perforate, ovate-globose rather thin but some- 

 what solid, a little shining ; transversely sculptured with numerous, 

 regular flat sulci, the interstices longitudinally very delicately lirate. 

 Whitish, longitudinally marbled with violet-brown. Spire moder- 

 ately elevated, the apex subacute; suture deeply impressed, sub- 

 canaliculate. Whorls 7, the two embryonal smooth, whitish, the 

 following a trifle convex ; last whorl exceeding the spire in the pro- 

 portion of 8 : 2 J, attenuated toward the base. Aperture oblong 

 pear-shaped, whitish within; j> -n>t<>me simple; columellar margin 

 thickened, with one fold, livid white, outwardly rounded, acute. 

 Alt. 10J, diam. 6 mill. Aperture scarcely 8 mill, long, 3 wide. 

 (Or.). 



'edonia (Balansa). 



Tornatella fabreana CROSSE, Journ. de Conch. 1873, p. 66, 130, 

 pi. 5, f. 4. 



Allied to A. pudicus, but more globose, the spire shorter, and dis- 

 tinguished by its color and the lirate intervals between the ribl.-t>. 

 CO.). 



A. i TI.ICUS A. Adam-. PI. 1 '.), figs. 20, 21. 



Shell oval, subcylindrical, Milnnnhilicatc, solid: dull whitish, a 

 littl.- th-h tinted. Spire a little elevated. Whorls convex, trans- 

 versely grooved, the grooves equal, punctate. Aperture <>1>1 

 oolumella strongly uni plicate. . .1 J.). 



Cr"; ] i . Philippine* (Gaming). 



