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Sci. Phila., 1881, p. 397; 1884, ix, p. 81; Bull. Soc. Malac. 

 France, iv, 1887, p. 28. Leptinaria philippii H. and A. 

 Adams, Gen. Moll., p. 141. 



"It may be readily known by its swollen whorls, turgid 

 body, large, compressed, parietal laminae, and somewhat tor- 

 tuous columella" (Garrett). We have not recognized this 

 shell in material examined. The figure is from Kuester. 



37. T. VOYANA P. & C., 11. sp. PL 35, figs. 12, 13. 



The shell is imperforate, oblong-conic, sayal brown, glossy, 

 minutely and irregularly striate. Whorls 5%, moderately 

 convex, the last slightly flattened peripherally. Aperture 

 ovate. Parietal lamella well developed, nearly a half-whorl 

 long. Columella but little curved, projecting in a point at the 

 columellar edge, as usual. Length 3, diam. 1.5 mm. 



Hervey Group: Mauiki (C. D. Voy). Types no. 83154 A. 

 N. S. P. Society Is.: Huaheine (A. Garrett). 



Several immature (paraneanic) specimens are like the adult 

 stage in structure of the columella. In one specimen of the 

 type lot, fig. 13, there are two low, oblong, internal palatal 

 denticles ; one, with the long axis vertical, stands a short dis- 

 tance within the outer lip, the other, on the same level, a half- 

 whorl in, has the long axis in a spiral direction. The shell is 

 not otherwise different from the rest of the lot. This may in- 

 dicate that the species is a degenerate member of the T. nitida 

 group. 



We have not been able to compare T. philippii or T. tro- 

 chlearis. The far less convex whorls separate T. voyana from 

 T. conica Mouss. 



3. Species of New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Australia, 

 New Guinea, Neiv Caledonia and Melanesia. 



These forms resemble T. oblonga and its allies in contour. 

 There is a long parietal lamella, a rather strongly sigmoid 

 columella, and no ribs or plicae within the outer wall, at least 

 in the adult stage. We know nothing of the Tornatellinae of 

 the Melanesian archipelagos, yet the genus is almost certain 

 to occur in New Ireland, the Solomons, New Hebrides, etc. 

 The species of the Kermadecs have a Polynesian aspect. 



