96 ALCITHOE. 



Y. FULGETRUM, Sowb. Pl f 28, figs. 104, 105. 



Yellowish flesh-color, with broad, undulated, longitudinal, 

 dark chestnut or chocolate streaks. Length, 4-5'5 inches. 



80. Australia. 



The spire is shorter, the shell is more shouldered, the painting 

 is usually much broader than in V. fusiformis. Sometimes the 

 markings include a faint, closer reticulation besides the above 

 more prominent features, and occasionally bands are indicated. 

 V. fulgetrum, in fact, is intermediate between V. fusiformis and 

 V. papillosa, and very probably the three are merely diverse 

 forms of one species. 



Y. PAPILLOSA, Swn. PI. 28, fig. 106, 



Yery finely reticulated longitudinally with chestnut color on 

 an orangC'brown surface, with interrupted bands. 



Length, 4-5 inches. 



So. Australia; N. Tasmania. 



Kiener unites, apparently, this species and fusiformis in his 

 V. Sowerbyi. Specimens were brought up by the dredge from 

 1,900 fathoms, 25 miles off the coast of New South Wales 

 (Brazier). 



Yar. MACQUARIENSIS, Petterd. 



Shell same form and size as typical, but of a more or less 

 intense yellow-color throughout, without any markings. It is 

 not figured. 



Y. THATCHERI, McCoy. PI, 30, fig, 126, 



Pinkish white, with narrow chestnut reticulations. 

 Length, 4-5 inches. 



Hampton Reef, near N, W, Coast of New Caledonia. 

 Appears to be very closely related to V. Pacifica, Sol. 



Y. ROADNIGHT.E, McCoy. PL 30, fig. 128. 



Pale brownish creamy white, with acutely angular zigzag, 

 longitudinal, sparse markings of rich, raw-sienna brown. 



Length, 6-4 inches, 



So. Coast of Victoria, Australia. 



