DRILLIA. 211 



pink or reddish chestnut throughout ; whorls six, convex, spirally 

 many-keeled, between the keels thickly and slenderly longitudi- 

 nally lirate ; apex of two subinflated whorls which are spirally 

 and equally striate ; aperture shorter than the spire, elongately 

 ovate, outer lip thin, sinuous, inner lip inconspicuous. 



L. 3, lat. 1 mill. 



Tasmania. 



Figured from a specimen sent to me by Mr. C. E. Beddome. 



Section CONOPLEURA, Hinds. 

 D. STRTATA, Hinds. PL 8, figs. 6, 7. 



Spire turreted, the shoulder of the whorls somewhat tabulate, 

 with numerous septa crossing to the sutures, shoulder-angle 

 somewhat coronate ; surface finely spirally striate ; sinus broad 

 and deep; whitish or yellowish. Length, 19 mill. 



New Guinea, 7 fms., mud (Hinds). 



One of Reeve's figures shows a reversed shell, a rarity in this 

 genus. 



The following unfigured species are described as species of 

 Drillia : 



D. ZEALANDICA, E. A. Smith. New Zealand 

 D. Cheesemani, Hutton, is a synonym. 



D. CHOCOLATUM, E. A. Smith. Japan. 



D. MINDANENSIS, E. A. Smith. Philippines. 



D. ROTUNDICOSTATA, E. A. Smith. Habitat unknown. 



D. SUBOCHRACEA, E. A. Smith. China seas (probably). 



D. NODILIRATA, E. A. Smith. Philippines. 



D. ATKINSONI, Tenison-Woods, 1875. Tasmania. 



D. ATKINSONI, E. A. Smith, 1877. Habitat unknown. 



If the last two are both good species, Mr. Smith's specific 

 name will need changing. 



D. ANGUSTA, E. A. Smith. China Sea. 



D. MULTIJJRATA, E. A. Smith. ? Port Jackson, Austr. 



D. INCERTA, E. A. Smith. New Guinea. 



