276 PLANAXIS. 



whitish, with dark zigzag lines and spots ; whorls 3 J, the last much 

 expanded. Diam. 5 mill. 



Victoria, Australia. 

 F. PATULA, Adams & Angas. PL 51, fig. 2, a. 



Widely umbilicated, with alternate larger and smaller tubercu- 

 lated spiral ribs, ribs simple on the base, umbilicus acutely carinate- 

 margined ; whitish, sparsely maculated with dark brown ; whorls 3, 

 convex ; outer lip ascending posteriorly. Length, 6 mill. 



Port Jackson, Australia. 



Appears to have the ornamentation, but not the form of the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Unfigured Species. 



F. VARIA (Adeorbis), Hutton. New Zealand. 



F. LEGRANDI, Petterd. Tasmania. 



F. VARIEGATA, A. Ad. Eastern Seas. 



FAMILY PLANAXIDJE. 

 Subfamily PLANAXIN^E. 

 Genus PLANAXIS, Lam., 1822. 

 P. SULCATUS, Born. PL 52, figs. 22-27, 31, 32. 



Thick, spirally ribbed, with equal grooves, tessellated with white 

 and chocolate color, sometimes becoming irregular longitudinal stri- 

 gations, interior chocolate, ridges and columella white. 

 Length, 1 in. 



Sandwich Is., Australia, Philippines, Mauritius, South Africa. 



It is P. buccinoides, Desh., P. Menkeanus, Dunker, P. pyramidalis, 



GmeL, P. undulatus, Lam., and probably P. obscurus, A. Ad. (fig. 



31.) 



I think that P. brevis, Quoy. (fig. 32), is the young of this species ; 

 it is sparsely dotted with white. 



