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<}uously uniplicate, canaliculate behind ; base concave, spirally 

 lirate. 



Trophon squamosissima. n. s. T. t. fusiformi, scabra, sor- 

 dide lutea, oblique iMcata (uU. anfr. jpUcis, 8j conspicue spiva- 

 liter lirata ; undique sqticunosa, squamis supra costas crehris, 

 foliatis, alitev distantibus supra liris in lineis loncjitudinalibus 

 transeuntibiis ; anfr. 5, superne angulatis, et carinatis ; sutura 

 profunde impressa ; nucleo 2 anfr. striato ; apertura anguste 

 ovata, labro tenui, canali prwlongo, aperto, decUvo, columella 

 planata, alba, It^vi. Long. 15, lat, 7, canali 3|, spira 7 J mil. 

 Hab. N. Tasmania. Rev. H. D. Atkinson. 



Shell fusiform, rough, dirty yellow, obliquely plicate (plaits 

 in last whorl 8), conspicuously spirally lirate, scaly or squa- 

 mose all over, scales very close and foliate upon the ribs or 

 plaits, but distant elsewhere, passing over the lirae in longi- 

 tudinal lines, whorls 5, angular above and heeled, suture 

 deeply impressed, nucleus of two whorls striate, aperture 

 narrowly ovate, labrum thin, canal rather long, open, and 

 sloping, columella flattened, white, smooth. 



Very distinct from any known form. The foliation on the 

 plaits are very like varices, and connect the genus closely 

 with Murex proper. 



COMINELLA ALBO-LIRATA. 71. S. C. t. OVato fuSlformi, SoU- 



diuscula, apice acuta, lamellose scahra, olivacea, liris albis, 

 rotundatis, distantibus, eleganter spiraliter zonata ; a7ifr. 6|, 

 miperne angulatis, crebre longitud. lamellose striatis et iiidistincte 

 costatis, lamellce supra liras transeuntibus, ad suturam elevatis 

 tortuosis, sutura linea alba lata conspicua ; apertura late ovata , 

 ftdvo-jmrjmrea ; labro crassiuscido, intus albo mactdato, ad, 

 suturam, angustato seel vix canaliculato ; columella covcava, 

 jplanata, exacte definita, e7icatista, s^djtus, submnbdicata ; canali 

 brevi, s7tbrecurvo. Long. 20, lat. 10, spira. 10 mil. Flinders' 

 Island. Aug. Simson and Edward D. Atkinson. 



Shell ovately fusiform, rather solid, apex acute, lamellosely 

 scabrous, olive, and elegantly spirallv zoned with distant 

 rounded white lirse (5 to 6 in last whorl, one on each whorl 

 of the spire exclusive of the white band on the suture), whorls 

 6i, angular above, thickly lamellosely striate lengthwise, and 

 indistinctly ribbed ; lamellae passing over the lirse, more 

 raised and twisted over the suture, suture conspicuously 

 marked with a broad white line ; aperture broadly ovate, 

 deep bro■v^^l purple ; labrum rather thick, sj^otted white within 

 under the lirse, narrowed but scarcely canaliculate at the 

 suture, columella concave, flattened, exactly defined, ena- 

 melled, subumbilicate ; canal short, subrecurved. 



This is certainly one of the most beautiful of our smaller 

 <?oast shells. The lirilliant white raised lirte on an olive 



