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One shell, taken in 150 fathoms off Beachport, is much 

 more attenuate than the type. This measures 7 mm. by 

 4 mm., whereas that is 6 mm. by 2*9 mm. 



Arcularia grandior, n. sp. 



Plate XV., f. 16, 17. 



Shell large and solid. Whorls nine. Protoconch 2 J 

 turns, smooth ; apex scarcely exsert ; first whorl depressedly 

 convex, second vertically flatly convex. Spire- whorls convex, 

 shouldered : the angu^lation starting in the first whorl close 

 to the suture, proportionately more distant from it and less 

 acute in each succeeding whorl, in the penultimate just above 

 the middle. Suture distinct, undulating, narrowly margined. 

 Body- whorl scarcely shouldered. Aperture axially obliquely 

 ovate ; outer lip simple, thin, in profile slightly centrally con- 

 cave ; columella concave, obtusely angled at the commence- 

 ment of the canal which deviates well to the left and is re- 

 curved ; inner lip, a smooth glaze, complete; notch marked. 

 Sculpture bold; axial costae, 16 in the penultimate, extend- 

 ing from suture to suture, acute, concavely rounded, as wide 

 as the interspaces, and narrowing over the base to the notch ; 

 spirals valid, sharp, concavely rounded, as wide as the spaces, 

 crossing and transversely tuberculating the axials, three in 

 the first whorl, six principals in the penultimate with three 

 intercalated secondaries, 20 altogether in the body-whorl ex- 

 tending validly to the notch ; irregular croM^ded interstitial 

 accremental striae. 



Dim. — Length, 325 mm. ; of body-whorl, 13 mm. : width, 

 15 mm. 



Locality. — Dead in blue clay in 110 fathoms off Beach- 

 jDort, 3 large; 100 fathoms, 3 fragments; 150 fathoms, 3 fresh, 

 juvenile; 200 fathoms, 2 fresh, juvenile; off Cape Jaffa, in 

 300 fathoms, 2, juvenile : off Cape Borda, in 55 fathoms, 1 

 embryonic. 



Type in Dr. Verco's collection. 



Ohs. — A second individual, figured (pi. xv., f. 17), is 

 rather less elate, and the angled shoulder is more persistent. 

 The type is stained blue, but another example is of a light- 

 yellcwish-brown tint. 



Coralliophila elaborata, H. and A. Adams. 



Coralliophila elaborata^ H. and A. Adams. Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 Lond., p. 433. Type locality. — "Sandwich Islands." Gathff and 

 Gabriel, Proc. Roy. Soc, Vict., 1908, vol. xxi. (N.S.), part 1, 

 p. 369, "San Remo and Lome." 



Taken at St. Francis Island, west coast of South Aus- 

 tralia, alive in a rock pool, and dead in numbers. Some 



