1872.] ilk. g. v. angas on a new voluta. 613 



grooved and concentrically ridged, whitish, painted with close-set, 

 thin, wavy, concentric, orange-brown lines, and on the posterior half 

 of the shell with numerous, irregular, small, blood-red spots ; epi- 

 dermis thin, consisting of short recurved brown hairs. 



Long. 10, alt. 10, lat. 6 lines. 



Hab. Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia. 



9. Pectunculus montrotjzieri, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 11.) 



Shell solid, obliquely suborbicular, anteriorly subangulate, mode- 

 rately convex; umbones prominent; radiately ribbed, ribs about 19 

 in number, a little flattened and somewhat rugose, the interstices 

 finely concentrically laminate ; white, sparingly painted with brown 

 lines crossing the ribs, and sometimes flowing into the interstices, 

 especially towards the ventral margin. 



Long. 1 in. 2 lines, alt. 13, lat. 1 line. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



10. Cardita raouli, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 12.) 



Shell truncately ovate, solid, rather compressed, very inequilateral, 

 strongly radiately ribbed, the ribs about 13 in number, ornamented 

 with elevated spines, which are scaly posteriorly, and more numerous, 

 nodulous, and obtuse anteriorly ; white, the posterior ribs tinged with 

 rose-colour, and covered throughout with a thin yellowish brown epi- 

 dermis ; umbones not prominent, compressed, terminal ; lunule small 

 and deeply excavated ; posterior side rounded ; anterior side some- 

 what truncate ; dorsal margin convex ; basal margin arcuate. 



Long. 11, alt. 9, lat. 5 lines. 



Hab. South Tasmania ; dredged off Cape Raoul by Admiral 

 Loring. 



3. Description of a New Species of Voluta. By George 

 French Angas, Corr. Mem. Z.S., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., &c. 



(Plate XLII.) 



Voluta (Aulica) hargreavesi, n. sp. (Plate XLII. fig. 13.) 



Shell ovately fusiform, reddish brown, with an indication of two 

 darker bands, ornamented with numerous, scattered, longitudinal, and 

 somewhat angular blotches of white ; spire rather elevated, apex 

 very obtuse ; whorls 5, convex, the last whorl more than two thirds 

 the length of the shell ; aperture narrow, pale yellowish, flesh-colour 

 within ; columella almost straight, covered with a thin callus, and 

 furnished with four plaits, the upper two large and transverse, the 

 lower two much smaller and more oblique ; outer lip simple. 



Length 3 in. 10 lines, diam. \\ inch. 



Hab. Locality unknown. 



This fine shell, which, as far as I am aware, is unique, has been 

 placed in my hands for description by Mr. Charles Thatcher, at 



