1891.] MR. E. A. SMITH ON NEW SPECIES OF SHKLLS. 487 



CoNus iNNOTABiLis. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) 



Testa parva, albida, Jlammulis longiitidinalihus irregularihus 

 fuscis vel rufescentibus picta, transversiin angusfe sulcata, 

 sulcis longitudinaliter striatis, suhpunctatis, q^uam interstitiis 

 planis longe angustiorihus ; spira hreviter conica rufo macu- 

 lata ; anfractus decUves, plant, sulcis spiralibus tribus 

 sculpti, sutura subcanaliculata sejuncti, ultimus superne 

 obtuse angulatus, infra angulum latcribus levissime convexis, 

 aidice suhconstrictus ; apertura angusta, sordide albida vel 

 pallide fuscescens. 

 Longit. IS viillim., dia7n. 10. 



Hab. Rocky Point, four miles north of Richmond River, N. S. 

 Wales ; also Port Stephens near Sydney {Brazier). 



This is an insignificant-looking species without any very marked 

 features. The coloration is indefinite, ijut tiie spiral sculpture is 

 well-marked. The sulci are scarcely half as wide as the spaces 

 between them, which are flattened, and about twenty-four in 

 number on the body-whorl. 



MiTROMORPHA BRAZiERi. (Plate XL. fig. 2.) 



Tesla ovato-fusiformis, spiraliter tenui-striata, lineis incre- 

 menti sculpta, pallide fuscescens, lineis tiansversis albo et 

 rufo articulatis indistinctis, picta ; anfractus 5, suprcmi duo 

 {nucleus) magni, globosi, Iceves, nitidi, cornei, cceteri con- 

 vexiusculi, sutura distincta leviter obliqua sejuncti, ultimus 

 elongatus, ant ice par um contractus ; apertura elongata, intus 

 pallide fuscescens, antice late canaliculata, longit. totius g 

 superans ; labrum tenue ; columella superne leviter concava, 

 infra oblique torta, callo tenui nitente induta. 

 Longit. 6| millitn., diam. .3; apertura 83 longa, Ij lata. 

 Hab. Oft' Green Point, Watson Bay, Port Jackson, in 8 fathoms, 

 on a bottom of broken shells, slnd, and small stones {Brazier). 



From the large size of the nucleus of this shell it was thought 

 that ])ossibly it might be the young state of some largish species. 

 However, none were found with which it could be satisfactorily 

 identified. The most distinguishing feature is the broad open 

 anterior canal and the oblique lower portion of the columella. 



I have placed it temporarily in the genus Mitromorpha, as it has 

 spiral sculpture, the anterior canal, and the general form of that 

 grouj) of Pleurotomidce. The operculum is unguiculate, and nearly 

 two thirds as long as the aperture. 



LiTTORINA ACUTISPIRA. (Platc'XL. fig. 3.) 



Testa parva, elongata, superne acuminata, saturate gnsea, infra 

 suturam et circa basim anfract. ultimi flavescens, undiqiie 

 rufo velfusco alboque punctulata ; anfractus 7, leviter conveoci, 

 striis paucis spiralibus lineisque incrementi obliquis sculpti, 

 ultimus interdum infra suturam obsolete constrictus ; aper- 

 tura late jjyriformis, long it. totius i plerumque Jiaud csquans, 

 inl.us nigro-castanea, ad labium tenuiter luteomarginata, zona 



