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



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



Testa parva, albida, flammulis longUucUnalibus irregularibus 

 fuscis vel rufescentihus picta, transversim anguste sulcata, 

 sulcis longitiidinaliter striatis, suhpunctatis, qiiaminterstitiis 

 planis longe angustiorihus ; spira hreviter conica rufo macu- 

 lata ; anfractus declives, plani, sulcis spiralibus trihus 

 sculpti, sutura suhcanaliculata sejimcti, ultimas superne 

 obtuse angulatus, infra angulum laterihus levissime convexis, 

 antice sub constr ictus ; apertura angusta, sordide albida vel 

 pallide fuscescens. 

 ZiOngit. 18 millim., diaon. 10. 



Hah. 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, but the 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.) 



Testa ovato-fusiformis, spiraliter te7iui- striata, lineis incre- 

 menti sculpta, pallide fuscescens, lineis ti ansversis albo et 

 rufo articulatis indistinctis, picta ; anfractus 5, supremi duo 

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

 vexiusculi, sutura distincta leviter obliqua sejuncti, ultimus 

 elonqatus, antice parum contractus ; apertura elongata, intus 

 pallide fuscescens, antice late canaliculata, longit. totius | 

 superans ; labrum tenue ; columella superne leviter concava, 

 infra oblique torta, callo tenui nitente indiita. 

 Longit. 6| millim., diam. -S ; apertura 3^ longa, 1| lata. 

 Mai). Off' Green Poiiit, Watson Ba}^ Port Jackson, in 8 fathoms, 

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



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

 that possibly 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 

 gi'omp oi Plem'otomidce. The operculum is unguiculate, and nearly 

 two thirds as long as the aperture. 



LiTTORiNA ACUTispiRA. (Plate XL. fig. 3.) 



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

 suturam et circa basim anfract. ultimi flavescens, undique 

 rufo velfusco alboque punctulata ; anfractus 7, leoiter convexi, 

 striis paucis spiralibus lineisque incrementi obliquis sculpti, 

 ultimus interdum infra suturam obsolete constrictus ; aper- 

 tura late pyriformis, longit. totius \plerumque liaud cequans, 

 intus nigro-castanea, adlabium tenuiter luteo-marginata, zona 



