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Daphnella totolieata, n.sp. PI. VII, Fig. 23. 



Baphnella lacunosa, Suter, non Hutton : Suter, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 

 vol. xxxi (1899), p. 75. 



Shell minute, narrowly fusiform, thin, semitransparent, spirally 

 lirate. Sculpture : the protoconch is microscopically finely spirally 

 striate ; the succeeding whorls have three and the body- whorl ten to 

 twelve equidistant fine spiral lirae, the interstices smooth and slightly 

 broader than the threads. Colour white. Spire narrowly conical, 

 about one and a half times the height of the aperture. Protoconch of 

 one and a half convex whorls, the nucleus narrowly rounded, oblique. 

 Whorls 4 to 5, regularly increasing, lightly convex, somewhat 

 flattened below the suture ; base slightly contracted. Suture not much 

 impressed. Aperture high and narrow, angled above, with a very 

 short, broad, and truncated canal below. Outer lip convex, straightened 

 below the suture, with a very shallow, broad sinus at the suture, 

 smooth inside, crenated on the outside by spiral sculpture, thin and 

 sharp. Columella vertical, straight, lightly excavated towards the 

 flat parietal wall ; inner lip very thin and narrow, smooth. Diameter 

 1*1, height 2*8 mm., with 5 whorls. 



Hah. — Foveaux Strait, in 15 fathoms, type (A. Hamilton); 

 "Whangaroa Harbour (C. Traill) ; near the Snares Islands, in 

 50 fathoms (Captain J. Bollons) ; Chatham Islands. 



This species, no doubt, is in form and sculpture very much like 

 B. lacunosa, Hutt., but the fossil form is nearly twice as high (5 mm.), 

 and there is no evidence that the protoconch is striate. I therefore 

 consider it advisable to make the recent form the type of a new 

 species. It is much smaller than the also nearly allied D. chariessa, 

 Sut., which has more spirals on a whorl and a much higher and smooth 

 protoconch. 



Daphnella acicula, n.sp. PI. VII, Fig. 24. 



Shell minute, acicular, the last whorl very high and spirallj^ striate. 

 Sculpture consisting of equal fine spiral threads with linear grooves 

 between them, on the last whorl only, and more distinct on the base. 

 Colour flavescent, the protoconch purple. Spire subcylindrical, slightly 

 higher than the aperture, the outlines faintly convex. Protoconch 

 comparatively large, papillate, of one and a half smooth whorls, the 

 nucleus oblique, broadly rounded. Whorls 4, the last two very 

 rapidly increasing, faintly convex, veiy little attenuated towards the 

 base. Suture linear. Aperture high, triangular, narrowly angled 

 above, with a broad rudimentary canal below. Outer lip sharp, 

 slightly thickened, somewhat convex, with a broad, shallow sinus at the 

 suture, thence advancing in a broad curve toward the base, smooth 

 inside. Columella oblique, forming a straight line up and over the 

 parietal wall; inner lip very thin, inconspicuous. Diameter 1'3, 

 height 3' 6 mm. 



Hah. — Near the Snares Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. 

 Bollons) . 



