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and deeply sulcate within; pillar lip nearly straight, a little contorted, 
smooth, purplish-brown ; whole interior livid brown ; axis, 1} inch ; breadth, 
i inch ” (Gould). 
Neptunea zealandicus, Quoy and Gaimard. 
F. australis, Hutton ; Cat. Mar. Moll. (not of Quoy). 
Neptunea caudata, Quoy and Gaimard. 
F. mandarinus, Hutton ; Cat. Mar. Moll. 
Euthria martensianus, Hutton ; Jour. de Conch., 1877. 
F. littorinoides ; Cat. Mar. Moll (not of Reeve.) 
Drillia buchanani, Hutton ; Cat. Tertiary Moll. of N.Z., p. 4. 
Recent specimens have been sent from Auckland by Mr. T. F. Cheese- 
man. 
Drillia cheesemani, Hutton ; Jour. de Conch., 1877. 
Ovato-fusiform. Spire acute, of nine whorls. Whorls rather angled, 
suture well marked. Spire whorls smooth in front, obliquely striated 
behind; body whorl equal to or rather longer than the spire; a smooth 
band at the sinus, behind which it is obliquely striated, and in front 
spirally ribbed; the interstices finely transversely striated. Nine or ten 
ribs on the outer lip in front of the smooth band. Canal very short. Pale 
brown. L. °75.; B. 85. 
Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 
This may be the sameas P. zealandica, Smith (Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, 
p. 492), in which case my name will have to give way to it. 
Pleurotoma antipodum, Smith ; Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 491. 
I have seen no specimens. 
‘Drillia maorum, Smith ; Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 497. 
I have seen no specimens. 
Daphnella cancellata, Hutton ; Jour. de Conch., 1877. 
Fusiform, thin, finely cancellated ; spire acute ; aperture oblong, slightly 
channelled in front, and with a slight posterior sinus. Yellowish-white, 
slightly blotched with brown. 
Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. L.°5.; B. 2. 
Polytropa retiaria, Hutton ; Jour. de Conch., 1877. 
Ovato-fusiform. Whorls keeled, spirally ribbed; four or five Abe on the 
body whorl in front of the keel, and one small rib Tene it. Ribs crossed 
at regular intervals by transverse plications, dividing the surface of the shell 
into squares. The whole shell covered by delicate transverse foliations. 
Aperture oval; columella rounded. Canal short, slightly bent. Greyish- 
white; interior purple. L.'9; B.°5. 
Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 
