T. W. Kinx.—On new Tertiary Fossils. 409 
Art. LXIX.—Deseription of new Tertiary Fossils. By T. W. Kix, 
Assistant in the Colonial Museum. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 21st January, ae 
Tue species now described formed part of a small collection of fossils pi 
the tertiary beds near Petane, Hawke’s Bay, submitted to me for deter- 
mination by Mr. A. Hamilton. 
Trivia zealandica. ; 
Spire hidden ; transverse strie passing only a short way up the sides of 
the shell ; back smooth and polished. 
Length -5, breadth °35 inch. 
Marginella propinqua. 
: eeeeats plains Tate; Trans. Phil. Soc. of Adelaide, 1877-8, p, 94. oe 
“ Shell oblong-cylindrical, solid, light horn-coloured, transversely one s 
with white, enamelled ; aperture triangular, with a broad milk-white varix 
strongly denticulated on the bevelled edge ; columella five-plicate. 
‘Length -45, breadth -22 inch.” (Tate). 
Marginella hectori. j 
Shell highly polished ; spire moderate; aperture rather ~~ 5 — 
with four plaits, the posterior one being the most prominent. 4p ime 
not denticulate. 
Length -45, breadth -25 oy Be & 
Erato lactea, Hutton ; Man. of N.Z. Moll., p. 63. x Fe 
Helix greenwoodi, Gray ; P.Z.S., 1849, p. 165; Man. of N.Z. Moll., p. 16. 
Pleurotoma tuberculata. Fs 
Shell fusiform, spire about half the length of the shell ; pamien — 
angled posteriorly ; a row of tubercles on the superior angle hee nee 
and a similar row of smaller ones filling up the suture ; spit - ’ 
body whorl with about eleven ribs crossed by lines of growth. Aperture 
moderate, outer lip angled posteriorly. 
Length 1 inch, breadth 45 inch. 
Cardita lutea, Hutton. , 
C. lutea, Hutton; Man. of N.Z. Moll., p. 159. 
