Frutay.—New Shells т New Zealand Tertiary Beds. 411 
Height, 41 mm. ; diameter, 22-5 mm. ; height of aperture, 28 mm 
Type (unique), from Clifden, ‘Southland (band 6c—Ototaran ?), in author's 
collection. 
Although several New Zealand Volutes have previously been placed 
in = genus, mer cannot remain there, and up to the present there has been 
no oub cord of Lyria from this country. The ко species is à 
fairly typical рага of the genus, and cannot be confused with any 
previously described species. It is not nearly related to pale Australian 
shell, but has a distant likeness to L. "ri ones a Tate, also to the European 
species L. maga (Edw.) and L. harpula (Lamk.). 
Solecurtus bensoni n. sp. (Plate 50, figs. 8a, 8b.) 
Shell thin and fragile, shining, transversely elongate-oblong, gaping 
considerably at both ends and та moderately tumid, considerably 
depressed ventro-medially ; inequilateral, posterior end muc longer, 
Anterior dorsal margin perceptibly sloping and grid curved; posterior 
dorsal margin straight, but suddenly rising a litt to beak; ventral 
margin with very slight incurvation medially, фер; in position 
to depression in tumidity of shell, curving up more риу before than 
,in 
rupting the regular outline of hinge and marked off by a slight shallow 
m: on either side, projecting slightly but distinctly beyond dorsal 
argin. Previous outlines of shell thrown into prominence here and there 
bs light and dark bands. Radial ornamentation of very faint and dense 
scratches, radiating from umbo on each side of a perpendicular dropped 
from beaks, much more rapidly slanting and diverging on posterior part 
and producing there distinct me raying, especially about the blunt posterior 
ridge limiting median depression in shell. Anterior division divided approxi- 
mately into halves by another very low and blunt a tion running from 
umbo to antero-ventral corner; in front of this radial lines form the only 
ornamentation, but they are not seen without lens ; this and over 
shell the slope of the lines is parallel to that of the limiting low angulation ; 
з, posterior to this gradually swing out till on posterior end they slope 
lines meet the rounding margin almost des aeree Interior polished, 
especially muscle-scars and pallial line. Anterior muscle-scar slightly 
мы соте posterior rounded trigonal. Pallial line sloping in 
do curve from anterior scar, Page eos abruptly at considerable distance- 
below. destacar scar. Pallial sinus linguiform, very deep, reaching half- 
way between anterior scar and ilo vertical from beaks. Left valve with a 
long sharp upturned cardinal tooth just anterior to umbo, and a sloping 
low and Rage tooth posterior to it. Interior of right valve not ps "s 
Le ‘85 mm. ; height, 11 mm.; thickness (two valves), 6 
TOS nd several more or less broken paratypes, from Clifden, "ы тшн 
(band 6a—Ototaran ?), in author's collection. Although the shell is fairly 
common at this locality, perfect specimens are not easy to obtain, owing 
