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reasons for his action, it seems better to include O. subantarcticus Sut. as 
a part of the Neozelanic main-islands fauna. 
Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) blanda n. Sp. (Fig. 4.) 
perforate. About 26 nk: flexuous axial ribs on pounce e 
curved slightly outwards medially, vanishing towards aperture on base 
(though not suddenly truncated), interstices slightly wider.  Ribs regu- 
‘larly convex and smooth, but interstices bear very fine and dense radial - 
riblets, about 15 on penultimate whorl, with linear interstices so that the _ 
effect of fine beading between the axials is produced. Similar radial | 
sculpture continued on an increasingly finer scale over the whole Боду | 
; inside aperture riblets are distinctly visible through - 
translucent test, ‘simulating the characteristic appearance of a Su - 
Colour pale horn. Spire acicular, much higher than aperture; proto- - 
conch heterostophe. Whorls 9, regularly increasing, lowly convex with 
deeply-cut-in sutures, base pus convex. Aperture subrectangular, angled 
above, rounded and slightly e below. Peristome discontinuous, thin - 
and sharp. Columella variis arcuate glossy ; ; inner lip shghtly refiexed, c 
leaving narrow umbilical perfora 
Height, 3 mm. ; width, 0 OU nian. 
Type in the author's collection 
Hab.—Taieri Beach, a rie wiles south of the Taieri River, in sea wee d =o 
gero aids single specim 
“is fretus ui 
There are, however, severa al new Miocene дыңар ама s and Pyrgo- — 
lampros to be described, and some of these are fairly close allies of the. di 
present form. ze 
Laevilitorina micra n. sp. (Fig. 5.) 
Shell minute, turbinate, rimate, smooth, fragile. Fine curved growth- i 
lines distinct, otherwise gee Colour light brown to pale horn. Epi- - 
dermis shining. pire conical, lower than aperture, outlines convex. _ 
Protoconch very minute, helicoid. Whorls about 3, strongly convex, the _ 
iet large, base roun unded. Suture subcanaliculate "Aperture almost ova 
above. Poo sharp, thin, continuous, part of it being 
EI thick parietal callus. Вава] lip hardly reflected. Columella. | 
arcuate, brown. Umbilical chink distinct, еу. funicular. Operculum | 
as in Melarhaphe, nucleus near centre of inner ma 
Diameter, 0-7 mm. ; height, 0-7 mm. 
Type in the author's collection. 
P — Taieri Beach, in seaweed-washings—four specimens A 
emarks.—Somewhat, allied to L. antipodum Filhol, but differing 2010 | 
it. species in its lower Laan fewer whorls, and consequently much smaller i 
shell, „мй more Берег 
