Marwick.—WNaticidae and Naricidae of New Zealand. 565 
Uber ovuloides n. sp. (Plate 59, fig. 7.) 
1873. NOME Aero col ovata Hutton, Cat. Tert. Moll, p. 9, in part (not of 
sos An r, Outline N.Z. Geol., p. 5, fig. 9, No. 
1893. Natica (Mamilia) « ovata Hutton, Macleay Mem. Vol., p. r4 pl. 7, fig. 40. 
Shell large, ovate; spire minate ; umbilicus with large funicle ; 
apertural en thick, лиа slightly over funicle but not reaching 
across umbilical depression, thus leaving a diagonal umbilical slit; a groove 
in callus spite lower part of funicle meets apertural margin at angle of 45°. 
Type in collection of New Zealand Geological Survey. 
eight, 50mm.; diameter, 38 mm. 
Localities.—1171, Patea ; 1172, Waingongoro Mouth. 
Great confusion has arisen over this species through the eager iei 
River (U and L); Weka Pass (M); Oamaru; Awamoa; Lyndon,” and 
the specimen preserved in the collection illustrating the Catalogue is labelled 
‘Shakespeare Cliff" This shell was figured Suter and designated b 
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him “holotype.” Although Thomson (preface to Pal. Bull. 2) thought it 
possible that Hutton Printed holotypes for his species, the writer cannot 
agree with t In addition to the contrary evidence cited by Thomson, 
the following points are also important : No mention is ever made by Hutton 
of the word “ ; in many cases a number of specimens were preserved ; 
the алва specimen often does not agree with the dimensions quoted. 
It would thus be better to consider the types revised by Suter as lectotypes, 
except where only one locality and one specimen are represented. e use 
of “Shakespeare Cliff " in this instance is in 
than the Waitotara series, and Hutton’s specimens probably came from 
Patea. In any case, Suter’s type was wrongly attributed by him to the 
Wanganui district; a microscopic examination of the matrix shows that 
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tinct from any of the Waitotaran Uber, and in the collection from 227 
there are about fifty specimens agreeing in all revue gn with this one. The 
dimensions given i Hutton are 1-45 in. x 1:25 in. (= 37 mm. x 32 mm .), 
but those of Suters type are 36 mm. x 28mm. The form that has 
generally been саай as the typical P. ovatus is the one from Patea 
© which has the umbilicus almost filled by a large funicle and apertural callus, 
leaving always a narrow, slightly inclined penetrating slit. Both Hector’s 
and Hutton's figures show this type of shell, so that on these grounds alone 
Suter's choice of a type could have been upset. e position is, however, 
simplified by the fact that Natica ovata is preoccupied by Klipstein (Beitrage 
zur geologischen Kentniss der ostlichen Alpen, 1843), so we we can start 
again with fresh specific names. 
Uber finlayi n. sp. (Plate 57, figs. 8, 12, 13.) 
Shell fairly large, ovate; spire sharp but not gu whorls about 6, 
slightly convex in spire; surface with numerous wth-lines; suture 
tangential, aperture semilunar; outer Р lightly. sinuous, retracted to 
suture, inclined about 35? from vertical ; inner lip sinuous with fairly thick 
callus coalescing with and little wider dei funicle, which almost or quite 
fills the rather narrow umbilicus. 
