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and deeply sulcate within ; pillar lip nearly straight, a little contorted, 

 smooth, pnrplish-hrown ; whole interior livid hrown ; axis, If inch ; breadth, 

 i inch " (Gould). 



Neptuncea zealandicus, Quoy and Gaimard. 



F. australis, Hiitton ; Cat. Mar. Moll, (not of Quoy). 



Neptunaa cauclata, Quoy and Gaimard. 

 F. mandarinus, Hutton ; Cat. Mar. Moll. 



Euthria martensianus, Hutton ; Jour, de Conch., 1877. 

 F. littorinoides ; Cat. Mar. Moll (not of Eeeve.) 



Drillia buchanani^ Hutton ; Cat. Tertiary Moll, of N.Z., p. 4. 

 Eecent specimens have been sent from Auckland by Mr. T. F. Cheese- 

 man. 



Drillia cheesemani, Hutton ; Jour, de Conch., 1877. 



Ovato-fusiform. Spu-e 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 spke ; 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. -35. 



Hab. Auckland — Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. 



This may be the same as 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. 



Pohjtropa retiaria, Hutton ; Jour, de Conch., 1877. 



Ovato-fusiform. Whorls keeled, sph-ally ribbed; four or five ribs on the 

 body whorl in front of the keel, and one small rib behind it. Eibs 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, 



