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mistaken for it." I am, however, disposed to think M . cuspis 

 is a short-spired form of M. letout-neiixiana, into which it 

 seems insensibly to run, as the latter species is recognized by 

 conchologists in Sydney, Melbourne, and Tasmania; and I 

 am also disposed to believe Tryon is right in classing M. 

 lallemantiana as a variety in the opposite direction. 



Clathurella desalesii, Tenison-Woods. 



Mangelia de Salesii, Tenison-Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc, Tasma- 

 nia, (1876) 1877, p. 138. Tiji^e locality— '-hong Bay, Tasmania." 



Clathurella desalesi, Tenison-Woods, Tate and May, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 371, pi. xxiv., 

 fig. 32. 



Dredged in Gulf St. Vincent, 13 fresh ; in 40 fathoms 

 off Beachport, 1 good; in 110 fathoms, 2 good; in 130 fath- 

 oms off Cape Jaffa, 2 poor. 



Clathurella st. gallae, Tenison-Woods. 



Mangelia st. galUc, Tenison-Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc, Tas- 

 mania, (1876) 1877, p. l37, with var. henedicti. Type locality — 

 ''Long Bay, Tasmania"; Tate and May, Proc Linn. Soc, New 

 South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 369; Pritchard and Gatliff, 

 Proc. Roy. Soc, Victoria, 1906 (1905), vol. xviii., p. 50, "Western 

 Port." 



Dredged in 40 fathoms off Beachport, 19 good; in 110 

 fathoms, 4 very good, 3 moderate; in 150 fathoms, 1 poor; 

 in 130 fathoms off Cape Jaffa, 6 good. This species would 

 appear to affect the deeper water. 



Clathurella modesta, Angas. 



Clathurella modesta, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1877, 

 p. 38, pi. v., fig. 15. Tyi)e locality — "Port Jackson" ; Tryon, 

 Man. Conch., 1884, vol. vi., p. 285, pi. xvii., fig. 92; Sowerby, 

 Proc. Mai. Soc, London, 1896, vol. ii., p. 28, "Gulf St. Vincent"; 

 Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc, Victoria, (i899) 1900, 

 vol. xii., p. 176, "Port Phillip and Western Port" ; Tate and May, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 370, 

 "Frederick Henry Bay, Tasmania." 



Dredged in Gulf St. Vincent, 15 alive and dead; in 

 15 to 20 fathoms oft" St. Francis Island ; in 40 fathoms off 

 Beachport, 3 quite fresh and 2 moderate ; in 55 fathoms 

 north-west of Cape Borda, 3 moderate. Taken on the beach 

 at Aldinga (Mr. Kimber) and at Venus Bay, West Coast. 



A colour variety, with precisely the same shape and 

 sculpture, is white with a brown spiral below the suture, and 

 a second winding round the base and over the snout. Some- 

 times these spirals are represented only by distant spots. It 

 was dredged in 40 fathoms off Beachport, 4 good ; in 55 



