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Daphneila perplexa, n. sp. PI. xxviii., ligs. 1 and 2. 



Sh-ell delicate, elongate-oval, of 6 whorls. Protoconch of 

 two convex whorls, each with ten valid spiral lirae ; apex 

 blunt, ending abruptly, with the first spire-whorl issuing 

 from within it. Spire-whorls four, convex, sutures linear. 

 Body-whorl much longer than the spire, gradually contracting 

 at the base. Aperture oblique, elongate-oval, canal short, 

 wide, open, deviated slightly to the left. Cokiniella straight, 

 forming an obtuse angle with the inner lip, which is distinct, 

 complete, applied, and glazed. Outer lip with a finely crenu- 

 lated border ; in profile retrocurrent at the suture to form a 

 shallow sinus, then uniformly curved, convex, with a shallow 

 excavation at the contracted base. The whole surface of the 

 shell is sculptured with spiral lirae, six in the first whorl, 

 twelve in the second, sixteen in the third, and fifty-two in 

 the body- whorl, gi"anulated by very fine axial strise which 

 granulate the sutural margin. Colour is somewhat mottled 

 very light-brown, with spiral equidistant white hairlines, five 

 in the penultimate, ten in the body-whorl. 



Diiri. — Length, 6"3 mm. : of body-whorl, 39 mm. ; 

 width, 2 2 mm. 



LocnVify — Type 22 fathoms Backstairs Passage ; off Point 

 Marsden, Kangaroo Island, 15 fathoms, 1 dead ; Yankalilla 

 Bay and Gulf St. Vincent, depth unrecorded, 10. 



D. fragilh, Reeve, has its protoconch latticed by cross- 

 ing lirae, has a different shape, and wider-spaced stronger 

 axials. 



The length when adult, shown by the ascending suture, 

 may be 4*7 mm. or 7'1. The colour may be wholly white, 

 probably from bleaching. 



Daphnelia legrandi, Beddome. 



DriJlia leqrandi, Beddome, Proc. Roy. See, Tasmania, (1882) 

 1883, p. 167. Type locality— "WEntrecasteaux Channel, 7 fath- 

 oms."' 



ClathureUa leqrandi, Beddome, Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. 

 Rot. Soc. Victoria, (1899) 1900, vol. sii. (N.S.), p. 178, ''Portland" : 

 Hedlev, Proc. Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 1900, p. 225, pi'. 

 XXV., figs. 1, 2, 3. 



Tate and May, in Proc. Linn. Soc, New South Wales, 

 1901, vol. xxvi., p. 371, make it a synonym of ClathureUa 

 sculptiiior, Tenison-Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc, Tasmania, (1878) 

 1879, p. 38. Two gentlemen claim to have provided the 

 author with the type and to possess the cotypes. One presents 

 examples of D. legrancli as the cotypes ; the other, who is 

 cited by Woods as having supplied the type, distributes C . 

 desalesi, Tenison-Woods. The weight of evidence is in favour 



