137 



Dredged in 12 fathoms Backstairs Passage, 1 fresh, 1 

 dead; in 17 fathoms, 3 alive, 10 dead; in 20 fathoms, 4 

 fresh ; in 22 fathoms, 3 alive, 26 dead ; in 35 fathoms off St. 

 Francis Island, 4 immature; in 40 fathoms off Beachport, 

 6 dead; in 90 fathoms off Cape Jaffa, 3 dead; in 110 fathoms 

 off Beachport, 1 very poor; in 150 fathoms, 2 dead, perfect; 

 in 200 fathoms, 1 very poor. This seems to be a fairly deep- 

 water form for the genus. 



Pyrene attenuata, Angas. 



Columbella attenuata, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1871, 

 p. 14, plate 1., fig. 4. Type locality — "Port Jackson (Brazier)." 

 (Atilia), Tryon, Man. Conch., 1883, vol. v., p. 151, pi. liii., 

 .fig. 18; Kobelt, Conch. Cab. (Ed. Krister), 1897 (1896), Band 

 iii., Abt. i., p. 220, No. 251, pi. xxx., fig. 6; Pritchard and 

 Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc, Victoria, 1899 (1898), vol. xi. (N.S.), 

 part 2, p. 203, Victorian coast; Tate and May, Proc. Linn. Soc, 

 New South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., part 3, p. 365, "Pirate's 

 Bay, Tasmania (May)"; Hedley, Memoirs Austr. Mus., 1903, vol. 

 iv., part 6, p. 377, 24 to 27 fathoms and 63 to 75 fathoms off 

 coast of New South Wales. 



Terebra beddomei, Petterd, Jour, of Conch., 1884, vol. iv., 

 p. 142, No. 28. Type locality — "Brown's River, Tasmania." 



Dredged in 24 fathoms off Newland Head, 1 poor ; in 

 40 fathoms off Beachport, 2 poor; in 110 fathoms, 15 good 

 and 68 poor; in 150 fathoms, 37 dead; in 200 fathoms, 8 

 poor; in 130 fathoms off Cape Jaffa, 10 moderate, 60 poor. 



This species does not appear to inhabit our shallow 

 waters, but to be fairly common in from 100 to 150 fathoms. 



Pyrene angasi, Brazier. 



Columbella interrupt a, Angas (non Gaskoin), Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, London, 1865, p. 56, pi. ii., figs. 9 and 10. Type locality — 

 Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. 



Columbella Angasi, Brazier, op. cit., 1871, p. 322; (Mtt- 

 rellaj, Tryon, Man. Conch., 1883, vol. v., p. 128, pi. xlix., fig. 11; 

 Adcock's Handlist Aquatic Moll., South Australia, 1893, p. 5, 

 No. 113; Kobelt, Conch. Cab. (Ed. Kiister), 1897 (1895), Band 

 iii., Abt. i., p. 210, No. 233, pi. xxix., fig. 4; Pritchard and Gat- 

 liff, Proc Roy. Soc, Victoria, 1899 (1898), vol. xi. (N.S.), part 2, 

 p. 201, Victorian coast; Tate and May, Proc. Linn. Soc, New 

 South Wales, 1901, vol. xxvi., part 3, p. 365, Tasmania; Hedley, 

 Memoirs Austr. Mus., 1903, vol. iv., part 6, p. 378, 54 to 59 

 fathoms off Wata Mooli, New South Wales. 



Columbella minuta. Tenison-Woods (non Gould), Proc. Roy. 

 Soc, Tasmania, 1876 (1875), p. 152. Type locality — Swansea, 

 East coast of Tasmania. 



Columbella (Mitrella) tenisoni, Tryon, Man. Conch., 1883, 

 vol. v., p., 128, pi. xlix., fig. 10, nom. mut. Kobelt, Conch. Cab. 

 (Ed. Kiister), 1897 (1895), Band iii., Abt. i., p. 210, No. 232; 

 Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc, Victoria, 1899 (1898), vol. 

 3i. (N.S.), part 2, p. 201, Victorian coast. 



