MOLLUSCA — IIKIJLKV. 



359 



;ire iiT('i;iilai-ly dispusfd 

 and may or may not con- 

 tinue from whorl to whorl. 

 The surface is sculptured 

 with shallow, sometimes 

 punctate grooves. Aper- 

 ture large, oblicjue, sul)- 

 tjuadrate, thin; outer lip 

 thin, everted ; inner lip 

 spreading a callus sheet 

 on the body whorl ; 

 columella broad, rather 

 straight, deeply inserted. 

 Length, 8 mm. ; breadth, 

 3-75 ram. 



A few living specimens 

 were taken in 41-50 

 fathoms off Cape Three 

 Points ; off Wata Mooli 

 in 54-59 fathoms. 



. Fig. 81. 



EULIMA AUGUR, Angas. 



Eulimaaugur, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1865, p.56. Id, Sowerby, 

 Conch. Icon., xv., 1866, Eulima, pi. vi., f. 47. Id., Tate, 

 Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., xxii., 1898, p. 80. 



Eulima proxima, Sowerby, Conch. Icon , xv., 1866, Eulima, pi. vi., 

 f . 48 (Jide Tate). 



Station 37. 



One example from 50-52 fathoms off Botany Bay. 



MELANELLA, Bowdich. 



Dall has suggested* the separation of the humpbacked Eulimas 

 under the name of Melanella, Bowdich, 1822, a name which 

 precedes Eulima, Risso, 1826. 



MELANP:LLA COMMENSALIS, Tate, sp. 



Eulima commensalis, Tate, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., xxii., 1898, 

 p. 82, pi. iv. his., f. 2. 



Station 13. 



Previously collected, as noted in the original description, from 

 Port Stephens. 



Three examples from 41-50 fathoms off Cape Three Points. 



* Dall— Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoo],, xviii., 1889, p. 376. 



