MOLLUSCA— IIICDLKY. 373 



Family FUSIDtI^]. 



F U 8 U S, Lamarck. 



FUSUS WAITEI, sp. no v. 



(PL xxxvii.) 



Stations 12, 56. 



Shell large, fusiform, spire gradate. Colour dull white. 

 Whorls exceeding eight; angled at the shoulder, thence concave 

 to the suture. Sculpture : broad rounded ribs, numbering four- 

 teen on the last whorl, project boldly at the shoulder, descend 

 , perpendicularly and vanish gradually on the base. These and 

 the rest of the shell are crossed by equally spaced strong spiral 

 cords. Under the lens growth strife are seen to roughen the Avhole 

 surface. Aperture oval, on the inner lip the surface is excavated 

 and smoothed. Canal long, open, sinuate. Length, 150 mm. ; 

 breadth, 60 mm. 



The nearest ally appears to be Fusus crehriliratus, 'E.eexe,* 

 than which the novelty is larger, broader, and has more developed 

 ribs. 



One specimen, the type, from 79-80 fathoms off Botany Bay; 

 and another from 23-34 fathoms off Cape Three Points. 



Family FASCIOLARIID^. 



FASCIOLARIA, Lamarck. 



FASCIOLARIA AUSTRALASIA, Perry, sp. 

 Pijrula australasia, Perrj^, Conchology, 1811, pi. liv., f. 1. 

 Stations 41, 44, 53. 



This species has not hitherto been found upon this coast. 

 Yerco has stated that : — " The shell which has hitherto been 

 considered as F. fiisiformis among local collectors is only a com- 

 paratively smooth variety of F. coronata." The usual acceptation 

 of F. fusiforviis was in my mind when I wrotef that Pyrula 

 australasia, Perry, was Fasciolaria fusiformis, Valenciennes. 



* Beeve— Conch. Icon., iv., Fusus, 1847, pi. v., f. 20. 

 + Hedley— Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxvii., 1902, p. 2". 



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