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" THETIS " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



fascicle ; the whole shell covered by fine, close, microscopic growth 

 striae. Base contracted. Canal short. Aperture narrow, anal 

 notch deep, with raised, subtubular margin, colu- 

 mella slightly arched, overlaid by a thick callus 

 sheet. Length, 6-6 ram. ; breadth, 2-5 mm. 



A few examples were taken off Port Kembla in 

 63-75 fathoms; off Cape Three Points in 41-50 

 fathoms; oft' Wata Mooli in 54-59 fathoms; and off 

 the Manning Pdver in 22 fathoms. A better speci- 

 men selected for illustration was procured in 24 

 fathoms off Cabbage Tree Island, Port Stephens. 



DRILLIA COXI, Angas. 



Drillia coxi, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1867, p. 113, 

 pi. xiii., f. 15. 



Station 28. 



Tryon* has united this to D. sinensis, Hinds, 

 but the feature of "sutura granosa-carinata" proper toi>. sinensis 

 is absent from D. coxi. The original description was drawn up 

 from small and faded shells. When fresh the species is buff, 

 sprinkled with chocolate; one example in the Australian Museum 

 attains twelve whorls in a length of 33 mm. 

 From 28 fathoms off the Manning River. 



DRILLIA ^Y 00 DSJ, Beddome. 



Drillia woodsi, Beddome, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 1882 (1883), p. 



167. Id., Tate & May, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, xxvi., 



1901, p. 368. 

 Drillia howilti, Pritchard k Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xii., 



1899, p. 101, pi. 8, f. 2. Id., Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 



Wales, XXV., 1891, p. 7 







Station 28, 37. 



One specimen from 50-52 fathoms off Botany Bay; and two 

 from 22 fathoms off the Manning River. Previously taken off 

 the Broughton Islands, Port Stephens, in 24 fathoms. 



DRILLIA SPADIX, Watson, sp. 



Fleurotoma( Drillia) spadix, Watson, Chall. Rep., Zool., xv., 1886, 

 p. 310, pi. xxvi., f. 6. 



Station 49. 

 One specimen from 63-75 fathoms off Port Kembla. 



Tryon— Man. Conch., vi., 1S84, p. 201. 



