231 



fig. 47, as a synonym of A, marginata, Lamarck; Watson 

 (Ancilla), 1886, "Chall.," Zool., vol. xv., p. 231, "38 fathoms, off 

 Bass Strait"; Tate and May, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1901, 

 vol. xxvi., p. 365, "Tasmania" = "A. fusiformis, Petterd" ; Hedley 

 ( Ancillaria j, Memoirs Austr. Mus., 1903, vol. iv., part 6, p. 364, 

 "New South Wales" ; Hedley (Ancilla), 1909, Austr. Assoc. Adv. 

 Sci., p. 363, "Queensland." 



Taken in 100 fathoms 90 miles west of Eucla. Mr. Gab- 

 riel has sent me two examples dredged in Western Port. 

 Victoria. 



Ancilla mucronata, Sowerby. 



Ancillaria mucronata, Sowerbv, Thes. Conch., vol. iii.. 1866, 

 p. 63, No. 30, pi. 211, figs, ll, 12, "Australia"; Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon., 1864, Sp. 10, pi. iv., figs. 10a, 105, "Tasmania"; 

 Kiener, Coq. Viv., 1843-44, Ancillaria, p. 7, Sp. 4, pi. 

 iii., fig. 3, "The shores of New Holland." This figure is most like 

 our shell in colouring. 



Taken in 75 fathoms 80 miles west of Eucla, 1 ; in 80 

 fathoms 80 miles west of Eucla, 3 ; in 100 fathoms 90 miles 

 west of Eucla, 1 ; in 105 fathoms, 3 ; in 140 fathoms, 2. 



They were all dead, but several in very good condition, 

 of a cinnamon or salmon colour, palest in the upper part of 

 the spire and deepest between the lowest white band and the 

 white columella, not quite so deep in the wide space between 

 the two narrow white bands on the body- whorl. Kiener 's 

 figure is a fair representation of it. It is quite unlike A. 

 beach'portensis, Verco. 



Hemipleurotoma quoyi, Desmoulins. 



Pleurotoma quoyi, Desmoulins, Actes. Soc. Linn., Bordeaux, 

 1842, p. 61. 



Hemipleurotoma, Verco, Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A.. 1909, vol. 

 xxxiii., p. 294. 



Taken in 100 fathoms 90 miles west of Eucla, 2. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate X. 

 Fig, 1. Cyprcea armeniaca, Verco, dorsal view. 

 ,, 2. ,, i} ,, ventral view. 



,, 3. „ ,, ,, side view. 



Plate XL 

 Fig. 1. Scaphella fulgetrum, Sowerby. 

 ) , 2. ,, ,, ,, var. lunulisligata. 



>, 3. ,, ,, „ var. connectens. 



Plate XII. 

 Fig. 1. Scaphella fulgetrum, Sowerby, var. tricincta. 

 >> 2. ,, }} }} var. unicincta. 



,, 3. „ }} )} var. punctisligata. 



