NEW ZEALAND SHELLS. AAI 
1430. Rhyncodes atyvus, n.sp.—Black, glossy, sparsely clothed 
with white hair-like scales. 
Rostrum elongate, sub-parallel, gradually widened behind, very 
finely and distantly punctated, almost nude. Head finely and 
rather closely punctured, squamose. Pvothovax sub-conical, con- 
- tracted anteriorly ; its sculpture close, consisting of moderate and 
minute punctures irregularly distributed ; with an abbreviated 
raised line before the scutellumr; broader than long. Scutellum 
nude. Hlytva convex, sides nearly vertical, gradually narrowed 
to within a short distance of the apices, from thence obliquely 
attenuated and a little acuminate at their extremities ; coarsely 
punctate-striate, interstices minutely punctured, the 3rd, 5th, and 
7th a little more elevated than the others, the 4th, 5th, and 6th 
become confluent before the apices, and the 7th is incurved to- 
wards the 3rd, causing an inequality of surface at that part ; the 
elongate scales predominate in the furrows. JZegs normal, spar- 
ingly clothed with griseous hairs, the four posterior femora 
squamose near the extremity. Underside shining black, nearly 
smooth, the squamosity sparingly distributed and yellower than 
those on the upper-surface. Pectoral canal deep, its raised margins 
extending beyond the middle of the intermediate coxe. Antenne 
inserted near the middle, basal joint of the funiculus longest, the 
others gradually decrease ; club opaque, densely pubescent. 
Length (rost. excl.), 10; breadth, 4% lines. 
My specimen was obtained by T. F. Cheeseman, Esgq., F.L.S., 
on Mount Arthur. 
NEW ZEALAND SHELLS OF THE “CHALLENGER” 
EXPEDITION. 
ee Oe REV. R. BOAG;, WATSON, F.L.S,, JTC. 
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CYMBIOLA LUTEA, Watson, l.c. Vol. XVI, p. 331. 
mmtee), fine 23, 1874. Iuat, 38° 52'-S.; long. 169° 20’ .E..; 
about 200 miles West of Cape Farewell, New Zealand. 275 fms. 
globigerina ooze. Bottom temperature, 50°.8. 
Shell.—F usiform, strongish, pale buff, with a high blunt spire, 
largish mouth, slightly reverted outer lip, and four teeth on the 
pillar. Scwlptwre—Longitudinals—On the upper whorls there 
are a few slight narrow ribs, which are almost obsolete on the 
later whorls; the lines of growth are many and _ hair-like. 
Spirals quite obsolete. The columelar swelling in front is very 
small and slight. Colouy ashy white over pale buff, entirely with- 
out gloss ; the outer lip and the body-glaze are rich buff, paler 
inwaras. Spive high, a little irregularly bent, sub-scalar. <Apew 
blunt, mamillary, impressed. Whorils 634: they are convex, 
above contracted into the suture, perpendicular below ; after the 
first three they increase rapidly ; the last is slightly ventricose, 
