GASTEROPODA. 



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wrinkles, the posterior callus rather large, outer lip simple, thin, 

 slightly notched anteriorly. Axis, '8 ; breadth, '42 ; angle^of spire, 58°. 

 Localities. — Pomahaka, Otago. 



Family — YoLUTiDiE. 

 VOLUTA. 



44. V. pacifica, Lamark ; Gat. Marine Moll., p. 18. 

 Localities. — Wanganui (u) ; Shakespeare Cliff ; Awatere (Hoch- 



stetter) ; Broken Eiver (u) ; Napier ; Waipara Gorge. 

 Var. B.—Cat. Marine Moll., p. 18. 



Localities. — Wanganui (u) ; Shakespeare Cliff ; Awatere ; Kanieri. 

 Var. v.— Cat. Marine Moll., p. 18. 



Localities. — Wanganui (u); Shakespeare Cliff; Oamaru; Caversham. 



45. V. graciliCOStata, Zittel, Voy. Novara, Palce., p. 38. Ob- 

 longo-fusiform, turreted ; whorls five to seven, angled, transversely 

 lirate ; body whorl large, keeled above, regularly transversely ribbed, 

 the interstices finely lirate ; columella rather callous, plaits obsolete ; 

 canal deep; aperture broad, oblong. Height, 1'06; thickness, '4. 



Localities. — Port Hills, JN^elson (Hochstetter). 



This species is not represented in the Colonial Museum. 



46. V. kirki, Sutton, Cat. Marine Moll, p. 18. 

 Localities. — Broken Eiver (u). 



I am doubtful about the identification of this species. 



^ 47. V. (Lyria) COrrUgata, sp. nov. Pusiform ; spire acute ; 

 spire and body whorls Avith transverse rather distant ribs ; body whorl 

 rather inflated ; columella with four or five plaits. Axis, 2 ; breadth, '9. 



Localities. — Maunga-pakeha Taipo, East Coast of Wellington ; 

 Chatham Islands. 



Var. B. — Less inflated; ribs nearer together, becoming obsolete 

 towards the anterior end. Axis, 3 ; breadth, 1"1. 



Localities. — Awatere ; Kanieri ; Waikari. 



48. V. elongata, sp. nov. Elongato-fusiform, smooth, spire pro- 

 duced ; aperture elongate, narrow; columella(?). Axis, 4 ; breadth, 

 1"15 ; angle of spire, 33°. 



Localities. — Broken Eiver (l) ; AVeka Pass (l). 



MITRA. 



49. M. enysi, sp. nov. Elongato-fusiform ; spire short, about 

 half the length of the body whorl, acute ; whorls rather convex, finely 

 spirally striated, and transversely ribbed, the ribs of the body whorl 

 almost obsolete, and confined to the posterior end ; aperture narrow, 

 canal short, slightly notched ; columella with four plates, the two 

 anterior more oblique than the two posterior. Axis, "75 ; breadth, '35. 



Localities. — Broken Eiver (u). 



50. M. apicaliS, sp. nov. Elongato-fusiform ; spire produced, 

 nearly as long as the body whorl ; whorls keeled, with a row of small 



. nodules on the keel, finely spirally striated ; aperture oval, contracted 



