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GASTEEOPODA. 



35. B. inflatum, sp. nov. Ovato-fusiform, spire acute ; whorls 

 seven, convex ; body whorl lar^e, inflated ; finely spirally grooved, the 

 apex only transversely plicated; aperture oval; canal(?). Axis, 1*3; 

 breadth, "85 ; angle of spire, 65°. 



Localities. — Kanieri River. 



36. B. Carinatum, sp. nov. Ovate ; spire short ; body whorl 

 angled and more or less flattened behind ; sub-perforate ; spirally 

 grooved ; spire whorls transversely ribbed ; suture with a thick fold ; 

 aperture narrow, right lip sinuated ; posterior canal recurved. Axis, 

 1-5 ; breadth, 95. 



Localities. — Broken Eiver (tj). 



Family — Pitepijeid^. 



PURPURA. 



87. P. SUCCincta, Lamarh; Cat. Marine Moll., p. 16. 

 Localities. — Shakespeare Clifi". 



38. P. textiliOSa, Lamarl: ; Cat. Marine Moll., p. 16. 

 Localities. — Cape "Rodney (Hochstetter). 



39. P. COnoidea, Zittel, Voy. Novara, Palcd.^p. 37. Ovato-conical, 

 spire elongate, apex acute, whorls six or six and a half, sub-nodulose, 

 striated ; body whorl two-thirds of the length, inflated, transversely 

 lirate and ornamented with longitudinal tuberculated plicjB ; suture of 

 body whorl tuberculose ; columella thick ; aperture oval, contracted 

 above and forming a broad sinus ; lip thin, smooth inside, striated. 

 Axis, ; breadth, "85. 



Localities. — Awatere (Hochstetter). 



This species is not represented in the Colonial Museum. 



40. P. excnrsa, sp. nov. Ovate, inflated ; whorls keeled, spirally 

 striated ; spire whorls with one, and body whorl with two, anterior 

 nodulose ridges, below which, on the body whorl, are about six deep 

 spiral grooves. Axis, 1*8 ; breadth, 1*4. 



Localities. — Oamaru ; Caversham. 



Family — Olivid^. 

 ANCILLARIA. 



41. A. aUStraliS, Quoy ; Cat. Marine Moll., p. 17. 

 Localities. — Wanganui (r) ; Shakespeare Clifl" ; White Cliff's, 



Taranaki(?). ' . 



42. A. hebera, sp. nov. Cylindrical ; spire short, thick, entirely 

 covered with enamel, broader than the body ; a spiral depression below 

 the spire, and three spiral strise round the base. Axis, '75 ; breadth, '25. 



Localities. — Awamoa ; Paparoa, Upper Wanganui l^iver ; Waikari ; 

 Manawatu Gorge; Kanieri; Broken Eiver (m). 



43. A. (Amalda ?) pomahaka. Shell fusiform, polished, 

 rather thin, not umbilicated, spire elongated, acute, suture enamelled ; 

 whorls five or six, aperture oval, elongated, inner lip smooth, without 



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