116 
South Australian Shells. 
S.A. 
NAT., VOL. 
pt. 20tii , 
xv. 
1934.- 
C. flindersi Fischer 1878. PL 1, fig. 9. “Flinders Can- 
tharidus.” Shell very narrowly perforate, conical, rather thick; 
whorls 7 to 8, planulate, the first eroded, the succeeding whitish- 
ashen, radiated with narrow, close and flexuose blackish and 
violaceous lines; spirally cingulate; lirac 6 on the penultimate 
whorl; last whorl subangular, a little depressed above, dilated in 
the middle; base convex, ornamented with about 8 lirae; aper¬ 
ture rhomboidal; lip simple; columella arcuate, truncate below. 
Height 16, diam. 13 mm (Fischer). (Type locality—we desig¬ 
nate King George Sound, W.A.). Distinguished from C. ircy- 
cineti Fischer bv the less conical form, wider base, stronger spiral 
liclges, more truncated columellar tooth and different colouration. 
“Australie meridianale' 7 of Fischer means Southern Australia, 
not South Australia, King George Sound being the actual type- 
locality. Except for one poor specimen taken by Cotton at 
Levens, West Yorke Peninsula, there is no other record from 
South Australia. We have it from Shark Bay and Abrolhos 
Island, W.A. 
C. freycineti Fischer 1878. “Frey cinet’s Cantharidus'. 5> 
Shell narrowly perforate, conical, rather thick; whorls 7, planu¬ 
late, the first eroded, buff, the remainder whitish, ornamented 
with rosy dots and narrow flexuous chestnut flam mules; spirally 
cingulate, about 8 lirae on the penultimate whorl; last whorl car- 
inated; base convex with about 8 concentric lirae; aperture sub- 
rhomboidal; lip simple; columella white, obsoletely nodose-trun¬ 
cate below. Height 16, diam. 12 mm. (Fischer). (Type locali¬ 
ty—St. Peter and St. Francis Islands, South Australia). This 
shell is more regularly conical than C. flindersi or C. baudinu 
We have not seen specimens of this species. “This species has 
not been taken by South Australian collectors: but St. Peters- 
Island is off our coast at Denial Bay” (\ erco MS.) 
C. baudini Fischer 1878. “Baudin’s Cantharidus.” Shell 
imperforate, conic-elongate, rather thick; whorls 6 to 7, planu¬ 
late, the first buff, eroded, the following whitish, ornamented with 
sparse rosy points and angular chestnut streaks; spirally 1 irate, 
lirae about 8 on the penultimate whorl; last whorl subangular 
depressed above; base convex, with about 8 concentric lirae; 
aperture rhomboidal; lip simple; columella short, subnodose- 
truncate below. Height li, diam. 9 mm (Fischer). (Type loc¬ 
ality—King Island, South Australia). Differs from the two pre¬ 
ceding species in lacking an umbilical perforation, smaller size, by 
the depression of the upper part of the whorl and the colouration.. 
“As the shell is not taken in South Australia it should be ex¬ 
punged from our list. The phrase “Australie meridionale’’ 
(Fischer) means Southern Australia, not the State of South Aus- 
