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permanent sculpture immediately appears. The protoconch has its 
second whorl remarkably high, as Suter States. A similar shape 
and smoothness of the protoconch are characteristic of the genus 
Prosipho. Congeneric with the present species are probably also 
Daphnella conqnisita and crassilimta, possibly further D. acicula, 
amphipsila and psila. 
The genus Prosipho has nearly all its known representatives 
in the Antarctic and Subantarctic Regions. Smith (1915) records 
P. cancellatus from off Rio de Janeiro but thinks this locality to 
be due to some mistake. 
Prosipho chariessa has a general appearance most similar to 
Daphnella totoliraia Suter, which is, however, referred by Med¬ 
ley (1922) to his genus Nepotilla belonging to the group Daph- 
nellinae of Fam. Tiirridae, on account of the spirally sculptured 
apex ’ It is possible that also some of the spirally lirate species 
of Ålcira from New Zealand belong to Prosipho. According to 
Medley (1922, p. 259) some representatives of the genus are also 
present in Australia, formerly included in Mitromorpha. 
Fam. Muricidae. 
Murex (Pteronofus) angasi Crosse. 
North Island: 4, 1 sp., h. 15. 
Murex (Hexaplex) octogonus Quoy & Gaimard. 
North Island: 10, 8 sps., h. 50. — 11a, 1 sp., h. 26. — 16, 
2 sps., h. 52. — Stewart Island: 35, 1 sp., h. 26. 
Murex zelandicus Quoy «& Gaimard. 
North Island: 10, 8 sps., h. 45. — Ile, 2 sps., h. 42. — 13, 
1 sp., h. 31. — 16, 7 sps., h. 50, -f- 1 small sp. with 8 varices. 
— 18, 4 small sps. -|- 1 sp., h. 32 (with 5 varices). 
Trophon ambiguus (Philippi). 
North Island: 22, 1 sp., h. 10. — South Island; 29, 1 sp., h. 
30. — 30, many sps., h. 14. 
