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Shell conical, imperforate, spirally ribbed, ribs 5-6 on the penulti- 
ste- and 10-14 on the body-whorl; pinkish-white or hght-grey with 
pod-red spots on the ribs, or with red flexuous longitudinal markings. 
Thoris 6, slightly convex, the last angled at the periphery, rather 
mvex below. Suture distinct. Aperture oblique, outer lip thick, 

Cantharidus sanguineus (Gray). 
side with a white opaque callosity; columella oblique, white, its 
xpansion covering the umbilicus, leaving sometimes a small fissure. 
Alt. 9, diam. 7 mm. 
Hab.—Auckland to Wellington; Chatham Is. 
Like Captain Hutton, I have only seen dead specimens. 
Var. c@lata, Hutton. 
roc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. ix, p. 363; Pilsbry, Man. 
Conch., ser. 1, vol. xi, p. 1381. 
Shell smaller, more deeply ribbed and the ribs narrower; 5-7 on 
the penultimate-, 15-16 on the body-whorl; they are sometimes 
rendered obsoletely granular by the lines of growth that cross them 
bliquely. Columella with an obsolete tooth in the middle; umbilicus 
ompletely closed up. Alt. 5°5, diam. 4:5 mm. 
Hab.—Foveaux Strait (dredged). 
Var. elongata, n.var. 
Differs from the type in being narrower, the whorls of spire 
ybsoletely shouldered, the riblets more numerous and finer, 10-11 on 
the penultimate-, about 18-19 on the body-whorl. Colour white or 
ight-erey, ribs light-brown or reddish-brown, dissolved in spots on 
he base only. Outer lip edged with white and brown dots, followed 
9y a broad white opaque band; interior pearly. Aperture quad- 
rangular, columella nearly vertical, with an obsolete tooth in the 
nddle, the expansion covering the umbilicus. Alt. 7°5, diam. 5mm. 
Hab.—Lyall Bay (A. Hamilton). 
22. CANTHARIDUS DILATATUS (Sowerby). 
Hlenchus dilatatus, Sowerby: Proc. Zool. Soc., 1870, p. 251; Hutton, 
& Man. New Zealand Moll., p. 101. 
Cantharidus ailatatus (Sby.): Hutton, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 
Wales, vol. ix, p. 868; Pilsbry, Man. Conch., ser. 1, 
vol. xi, p. 148. 
