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phneHa perplexa, n. sp. Pl. xxviii, figs. | and 2. 625 
Shell delicate, elongate-oval, of 6 whorls. Protoconch of 
two convex whorls, each with ten valid spiral lire; apex 
blunt, ending abruptly, with the first spire-whorl issuing 
from within it. Spire-whorls four, convex, sutures linear. 
Body-whorl much longer than the spire, gradually contracting 
at the base. Aperture oblique, elongate-oval, canal short, 
wide, open, deviated slightly to the left. Columella straight, 
forming an obtuse angle with the inner lip, which is distinct, 
complete, applied, and glazed. Outer lip with a finely crenu- 
lated border; in profile retrocurrent at the suture to form a 
shallow sinus, then uniformly curved, convex, with a shallow 
excayation at the contracted base. The whole surface of the 
shell is sculptured with spiral lire, six in the first whorl, 
twelve in the second, sixteen in the third, and fifty-two in 
the body-whorl, granulated by very fine axial striae which 
granulate the sutural margin. Colour is somewhat. mottled 
very light-brown, with spiral equidistant white hairlines, five 
in the penultimate, ten in the body-whorl. = 
Dim.—Length, 63 mm.; of body-whorl, 3°9 mm. ; 
width, 2°2 mm. 
Locality—Type 22 fathoms Backstairs Passage ; off Point 
Marsden, Kangaroo Island, 15 fathoms, 1 dead; Yankalilla 
Bay and Gulf St. Vincent, depth unrecorded, 10. 
D. fragilis, Reeve, has its protoconch latticed by cross- 
ing lire, has a different shape, and wider-spaced stronger 
axials. 
The length when adult, shown by the ascending suture, 
may be 4°77 mm. or 71. The colour may be wholly white, 
probably from bleaching. 
Up ore el C4 cae ce 
DaphneHalegrandi, Beddome. GUS 
Drillia legrandi, Beddome, Proc. Roy. Soc., Tasmania, (1882) 
1883, p. 167. Type locality—“D’Entrecasteaux Channel, 7 fath- 
oms. 
Clathurella legrandi, Beddome, Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. 
Roy. Soc., Victoria, (1899) 1900, vol. xii. (N.S.), p. 178, “Portland” ; 
Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc., New South Wales, 1900, p. 225, pl. 
xxvy., figs. 1, 2, 3. 
Tate and May, in Proc. Linn. Soc., New South Wales, 
1901, vol. xxvi., p. 371, make it a synonym of Clathurella 
sculptilior, Tenison-Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc., Tasmania, (1878) 
1879, p. 38. Two gentlemen claim to have provided the 
author with the type and to possess the cotypes. One presents 
examples of D. legrandi as the cotypes: the other, who is 
cited by Woods as having supplied the type, distributes C. 
desalesi, Tenison-Woods. The weight of evidence is in favour 
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