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general brownish colouring. The base is of a faint apricot 
tint, which also tinges the columellar teeth. Near the base 
is a band of deep brown spots of varying size, which are found 
also on the base of the body-whorl; the anterior end and the 
lower third of the depressed spire and the adjacent part of 
the outer lip are of a dark walnut-brown. 
A slightly older specimen, from 100 fathoms, is 3° 
in. long, 2'5 in. wide, and 22 in. high, has fewer brown 
spirals, with 36 outer and 26 inner and 4 intermediate teeth, 
the outer lip is rather more thickened, and the flat dorsal 
spirals are slightly more conspicuous. 
I have had five examples of the Tasmanian form to com- 
pare it with, as well as the figures given by all the above- 
mentioned authors. Mine differs in shape, being more globu- 
lar, higher, and wider, not only relatively, but absolutely. 
Mr. May kindly lent me two very diverse examples, which 
respectively measured 4°4, 2°3, 1°9 in. and 3'4, 2°1, 18 in. in 
length, breadth, and height, whereas mine is 3:9, 2°5, 2°2 in. 
Allowing, therefore, for the greater length of the anterior and 
posterior prolongations in Mr. May’s large specimen, which is 
probably a senile change, mine is still more globular. It is 
interesting to notice the greater similarity between my speci- 
men and the type, whose dimensions are: Length, 3'8 in. ; 
and breadth, 2°3 in., which is different from that of most 
specimens. Sowerby does not give the height of his shell, 
nor a figure in profile, and it is difficult to estimate this from 
his figure, but it seems less elevated than mine. Thé concave 
depression on the under-surface of the forward projection is 
much less in mine, and the posterior curve of the aperture, its 
upward bending and the twist to the left are more marked. 
The colour is very different. The fairly uniform peppering 
with dark spots, the white base, the brown wide blotch over 
the middle third of the base of the body-whorl are wanting 
in mine, while the apricot base and the lilac side are absent 
from the typical shells. 
It may be that the shape is due to its habitat in the quiet 
waters of 100 fathoms, and that though mature it is not senile, 
and its colouring to its having been taken alive instead of 
being washed up and partially bleached on the shore. But we 
will hope other specimens may be secured which will determine 
its right to be called a good species. 
Type in my collection. 
~E Uta 231 AXCLd 
EE australis, Lamarck. SAD 
OCyprea australis, Lamarck, Anim. §. Vert., 1822, vol. vii., 
p. 404, and 1844 (Kdition Deshayes), vol. x.. p. 545, ‘‘The seas 
of New Holland’ (M. Macleay); Sowerby, Conch. Illus., 1882, 
