and deeply sulcate within; pillar lip nearly straight, a little contorted, smooth, purplish-brown; whole interior livid brown; axis, 1.¾ inch; breadth, ⅞ inch” (Gould).

Neptunœa zealandicus, Quoy and Gaimard.
F. australis, Hutton; Cat. Mar. Moll. (not of Quoy).
Neptunœa caudata, Quoy and Gaimard.
F. mandarinus, Hutton; Cat. Mar. Moll.
Euthria martensianus, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.
F. littorinoides; Cat. Mar. Moll (not of Reeve.)
Drillia buchanani, Hutton; Cat. Tertiary Moll. of N.Z., p. 4.

Recent specimens have been sent from Auckland by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Drillia cheesemani, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Ovato-fusiform. Spire acute, of nine whorls. Whorls rather angled, suture well marked. Spire whorls smooth in front, obliquely striated behind; body whorl equal to or rather longer than the spire; a smooth band at the sinus, behind which it is obliquely striated, and in front spirally ribbed; the interstices finely transversely striated. Nine or ten ribs on the outer lip in front of the smooth band. Canal very short. Pale brown. L. .75.; B. .35.

Hob. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

This may be the same as P. zealandica, Smith (Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 492), in which case my name will have to give way to it.

Pleurotoma antipodum, Smith; Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 491.

I have seen no specimens.

Drillia maorum, Smith; Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 497.

I have seen no specimens.

Daphnella cancellata, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Fusiform, thin, finely cancellated; spire acute; aperture oblong, slightly channelled in front, and with a slight posterior sinus. Yellowish-white, slightly blotched with brown.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman. L. .5.; B. .2.

Polytropa retiaria, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Ovato-fusiform. Whorls keeled, spirally ribbed; four or five ribs on the body whorl in front of the keel, and one small rib behind it. Ribs crossed at regular intervals by transverse plications, dividing the surface of the shell into squares. The whole shell covered by delicate transverse foliations. Aperture oval; columella rounded. Canal short, slightly bent. Greyish-white; interior purple. L. .9; B. .5.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Polytropa biconica, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Small, broadly fusiform. Spire short, acute. Body whorl inflated posteriorly, and narrowed anteriorly; spirally ribbed, and slightly transversely plicated. Whitish, tessellated with dark brown on the ribs; interior dark purplish-brown, toothed with white on the right lip. L. .4; B. .28.

Hab. North Island—Mr. T. Kirk.

Pyrene flexuosa, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Fusiform; spire acute, conical, as long as the aperture, smooth; whorls six. Inner lip smooth, outer striated internally, slightly thickened in the middle. White, with longitudinal flexuous streaks of pale brown. L. .28; B. .1.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Lunatia australis, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Globose, smooth, whorls 3.½; suture well marked, but not excavated; umbilicus rather narrow, without any groove. Inner lip with a callus. Brown or grey. L. .3; B. .3.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Philippia lutea, Lamarck.

Dead specimens have been collected at Matakana by Mr. Mathews.

Rissoa flamulata, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Smooth; red, generally with oblique white rays. Whorls, 6 or 6.½. L. .25.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Trochita novœ-zealandiœ, Lesson; Voy. Coquille, II., p. 395.
T. maculata, Quoy and Gaimard.
Trochita scutum, Lesson; Voy. Coquille, II., p. 395.
T. tenuis, Gray.
Crypta monoxyla, Lesson; Voy. Coquille, II., p. 391.
C. contorta, Quoy and Gaimard.
Trochus (Polydonta) acinosus, Gould.
This is the same as P. tuberculata, Gray.

Clanculus variegatus, Adams.

I have received a single dead specimen from Auckland.

Euchelus bellus, Hutton.

I have a reddish-brown variety from Auckland, collected by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Diloma corrosa, Adams; P.Z.S.

I have specimens from Dunedin.

Trochocolea constricta, Lamarck.

I have specimens from Auckland, sent by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Trochocolea mimetica, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Perforated. Inner lip thin, slightly expanded over the always open umbilicus. Purple, with oblique, slightly waved white lines. Columella more or less stained with green. L. .5; B. .6.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Gibbula plumbea, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

G. nitida, Cat. Mar. Moll; not of Adams, which is Chrysostoma inconspicua of the Cat. Mar. Mollusca.

Gibbula oppressa, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Whorls flattened posteriorly, and more or less keeled. Closely spirally ribbed, the ribs rounded but rather rough. Axis sub-perforated; aperture sub-rhomboidal. Dark purplish-black. L. .23; B. .25.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Trochus (Cantharidus) texturatus, Gould.

This is the same as C. purpuratus, Martyn.

Trochus (Cantharidus) jucundus, Gould.

I have seen no specimens of this species.

“Shell small solid, low conical, composed of about six conical whorls, with a slight vertical portion at base; the whole girdled with fine, uniform, beaded lines, the alternate ones being generally smaller, sometimes even not beaded, and the two basal ones surrounding the vertical portion being larger; base a little convex, similarly sculptured with about twelve concentric lines gradually diminishing from the centre to the circumference; the umbilical region colourless, not perforated, and with a groove-like impression beside the columella; aperture rhomboidal-orbiculate; columella arcuate, smooth, lip simple. Colours arranged in radiating flamules, alternately white, strawberry-red, and pale flesh-colour, gradually shaded into each other; on the base the dark or light red are distributed along the granules in a somewhat articulate manner; nacreous beneath. Axis ⅜ inch; diameter ⅖ inch.” (Gould).

Trochus (Margarita) pupillus, Gould.

I have collected what I take to be this species in Otago.

Gadinia nivea, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Irregularly oval, white; with about forty sharp radiating ridges, crossed by concentric lines of growth. L. .8; B. .7.

Hab. Otago.

Patella unguis-almœ, Lesson; Voy. Coquille, II., p. 420.

This is the same as Tectura fragilis, Chemn.

Patella redimiculum, Reeve.

P. pottsi, Hutton; Cat. Mar. Moll.

Patella stellaris, Quoy and Gaimard.

P. octoradiata, Hutton; Cat. Mar. Moll.

Patella luctuosa, Gould.

This is the same as P. denticulata, Martyn.

Patella argyropsis, Lesson; Voy. Coquille, II., p. 419.

P. decora, Philippi.

Patella pholidota, Lesson; Voy. Coquille, II. p. 420.

N. argentea, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Quoy.

Patella argentea, Quoy and Gaimard.

N. earli, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Reeve.

Siphonaria obliquata, Reeve.

S. diemenensis, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Quoy.

Siphonaria inculta, Gould.

This appears to me to be S. zealandica, Quoy and Gaimard.

Siphonaria diemenensis, Quoy and Gaimard.

S. denticulata, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Quoy.

Siphonaria lœviuscula, De Blainville.

S. funiculata, Cat. Mar. Moll.

Marinula filholi, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Ovato-oblong, smooth, spire short; inner lip with three plaits, the posterior of which is much the largest, and the anterior the smallest. Outer lip without plaits. Pale purplish-brown, plaits white. L. .35; B. .2.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman; Massacre Bay—Dr. H. Filhol.

Leuconia obsoleta, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Small, thin, semitransparent. White with a thin brownish epidermis. Whorls four, very finely spirally striated in young shells. Columella rather flattened, anterior plait of the inner lip almost obsolete. L. .1.

Hab. Auckland—Mr. T. F. Cheeseman.

Corbula haastiana, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Sub-trigonal, very inequivalve, covered with a brown epidermis. Rounded posteriorly, obsoletely keeled anteriorly. Right valve very finely striated; the left deeply grooved; ventral margin sinuated anteriorly. Yellowish-white. H. .4; L. .4.

Hab. Lyttelton—Dr. J. von Haast.

Myodora plana, Reeve; Conch. Ic., fig. 3.

M. brevis, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Stutchbury.

Mactra deluta, Gould.

This is the same as Standella ovata, Gray.

Mactra rudis, Hutton; Cat. Tertiary Moll. of N.Z., p. 19.

Standella inflata, Hutton; Cat. Tertiary Moll. of N.Z., p. 18.

Recent dead shells have been found in Wellington Harbour.

Psammobia affinis, Reeve.

P. zonalis, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Lamarck.

Tellina subovata, Sowerby.

T. lintea, Hutton; Cat. Mar. Moll.

Capsella radiata, Deshayes; P.Z.S., 1854, p. 348.

Psammobia affinis, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Reeve.

Mesodesma lata, Deshayes.

M. elongata, Cat. Mar. Moll.; not of Quoy.

Mesodesma spissa, Reeve.

M. cuneata, Cat. Mar. Moll; not of Lamarck.

Venus calcarea, Gould.

Probably a worn specimen of C. yatei, Gray.

Diplodonta striata, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

Lucina novo-zealandiœ, Reeve; not L. zealandica, Gray.

Lucina inculta, Gould.

This is the same as Diplodonta zealandica, Gray.

Crassatella obesa, Adams; P.Z.S., 1852, p. 90.

Gouldia isabella, Hutton; Cat. Mar. Moll.

Mytilus latus, Chemnitz.

M. smaragdinus, Cat. Mar. Moll; not of Chemnitz.

Modiola fluviatilis, Hutton; Jour. de Conch., 1877.

M. securis, Cat. Mar. Moll; not of Lamarck.

I have specimens from the neighbourhood of Dunedin.

Avicula lurida, Gould.

Dr. von Martens appears to have made a mistake in putting this species into our list. Mr. Gould says that it comes from Fiji.

Avicula glabra, Gould.

Avicula fucata, Gould.

I have seen no specimens of either of these species, and believe the locality to be wrong.

Pinna. senticosa, Gould.

This is the same as P. zealandica, Gray.

Nucula sulcata, Adams, P.Z.S.

N, consobrina, Cat. Mar, Moll; not of Adams.