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convex, the upper three rather narrow, last three rather wide, 

 the penultimate slightly larger than the preceding, half as long 

 as the last at aperture; last whorl long, tapering below. Suture 

 slightly impressed, broadly margined, slightly oblique, sub- 

 horizontal at the aperture. Aperture long, narrow, slowly 

 tapering upward, rounded at base, parietal wall and columella 

 short, at the base truncate, lying nearly in a straight line, outer 

 margin vertical, produced in the middle. Length, 6.5, diam. 

 2, aperture 3 mm. (Westerl.). 



Malta: Cape Attard, under stones in Died Encita. 



Cacilianella gattoi WESTERL. in GATTO, The Mediterranean 

 Naturalist, ii, p. 227, Aug. 1, 1892. Cionella (C.} gattoi 

 WESTERL., Nachrichtsblatt d. Deutchen Malak. Ges. , Dec., 

 1892, p. 195. 



20. C. MELITENSIS Gatto. 



Shell sub-subulate, slowly tapering almost to the base, rather 

 obtuse, hyaline, striatulate. Whorls 6, scarcely convex, rather 

 slowly increasing, the penultimate slightly longer than the pre- 

 ceding whorl, and about equal to the last, Suture oblique, 

 margined. Aperture about a third the total length, narrowly 

 ovate, rounded at base, shortly acuminate upward; parietal 

 wall almost straightly descending; columella rather more strongly 

 arcuate, truncate below, not reaching to the base. Outer lip 

 strongly arched forward. Length 3.66 to 4, diam. 1.25 mm. 

 (WesterL). 



Malta: in flower-pots, gardens, house yards, etc. 



Ccedliandla melitensis GATTO, The Mediterranean Naturalist, 

 ii, p. 227, Aug., 1892. Cionella (Ctecilianella^ melitensis Gatto, 

 insc., WESTERL., Nachrbl., Dec., 1892, p. 196. 



21. C. POLLONERJE Gatto. 



Shell subulate, slowly oblong-tapering to the base, slightly 

 obtuse, hyaline, densely striate. Whorls 7, a trifle convex, 

 the upper two minute, the rest elongate, the penultimate and 

 last equal, a little larger than the antepenultimate whorl. 

 Suture very oblique, margined. Aperture one-fourth the total 

 length, outwardly subvertical, strongly sinuate between the 

 slightly convex parietal wall and the thin, short columella 



