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6. Two New Species of Marginella from South Africa. By LEWIS 



J. SHACKLEFOED. 



MARGINELLA KEBOCHUTA, n. sp. 



SHELL four to five whorls, fusiformly ovate, considerably recurved 

 at the base, pure white, very shining, no markings or sculpturing. 

 Spire obtusely conical, whorls somewhat tumid. Suture somewhat 

 slightly impressed. There is a callus which extends from the 

 shoulder up the whorls of the spire, giving the appearance of a slight 

 varix. Aperture long and narrow. The columella has four oblique 

 plaits, the two at the base being slightly grooved. The outer lip is 



bent back at the shoulder and at the base, and is feebly denticulated 

 within. Margin rounded and) broader at the shoulder and base than 

 in the centre. 



Long. 13 mm. ; max. diam. 7 mm. 



Hal. Cape Point (S. Africa), NE. N., 18 miles, 135 fathoms, 

 2 specimens, s.s. Pieter Faure. 



A pretty volute-like shell of the contour of zeyJieri, Kr., and 

 laevigata, Braz., but much larger than either. The specific name 

 is derived from the appearance of the shell, which looks as though 

 it had been moulded of white wax (o/|ooe and x ew )- 



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