Notes on South African Mollnsca. 107 



tristanensis, nov. ( = nigra, Auctt., nee Kiist.). 

 velaini, nom. mut. ( = nigra, var. minor, Velain). 

 maindroni, Velain. 

 parva, Swainson. 

 filholi, Hutton. 



xanthostoma, H. & A. Adams ( = solida, Swainson; ? cymbasformis 

 Recluz, and Tlpatula, Lowe). 



I believe that I have examined every printed reference to these 

 shells, and append all of any considerable importance ; those which 

 I have omitted are of a more or less check-list nature. 



GENUS MAEINULA, King, 1832. 



Zool. Journ. v. 19. p. 313. 

 ( = Cremnobates, Swainson, 1855, pars.} 



MARINULA PEPITA, King. 



1832 '?? Melampus palulus, Lowe, Zool. Journ. v. 19. p. 289. D. 



,, Marinula pepita, King, Zool. Journ. v. 19. p. 344. D. 



1841 Auriculanigra,Ph\L,KvLster,Gonch. Cab. p. 23.Pl.III,f.4,5. D.F. 

 ,, ,, marinella, King, Kiister, Conch. Cab. p. 24. PI. Ill, 



f. 4, 5. D.F. 



1842 pepita, King, Eve., Conch. Syst. ii. PL CLXXXVII, 



f. 1. F. 



1854 Marinula marinella, King, Ads., P.Z.S. p. 35. 

 ., ,, callaoensis, Petit, Ads., P.Z.S. p. 35. 



1856 ,, nigra, Phil, (pars) ( = marinella and callaoensis), Pfr., 



Mon. Auric, p. 61. D. 



1857 ,, ,, Pfr., Cat. Auric, p. 45. D. 



1878 Auricula rjepita, King ( = nigra, Phil.), Sow., Conch. Icon. 



PL V, f. 33. D.F. 



Shell small, conic-ovate, imperforate, fairly solid, blackish-brown, 

 interior rather milky. Spire produced, moderately acute, a little 

 shorter than the aperture, apex very small, but sharp. Whorls 4, 

 slightly convex, rapidly increasing, very faintly striate parallel to the 

 lines of growth. Suture well marked but shallow. Aperture ovate, 

 outer margin sharp, simple, edentulate ; inner margin very slightly 

 paler than exterior of shell, furnished with 3 white dental processes ; 

 (i) a prominent, slightly incurved, receding tooth about 3 mm. 

 from, and parallel to, the outer lip ; (ii) a smaller, straight tooth 

 at right angles to its base, nearly half-way between the foregoing 



