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9. Two New Species of Marginella from South .(/'rim. By LEWIS 



J. SHACKLEFORD. 



MARGINELLA TOMLINI sp. nov. 



Shell. Four whorls rather obtusely conical, smooth and very polished, 

 pale straw-coloured, with no markings except two rows of irregularly 



J. S. Gladstone, photo. 

 FIG. 1. Marginella tomlial. 



x 2. 



J. S. Gladstone, photo. 



FIG. 2. Marginella. tomlini. x 2. 



oblong black spots on the body-whorl, the upper of which is continued 

 round the upper whorls, the spots becoming rounder and smaller as 

 they approach the apical whorls, which are plain and glassy. The 

 lower begins near the margin and ascends spirally on to the upper- 

 most plait. There are ten spots in this row, three of which are on 

 the plait itself. Spire raised only about 3 mm. above the summit 

 of the outer lip. Suture not impressed. Spire moderately convex. 

 Aperture long., 15 mm. ; lat. max. 3 mm. Margin moderately thickened. 

 Columella with four well-defined plaits, the upper two being nearly 

 straight and rather far apart, the lower two oblique. The outer lip 



