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Anna/* <>f the Month African 



is white and smootli within and considerably curved. The plicae and 

 margin are also white. 



Long. 18 nun. ; lat. 9 mm. 



Hob. Cape St. Blaize (S. Africa) N. by E. i E., distant 68 miles- 

 105 fathoms, s.s. " Pieter Faure." 



Type unique in the South African Museum. 



MARGINELLA TAYLORI sp. nov. 



Shell. Subtriangular ovate, smooth, shining, colour pale cream with 

 a faint yellow band round the base ; spire blunt, the apex glassy ; 

 suture slightly impressed ; whorls 4, the last whorl rising distinctly 

 towards the aperture. 



J.S. Gladstone, phuto. 

 FIG. 3. Marginella taylori. x 4. 



J. S. Gladstone, photo. 



FlG. 4. Marginella taylori. x 4. 



Coluninella covered with a thin callus, with seven plaits, somewhat 

 oblique, the three uppermost almost obsolete, the others well defined 

 and rather far apart, the penultimate the largest, the last very oblique. 



Aperture narrow for two-fifths of the upper part, thence widening 

 as far as the base. Length of aperture 4 mm. ; greatest width 5 mm. 



Labrum moderately curved, thickened, finely lirate within, minutely 

 denticulated along its entire length and inflected backwards in the 

 lower part. 



Long. 5 mm. ; cliam. max. 2 mm. 



Hob. Cape St. Blaize (S. Africa) N. by E. E., distant 68 miles- 

 105 fathoms, s.s. " Pieter Faure." 



Two specimens, one broken, in the South African Museum. 



Named after Mr. J. Kidson Taylor (Buxton, Eug.), who has made 

 Marginella a special study. 



The apparent marking shown on the figures, especially the back 

 view, is due to the partial erosion of the shell. 





