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oblonga, tenuis, pullide cinereo-fulvescens, acute costulata, costulis 

 filiformibus, parum nitens. Spira oblongo-attenuata, apice minuto. 

 Anfractus 6^ convex!, sutura impressa discreti, embryonales laeves, 

 sequentes remote et argute chordato-costulati, penultimus multo 

 densius costulatus, dorso subgibbosus, ultimus antice distincte planu- 

 latus, infra attenuatus, ad aperturam valde ascendens, dorso laxius 

 liratus. Apertura fere recta, circularis, columella intus obscure sub- 

 inflata. Peristoma continuum, undique modice expansum. 



Long. 2|, diam. vix 1^-, alt. apert. 1 mill. 



Hab. Espiritu Santo island. A single specimen found in the 

 aperture of Helicina Layardi, Hartm. 



The genus has not yet been recorded from the New Hebrides. 

 Some have been ascribed to '' Lord Howe's island, New Hebrides," 

 but this particular island is the one lying between the coast of New 

 South Wales and Norfolk island, although another islet in the New 

 Hebrides bears the name of " Lord Howe." The present species is 

 allied to Palaina Montrouzieri, of New Caledonia, but of different 

 sculpture. 



17. Omphalotropis conella Sykes (??) var. 



Testa minute umbilicata, conico-turbinata, solidula, castanea, haud 

 nitens, costulis cuticularibus verticalibus remotis, subobliquis, atque 

 lineis elevatis spiralibus parum conspicuis, infra peripheriam dis- 

 tantibus et validiusculis sculpta, carina peripherica et lira circa 

 umbilicum distinctis. Spira conoidea, obtusiuscula. Anfractus 6 

 convexiusculi, sutura impressa, ultimus medio angulatus, infra 5 

 liris spiralibus munitus. Apertura leviter obliqua, supra angulata. 

 Peristoma simplex, acutum, ad columellam subsinuatam vix ex- 

 pansiusculum. 



Long. 4^, diam. vix 3^, alt. apert. 2 mm. 



Hab. Espiritu Santo island. 



Only one specimen was obtained. This little shell is shaped like 

 Sykes' 0. conella, of which it may perhaps be considered a variety 

 or a fresh example; however it comes from a very distinct locality 

 and it may prove to be specifically distinct. 



18. Helicina Layardi Hartm. 



Hab. Espiritu Santo. All the specimens have a reddish band. It 

 is the form recorded by Mr. Mabille as H. Bairdi, and I am dis- 

 posed to share Mr. Sykes' opinion that it is simply a form of H. sub- 

 Icevigata Pfr. The sculpture is precisely the same, as described by 



