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Stat. 306. S°27'S., 122 54'. 5 E. Flores Sea. 247 M. Sandy mud. 1 Spec. 



The only specimen is a dead though rather fresh shell. I think it will scarcely have 

 lived at the recorded considerable depth. 



3. Fusus toreuma INIartyn var.? 



KniiELT. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. III, Fusus, p. 185, PI. 59, tig. 1. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69 — 91 M. Fine grey sand, coarse sand with shells and stones. 2 Spec. 



The shells are unfortunately very young and consequently the identification in a genus 

 where the npper whorls are often very similar, is far from satisfactory ; however they agree 

 with the upper whorls of a specimen in my collection, corresponding to the description and 

 figure of Kobelt (1. c). I could not compare a more typical specimen. 



4. Fusus rufinodis v. Martens. 



v. Martens. Sitzungsber. der Gesellsch. naturf. Freunde Berlin. 1901, p. 22. 



Die beschalten Gastrop. d. deutsch. Tiefsee-Exp. 1898 — 1899, p. 103, PI. 2, fig. 10. 



Stat. 251. 5°28'.4S., I32°9'.2E. Arafura Sea. 204 M. Hard coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Though the only specimen is not quite identical with a typical specimen I received for 

 comparison, by the kindness of Prof. J. Thiele, from the Berlin Museum, the differences are 

 only gradual, and in some parts the resemblance is so great, especially the ventral side is very 

 similar, that I don't venture to describe a new species and will only point out the differences. 

 The Siboga-specimen is larger, having a total length of 58 mill. instead of 47, it is a dead shell 

 and the five rufous lirae. that adorn the fresh specimen are wanting, however by transmitted 

 light I see traces of them, the concentric ribs, which are conspicuous in the type, are only 

 present in the upper whorls of the specimen under consideration, and are very faint on its last 

 whorl, on the contrary the hner sculpture of intermediate spiral- and growth-striae is more 

 conspicuous in the Siboga-specimen, and has a nearly cancellated appearance; an apparently 

 more important difference may be, that the canal is nearly straight and that the shell is slightly 

 more ventricose, but this may depend on age or sex; in the dorsal view on the quoted plate, 

 the canal is also nearly straight, more so than in the specimen from Sumatra: lastly the 

 aperture has the same grooves, but in the type I see between each two grooves a few lirae, 

 which are much less conspicuous in the Siboga-specimen, however they are present though only 

 as traces ; as however the peristome is thicker, I can lay 110 stress on this difference and think 

 after all, the two specimen must belong to one and the same species. 



5. Fusus Thiclci n. sp. PI. XIX, fig. 2; PI. XXIII, fig. 9. 



Stat. 300. io°48'.6S., I23°23'.I E. Timor Sea. 918 AI. Fine grey mud. 1 Spec. 



Shell fusiform, with conical spire and strongly curved canal. Whorls 8 or 9, the smooth 

 nucleus being incomplete, convex, with a sharply impressed suture. Sculpture consisting of 

 rounded concentric ribs, 14 in number on penultimate whorl, much fainter on last whorl, where 



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