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The specimens sufficiently agree with the figures of Sowerby (Thes. Conch.) copied by 

 Tryon, better than with the other quoted figures. The genus, after Troschel's researches on 

 the radula has been commonly classified amongst the Toxoglossa. Pelseneer: Introduction a 

 1'étude des Mollusques, in: Ann. de la Soc. Roy. Malac. de Belgique, Tomé 27, 1892, p. 129, 

 has located the genus as a family between the Volutidae and Muricidae, consequently amongst 

 the Rachiglossa. Novv in 1903 Dr. Thiele (Die beschalten Gastrop. der deutschen Tiefsee-Exp. 

 1898 — 1899, p. 171) has found that the radula has only one row of teeth and no poison-gland, 

 and concluded that the genus should be located near Voluta. I have foliowed this view, though 

 not without doubt. I found an object agreeing in general appearance with what Thiele (l.c. p. 172) 

 has described as the maxilla, but the point is much longer and the basal wings are less developed 

 than in Thiele's figure (1. c. PI. 9, fig. 69); it seems likewise to consist of two cohering lateral 

 parts and is very finely striated, as is the case in Thiele's figure (l.c. PI. 7, fig. 69a). The 

 shape is shown in my plate, though I must confess, that it is merely a sketch, as the object 

 had suffered by boiling and was broken when I examined it. As to the radula, I have found 

 another complex, agreeing with the description of Troschel as far as concerns the separate 

 elements, called teeth by Troschel (Gebiss der Schnecken, Vol. II, p. 45, PI. 4, fig. 11 — 13); 

 their arrangement in the Siboga specimen has however more the appearance of consisting of 

 two lateral rows, at least they lay nearly spread into two bundies, one towards the left the 

 other towards the right side of a central line and at first give more the impression of being 

 the two halves of a widely expanded maxilla than of a radula. 



8. Cancellaria (Trigonosto)na) textilis Kiener. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. V, Cancellaria, p. 10, PI. 7, fig. 1. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. X, Cancellaria, fig. 28. 



LöBBECKE. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Cancellaria, p. 34, PI. 10, fig. 5 — 8. 



TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 81, PI. 6, fig. 3 [scalata pars). 



Stat. 71. Makassar and surroundings. Up to 32 M. Mud, sand with mud, coral. 1 Spec. 



The specimen being very young and small, I could not identify it. Mr. Smith after 

 comparing it with the British Museum-specimens, writes : "I think it must be the young of 

 textilis Kiener". 



9. Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) Vcrreanxi Kiener. 



Kiener. Coq. Viv. Vol. V, Cancellaria, p. 17, PI. 8, fig. 3. 



Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. X, Cancellaria, fig. 59. 



LöBBECKE. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. IV, Cancellaria, p. 69, PI. 18, fig. 7, 8. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 82, PI. 7, fig. 15. 



Stat. 71. Makassar and surroundings. Up to 32 M. Mud, sand with mud, coral. 1 Spec. 



The specimen is rather small, having a total length of only 12 Mill. 



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