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Aperture oblong-ovate, angular above, peristome moderately thin, sinuous above, without varix 

 or internal lirae, columellar margin smooth, enamelled. 



Alt. 13, lat. 5^4, apert. alt. 6, lat. 2 Mill. 



The specimen from Stat. 17S is very young, the largest one, which has served for 

 description, has the basal striae rather well developed and is from Stat. 45. I know 110 species 

 which is nearly allied, it resembles C. albziginosa Reeve in shape, not in colour and differs 

 by the ribs; as it is evidently a deepwater-species, these differences may be sufficiënt to keep 

 them doubtless separate. 



14. Columbella (Atilia) conspersa Gaskoin. 



GASKOIN. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 185 1, p. ir. 



Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. XI, Columbella, fig. 99. 



TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. V, p. 145, PI. 52, fig. jj, 80, 81. 



KOBELT. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. III, Columbella, p. 95, PI. 14, fig. 1, 2, 5, 7. 



Stat. 37. Sailus ketjil, Paternoster-islands. 27 M. and less. Coral and coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 47. Bay of Bi ma, near South fort. 55 M. Mud vvith patches of fine coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69 — 91 M. Fine grey sand, coarse sand with shells. 4 Spec. 



Stat. 240. Banda. 9 — 45 M. Black sand, coral. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 306. 8°27'S., 122 54'. 5 E. Savu Sea. 247 M. Sandy mud. 2 Spec. 



The specimens recorded above are more or less typical in shape, those from Stat. 306 

 are dead shells and probably have not lived at this considerable depth ; they agree in most 

 respects with Tryon's fig. 80, specimens from Stat. 51, if not bleached, are richly coloured, 

 those from Stat. 47 and 240 are nearly white, with faint subsutural and peripheral streaks. 

 They all agree in being smooth. 



var. örevis n. var. PI. XX, fig. 9. 



Stat. 47. Bay of Bima, near South fort. 55 M. Mud with patches of fine coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, West coast of Flores. Up to 40 M. Mud, sand and shells. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69 — 91 M. Fine grey sand, coarse sand with shells. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 260. Near North point of Nuhu Jaan, Kei-islands. 90 M. Sand, coral and shells. 4 Spec. 



Stat. 285. South coast of Timor. 34 M. Limit between mud and coral. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 286. 8°50'.2S., I27°2'.2E. Timor Sea. 883 M. Mud. 1 Spec. 



Shell smaller than the type, sometimes more ventricose, upper postnuclear whorls costate, 

 the ribs extending more or less over the subsequent whorls. 



Alt. from 5 y a to 9 1 /, Mill. 



Under this name I unite some small specimens, which agree in possessing rather convex 

 ribs on a few of the postnuclear whorls (specimens from Stat. 47, 50, 51, 285, 286, the latter 

 a dead shell) or extending over larger part of whorls (from Stat. 260) which are also very 

 ventricose and come nearest in length to typical specimens. 



var. nodosa n. var. PI. XX, fig. 10. 



Stat. 144. North of Salomakiëe-(Damar-)island. 45 M. Coral bottom and Lithothamnion. 1 Spec. 



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