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An inflated Buccinoid species, very delicate and beautifully cancellate 

 throughout, which occurred not uncommonly at the above station in company 

 ■with so many other, mostly minute, but hitherto unknown, mollusks. 



DAPHNELLA EPICHARTA*, sp. n. (PI. D. fig. 10.) 

 1). testa minuta, subpellucida, tenui, oblongo-fusiformi, nitida, alba vel obscure 

 stramineo-diffusa ; anfractibus 6, quorum apicales 3 delicatissime sub lente 

 decussati, ceeteris paullum ventricosis, fere leevibus, sed irregulariter spiraliter 

 tenuissime liratis, ultimo anfractu interdum apud medium laivi ; apertura 

 angusta oblonga, labro fere recto, incrassato, albo, nitide, intus simplici ; 

 calumella recta, canali brevi, sinu perobscuro. 

 Long, 5, lat. 1*75 mm. 

 Hah. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 56° 54' E., 156 fathoms. 

 A minute but puzzling form. The sinus and other Pleurotomid characters 

 are so slightly expressed that it might at first sight be considered an JEsopus, 

 or even an Olivella. The delicate decussation of the apical whorls shows the 

 true relationship. It is somewhat frequent at the above station. Some ex- 

 amples are almost smooth, the apical lirse being more or less obsolete. 



DAPHNELLA HEDYA f, sp. n. (PI. D. fig. 11.) 

 D. testa fusiformi, pallide castaneo-brunnea, apicem versus, simul ac ad basim 

 delicate puniceo-tincta ; anfractibus novem, quorum 3£ subhyalini, castanee- 

 punicei, minutissime decussati, tribus his proximis variciferis, tribus ultimis 

 rotundatis, tumidulis, undique arctissime et pulchre clecussatis, ad juncturas, 

 gemmuliferis, gemmulis microscopicis, nitidis, supra, infra suturas, spiraliter 

 castaneo-maculatis, ultimo anfractu dorsaliter obscure bizonato ; apertura 

 oblonga, labro crassiusculo, intus lam, sinu haud profundo, canali paullulum 

 ad basim reflexo, puniceo tincto. 

 Long. 14, lat. 5 mm. 

 Hah. Persian Gulf, Sheikh Shuaib Island, 15 fathoms. 



Though at first sight this little species seems to present a familiar appearance, 

 it is really distinct from any specie3 hitherto recognized. Compare it with 

 D. patula, Rve., for instance : the chestnut markings are more or less similar, 

 but the whole texture of the shell is distinct, the minute gemmulifcrous 

 decussation, the elegant rounded whorls, the smallish oblong aperture present- 

 ing notable points of difference. 



DAPHNELLA EUPHROSYNE, sp. n. (PI. D. fig. 12.) 

 D. testa attenuata, gracili, albida, tenui ; anfractibus decern, quorum quatuor 

 apicales castaneo-suffusi, minutissime decussati, caiteris ventricosulis, un- 

 dique spiraliter arete liratis, liris gemmuliferis, nitidis, inoequalibus, numero 

 ultimum apud anfractum tres et viginti ; apertura anguste oblonga, labro 

 tenui, sinu haud profundo, canali apud basim producto, lato. 

 Long. 15, lat. 4 mm. 

 II ah. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 56° 54' E., 15G fathoms. 



* t i, iy, r, t T0 ' ; -> pleasing, 

 -j- nSus, sweet. 



