48 EDGAR A. iSMI'l'H. 



■^Rissoina shepstoiieiisis ii. sp. PI. YII, fig'. 16. 



'J'esta elongata, alba, subpellucicla, oblique costata, circa 

 basim anfr. ultimi transversim striata ; anf ractus 9-10, superi- 

 ores duo rotuiidati, la^ves, c^teri mediocriter convexi, costis 

 16-18 oblique arcuatis iiistructi, ultiuius costis flexuosis, 

 infra medium transversim tenuiter liratns; apertura obliqua, 

 subovalis, antice late sinuata; labrum extra valde incrassa- 

 tum, ad marginem tenue; columella obliqua, callo, supra et 

 infra labro juucto, induta. 



Longit. 7'5 mm., diam. 2*5 mm. Apertura 2 mm. louga, 

 125 mm. lata. 



Hab. — Port Shepstone (Burn up). 



The convexity of the whorls diminishes as the shell in- 

 creases, the upper ones having almost a turreted appearance. 



Vanikoro cancellata {Lamarck). 



Vanikoro cancellata LamcurJi : Tryon, 'Man. Conch.,' 

 vol. viii, p. 67, PL XXIX, figs. 60, 61;*^ Sowerby, 'Marine 

 Invest.,' vol. ii, p. 229. 



Hab.— Off Natal, 43 fathoms. 



■^Natica areolata Rechiz. 



Natica areolata Recluz, 'Proc. Zool. Soc.,' 184o, p. 206; 

 Philippi, 'Conch. Cab.,' p. 67, PI. XI, fig. 2; Tryon, ' Man. 

 Conch.,' vol. viii, PI. VI, fig. 23. 



Hab. — Scottsburg, Natal. 



■^Natica d e c i p i e n s Smith . 

 Natica decipiens Smith, 'J. of Malac.,' vol. xi, p. 34, 

 PI. II, fig. 23. 



Hab.— Port Alfred. 



Natica forata Reeve. 

 This species, wrongly quoted as of Eecluz both in the 

 'Thesaurus Conch.' and the 'Marine Shells of South Africa,' 

 according to Martens, is the same as N, pygmaea Philippi. 

 At present I am unable to concur in that opinion. 



