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sejuncti, ultimus infra medium trausversim striatus, antice 

 leviter ascendens ; apertura piriformis, parva ; peristoma 

 continuum, margine dextro incrassato, extra subvaricoso, 

 columellari supra anfractum posito, tenui, intus in medio 

 oblique uniplicato. 



Longit. 7'25 mm., diam. 2"5. Apertura 2 mm. longa, 

 1-25 lata. 



Hab. — Port Sliepstone (Burnup). 



A glossy white shell with oblique stri^, which are stronger 

 at the upper part of the whorls than below, and with some 

 transverse striae upon the lower half of the body- whorl, those 

 quite at the anterior end being closer together than those 

 above. The inner lip might be described as a callus upon 

 the Avhorl, joining the basal margin of the labrumto its point 

 of insertion above. To the naked eye the shell looks almost 

 smooth and glossy. E. aclis, A. Adams, described origin- 

 ally as aPyramidella, is somewhat like the present species 

 in form, but is distinctly costate. 



■^ Eulimella minor Smith. 



Eulimella minor Smith: 'J. of Malac./ vol. vi^ p. 36, 

 PL III, fig. 3. 



Hab.— Port Alfred. 



* Eulimella nivea Smith. 



Eulimella nivea Smith: '3. of Malac./ vol. xi, p. 36, 

 PI. Ill, fig. 2. 



Hab.— Port Alfred. 



Astralium andersoni SmitJi. 



Astralium andersoni Smith: Sowerby, ' Marine Invest.,' 

 vol. ii, p. 230, PI. V, fig. 5. 



Hab. — Off south coast of Cape Colony, 36 fath. 



A good figure of an adult shell is given by Mr. SoAverby. 



