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riores Iteves ?, cteteri supra declives, leviter concavi, infra coii- 

 vexiusculi, costis tenuibus obliquis circa 20 et liris spiralibus 

 4-5 nodose cancellati ; costfe supra concavitateni obsoletas, in 

 anfr. ultimo antice infra medium desinentes ; cauda anfr. 

 ultimi oblique tenuiter striata vel lirata ; labrum extra vari- 

 cosnm, intus incrassatum, rufo bizonatum, ad marginem tenue 

 supra profunde sinuatum ; columella recta, rufescens, callo 

 tenui induta, supra unituberculata. 



Longit. 8, diam. 2.75 mm. Apertura 2'75 longa, intus 1 lata. 



H a b.— Durban (G. W. Westcott). Type in Brit. Mus. 



This species belongs to a group of Pleurotomoids, which in- 

 cludes rava Hinds, cardinalis Ere., zonulata Angas, etc. 



Daplmella ? minuscula n. sp. PI. VII, fig. 4. 



Testa minima, elongata, turrita, omnino succinea, spiraliter 

 cingulata ; anfractus 4i, apicales 1^ magni, la?ves, mammas- 

 formes, sequentes convexiusculi, cingulis spiralibus 2—3 cincti, 

 ultimus liris circiter 9 (interdum plus minus nodulosis) in- 

 structus ; apertura parva, longit. totius h hand »quans ; 

 labrum tenue, extra extremitatibus cingulorum fimbriatum ; 

 columella vix arcuata, callo tenui induta; canalis anticus 

 latus, recurvus. 



Longit. 3, lat. 1.25 mm.; apertura 1 mm. longa, "5 lata. 



Hab; — Four miles south of Port Elizabeth (J. Farquhar) ; 

 Port Alfred (Turton in Brit. Mus.). 



In some specimens the spirals are distinctly nodulous 

 through being crossed by conspicuous lines of growth almost 

 amounting to costellas. The spirals upon the body-whorl are 

 visible within the aperture through the pellucid texture of 

 the shell. The species belongs to the same genus as D. 

 sulcata, which was originally described as doubtfully belong- 

 ing to the genus Cominella. 



Marginella in gloria n. sp. PI. YII, figs. 5, 5a. 

 Testa parva, cylindracea, hyalina, zonis quatuor rufescentibus 

 obscure cincta, antice ad basim anfr. ultimi rufo tincta ; spira 

 brevissima, obtuse conoidea ; anfractus quatuor, apicalis 



