BY C. IIKDLEY. 441 



miuent, rather elongate gemmules, set in two rows of about nine- 

 teen beads to a whorl, spirally strung on a band of half their 

 height, and within the whorl linked from row to row, thus 

 enclosing deep meshes in the interstices. Upon the contracted 

 base are two additional and successively diminishing bead-rows. 

 Apeiture small, subquadrate. Length (with broken apex) 2'35; 

 breadth 1*25 mm. 



A fe\v imperfect specimens from 5-10 fathoms, off the Hope 

 Islands. 



Cekitiiiopsis telegkaphica, n.sp. 



(Plate xl., fig 56.) 



Shell small, solid, elongate-ovate. Colour chestnut on the last 

 ■whorls, fading to cream oa the earlier, and to white on the pro- 

 toconch. Whorls six, exclusive of a smooth subulate protoconch 

 of several whorls. Sculpture : on each whorl two rows of large 

 prominent gemmules, divided by a broad and deep furrow. The 

 gemmules are about sixteen to a whorl; transversely they are 

 distributed in vertical rows, upper series elongate in a radial 

 direction, as if two series were joined together, the lower ones 

 round. The protoconch seems like that of C ridicula, but none 

 are complete in the series before me. Base with two spiral cords. 

 Aperture subquadrate, canal short. Length 2-1; breadth 0*95mm. 



A few imperfect specimens from 5-10 fathoms, Hope Islands. 

 The recognition-mark of this species is the upper row of elongate 

 gemmules, followed by a series of round gemmules. A fanciful 

 reserablaace to the Morse code of dots and dashes suggested a 

 jiame. 



Cerithiopsis tribulationis, n.sp. 



(Plate xL, fig.57.) 



Shell small, cylindro-conic. Colour uniform pale cinnamon. 

 Whorls six, and a crooked, subulate prodissoconch of three and 

 one-half smooth whorls. Sculpture : three rows of gemmules to 

 a whorl, linked spirally and vertically to enclose small deep 

 meshes in the interstices. The uppermost gemmule-row is rather 

 iarger than its fellows, and, by contrast with the deep sutural 



