SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE MOLLUSKS. 47 



LATIRUS BAIRSTOWI Sowerby. 



Cat. No. 186740, U.S.N.M., one specimen from Port Alfred (Coll. 

 No. 99). 



Family FUSIDAE. 



Genus FUSINUS Rafinesque. 



FUSINUS OCELLIFERUS Bom. 



Cat. No. 98014, U.S.N.M., two specimens from Albany; Cat. No. 

 186741, U.S.N.M., one from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 100). 



FUSINUS CINGULATUS Smith. 



Cat. No. 186742, U.S.N.M., two specimens from Port Alfred (Coll. 

 No. 101). 



FUSINUS RUBROLINEATUS Sowerby. 



Cat. No. 163018 U.S.N.M., one specimen from 90 fathoms, off Cape 

 St. Blaize. 



Family BUCCINIDAE. 



Genus COMINELLA Gray. 



COMINELLA TIGRINA Kiener. 



Cat. No. 16990, U.S.N.M., two specimens collected by Archer at 

 Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 186745, U.S.N.M., three from Port 

 Alfred (Coll. No. 104). Cat. No. 272134, U.S.N.M., three from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



COMINELLA BISERIALIS Kuster. 



Cat, No. 36726, U.S.N.M., six from Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 

 43053, U.S.N.M., two from the same locality. 



COMINELLA PORCATA Gmelin. 



Cat. No. 90, U.S.N.M., one collected by William Stimpson on the 

 North Pacific Exploring Expedition at Simons Bay. Cat, No. 179, 

 U.S.N.M., one from the same source. Cat. No. 36729, U.S.N.M., 

 one from Cape of Good Hope. Cat. No. 87127, U.S.N.M., two from 

 Cape of Good Hope collected by W. Legrande. Cat, No. 186746, 

 U.S.N.M., one from Port Alfred (Coll. No. 105). 



COMINELLA PORCATA MULTILIRATA, new subspecies. 

 Plate 4, fig. 6. 



Shell a little more robust than typical porcata in outline, marked 

 by numerous closely spaced spiral threads. Inside of outer Up 

 evenly, closely, finely lirate. 



The type, Cat, No. 16986, U.S.N.M., comes from Cape of Good 

 Hope and measures: Length, 47.5 mm.; diameter, 28.3 mm. 



