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vorticiformi imperforato. Apertura angusta antrorsum ampHans, 

 basi subtruncato ; columella profunde arcuata callo valdc munita 

 subperforata. Axis 12 ; diam. 5 millim. 

 Inhabits Kago.>iima Bay. W. S. 



Haminea angusta. T. parva, tenuis, ovato-cylindracea an- 

 trorsum ampliata, obtuse rotundata, flavo-virens, striis transversis 

 insculpta ; vertice oblique truncato subperforato. Apertura an- 

 trorsum ampliata ; columella baud excavata, plica et callo carente. 

 Axis 6 ; diam. 4 millim. Inhabits Simodu. W. S. 



Resembles in size and form H. ambigua. 



Philine vitrea. T. modica, fragilis, vitrea, pellucida, irides- 

 cens, rotundato-ovata, depressa, undulis concentricis sinuatis 

 notata ; apice opaco vix indentato anfractum unicum exhibente. 

 Apertura amplissima ; labro postice rotundato ; columella acuta 

 absque plica interiorem testae patefaciente. Axis 10 ; diam. 8 ; 

 alt. 3 millim. Dredged at Hong Kong. W. S. 



Philine argentata. T. ovato-quadrata, compressa, tenuis- 

 sima, lucida, talcosa, concentrice undulata et lineis transversis 

 argentatis insculpta ; apice indentato, calloso labro postice late 

 exstante, antice subtruncato ; plica columellari obvia. Axis 6 

 mill. ; diam. 5 millim. Inhabits Hakodadi Bay in sandy mud, 

 2-6 fathoms. W. S. 



Very much like P. scutulum, Loven, except in its sculpture. 

 Distinguished from P. vitrea by its off-standing lip and silvery 

 grooves. 



ToRNATiNA APiciNA. T. minuta, cylindracea, elongata, alba, 

 lineis increment! tenuissimis insculpta ; apice mammillata ; anfr. 

 4, sutura canaliculata. Apertura f long, testte, perangusta ; 

 plica columellari obsoleta ; labro lateraliter viso arcuato. Axis 

 5 millim. ; diam. 2 millim. Inhabits Sydney Harbor. TV. S. 



The aperture is broader and the pillar fold less definite than 

 in T. fusiformis. 



Cylichxa villica. T. minuta, ovato-cylindracea utroque 

 subconica, albo et ferrugineo cincta, lineis volventibus insculpta 

 et postice concinne plicata ; vertice late perforato. Apertura 

 angusta, labro vix apicem excedente ; columella subperforata, 

 plica obsoleta. Axis 3 ; diam. 1.5 millim. China Seas. W. S. 



