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polita, antico striis cincta ; vertice obtuso, impresso, imporforato; 

 basi acute rotundato. Apertura antrorsum dilatata ; labro vix 

 rediicto ; columella curta, iraperforata. Axis 4 raillim. ; diain. 

 2 millim. From China Seas. W. S. 



Cylichna consobrina. T. cylindracea, abbreviata, anticc 

 angustata, postic«'3 truncata, solidula, albida epidermide fugacis- 

 simo induta, transversim striatula ; vertice indentato, angulato. 

 Apertura angusta, recta, labro ad apicem planulato ; columella 

 abbreviata, torta. Axis 6 millim. ; diam. 2-\- millim. Taken 

 on the west coast of Jesso. L. M. Squires. Size and general 

 form of C. triticea, but less rounded at extremities and pillar fold 

 less obvious. C. corticata, Miill. is nearly the same. 



Action secale. T. parva, elongato-ovata, tenuis, straminea, 

 postice polita vel linea subsuturali insculpta, antice striis puncta- 

 tis cincta ; anfr. 4 tabulatis ultimo f long, test^ : apice obtuso. 

 Apertura ^ long, testae vix superans, auriculata, postice acuta, 

 antice bene rotundata ; columella conspicue torta. Axis 4 millim. ; 

 diam. 2 millim. From the China Seas. W. S. 



BucciNULUS STRiGOSUS. T. elhpsoidea, elongata, solidula, 

 sulcis volventibus punctatis arata, interspatiis fusco et albido cate- 

 natis, et fascia albida mediana, suturali et anticali ornata ; anfr. 5, 

 ultimo f long, testae adjequante. Apertura | long, testae, peran- 

 gusta ; columella profunde excavata. Axis 8 millim ; diam. 3 

 millim. Inhabits Loo Choo and Kagosima. W. S. 



Remarkable for its small size and slender form. Some speci- 

 mens are much shorter than others and nearly without the slaty 

 lines ; so that the species appears to be quite variable. 



Liotia solidula. T. ovato-conica, depressa, sohda, albida, 

 modice umbilicata ad 12-plicata, lira ad peripheriam, altera sub- 

 suturali, altera basali foveata ; umbilico dentato ; anfractibus 

 quinque. Apertura verticalis ; columella tenui, profunde abdita ; 

 labro crasso simplici. Axis 5 millim. ; diam. 8 millim. Dredged 

 in 25 fathoms off the coast of China. W. S. Allied to L. Pero- 

 nii and L. cidaris, but differing in the umbilicus. 



Liotia loculosa. T. parva discoidea, solida, cinerea ; anfr. 

 4 cito crescentibus, bene discretis, ultimo ad peripheriam biangu- 



