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callo erecto antice induta ; rostro fere clause. Axis 13 millim. ; 

 diam. 6 millim. Inhabits Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope. 

 W. S. 



Only a single specimen was found ; quite remarkable for the 

 contraction about the beak, and the embrasure-like pits near the 

 suture. 



Peristernia inculta. T. parva, solida, fusiformis, rufa ; 

 anfr. 8 convexis ad suturam declivibus liris inaequalibus cinctis et 

 fluctibus ad 7 ornatis, ultimo vix dimidiam longitudinis aequante, 

 costa basali inconspicua in dentem ad labrum producta ; rostro 

 gracili contorto. Apertura rotundato-ovata ; labro crenulato intus 

 denticulato ; columella leviter plicata ; fauce lutea. Axis 25 

 millim.; diam. 12 millim. Inhabits ? 



In the young stage, there is a long, delicate spine on the outer 

 lip, as in Leucozonia, which becomes obsolete with age. 



SiSTRUM PARVULT7M. T. parva, ovato-rhomboidea, fusco- 

 cinerea, longitudinaliter ad 9-plicata et costis 5 nodulosis cincta ; 

 anfr. 5 angulatis, supernis erosis, costa unica nodulosa cinctis. 

 Apertura angusta, lunata, dimidiam longitudinis testae adaequans ; 

 fauce fuscescente ; labro fusco maculato intus albo-dentato ; 

 columella polita. Long. 12; diam. 7 millim. Habitat Simon's 

 Bay. W. S. 



The color and nodulations are much as in S. tuberculatum^ 

 but the form is more rhombic, and the size much less. 



Nassaria curt a. T. parva, elongata, ovato-rhomboidea, 

 solidula, straminea ante suturam pallidior et fulvo maculata; 

 anfr. 6-|- ventricosis fills ad 8 volventibus et plicis ad 15 longitud. 

 ornatis. Apertura angusta ovalis ; labro incrassato intus dentic- 

 ulato ; lamina columellari erecta ; rostro modico, recto. Axis 

 10 ; diam. 6 millim. Inhabits Port Jackson. W. S. 



It is smaller than any species in the Cuming Collection, and 

 has a short beak. It is like N, carduus^ Rv., but has more 

 delicate waves. 



MuREX (Ocinebra) improbus. T. parva, rudis, rhomboideo- 

 fusiformis, lineis incrementi muriculata, cinereo-fulvida, strigis et 

 fasciis obscuris rufescentibus et cingulo albido ornata ; anfr. 6-|- 



