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profundo ; rostro brevi, lato, contorto. Axis 12 ; diam. 4 millim. 

 Inhabits Oiisiraa. W. S. 



Much like the preceding ; but the color and relative size of ca- 

 rinai are different. 



Drillia eborea. T. parva, solida, lanceolata, ex eburneo 

 lutescens, striis exilissimis transversis ubique insculpta ; anfr. 

 8-f- supernis plicatulis, ultimo ^ totius longit. testae : apertura lu- 

 nata ; labro siraplici, crasso, antice angulato ; sinu crescentico ; 

 columella callo erecto munita ; rostro brevi, reflexo ; canali an- 

 gusto fere clauso. 



Shell small, solid, lanceolate, yellowish white, everywhere 

 densely and faintly grooved by transverse lines, most so near the 

 sutures, apicial whorls longitudinally folded; whorls 8-|-, the last 

 quite half the length of the shell : aperture narrow, lunate, 

 placed somewhat laterally ; lip thick, simple, with a slight sinus 

 near its posterior junction ; pillar with a thick, erect callus, quite 

 thick posteriorly ; rostrum reflexed. Axis 14 millim. ; diam. 



4 millim. Inhabits Kikaia Island. AY. S. 



This is a singular species, in structure much like Clavatula 

 felina^ Hinds, but in its aperture and canal approaching to Klein's 

 section Epidromus of the genus Triton. 



Bela turgida. T. parva, crassa, ovata, lactea, epidermide 

 corneo fugaceo induta, sulcis numerosis (28) longitudinaliter arata, 

 interspatiis duplo latioribus et striis confertis transversis insculptis ; 

 anfr. 6 curtis, ventricosis ; sutura profunda: apertura ovata di- 

 midiam totius longitudinis brevior ; labro simplici arcuato ; colu- 

 mella planulata, porcellana ; rostro angusto, curto. Axis 10 ; diam. 



5 millim. Inhabits Kamtschatka. W. S. 



Clathurella peregrina. T. ovato-fusiformis, solida, obscure 

 fulva, plicis obtusis ad 18, fills transversis (ubi plicas decussanti- 

 bus dilatatis) ornata ; anfr. 6-|- ventricosis : apertura f totius lon- 

 gitudinis lunata, postice rotundata ; labro acuto intus lamellato ; 

 canali brevi, angusto abrupte incepto. Axis 12 ; diam. 5 millim. 

 Inhabits Sydney Harbor. 



Closely allied to C. assimiUs, but less colored, and the strise 

 less crowded. 



proceedings B. S. N. H. VOL. VII. 22 OCTOBER, 1860. 



