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Daphnella deluta. T. parva, tenuis, fusiformis, flavescens 

 maculis ferrugineis zonata, striis elevatis exigue reticulata, trans- 

 versis aliquid majoribus ; anfr. 7-\- convexiusculis elongatis : 

 apertura longa angusta postice acuta ; labro inflecto intus denticu- 

 late ; sinu valde prof undo ; canali brevi, lato ; columella protracta 

 in medio tumida. Axis 20 ; diam. 5 millim. Inhabits China 

 Seas. TV. S. 



Ctthara lota. T. parva, ovato-rhomboidea, crassa, alba, 

 plicis acutis ad 12 lyrata et striis profundis (pra^suturali aliis ma- 

 jori) cincta ; anfr. 4 spiram abbreviatam efFormantibus, ultimo 

 antrorsum declivi : apertura angusta, dimidiara totius longitudinis 

 excedens ; labro crasso, inflecto, intus dentato ; sinu profundo ; 

 columella sulcis obliquis ad 7 insculpta. Axis 5 ; diam. 3 millim. 

 Inhabits China Seas. W. S. 



Clavatula pungens. T. parva, fusiformis, cinerea, plicis 

 acutis ad 20 antice evanescentibus et liris 10-12 (quarum post- 

 suturali majori) plicas undulatim supereuntibus ornata ; anfr. 7-j- 

 rotundatis, ultimo in rostrum gracilem desinente : apertura parva, 

 pyriformis ^ totius longitudinis testse ; labri sinu angusto, minime 

 profundo. Axis 9 ; diam. 3 millim. Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor, 

 in 10 fathoms, shelly sand. W. S. 



This shell has the aspect of Clavatula, and is very like to G. 

 debilis, Hinds ; but as the operculum principally characterizes that 

 genus, the generic place must be uncertain. 



Mangelia pura. T. parva, subgibbosa, fusiformis, lactea fills 

 exilissimis confertis versus apicem subgranulatis cincta ; anfr. 6-|- 

 convexiusculis, ultimo maximo rhomboideo, elongato ; sutura line- 

 ari: apertura angusta, ovalis; sinu profundo fere clauso; labro 

 simplici quadrato ; canali recto ; rostro sine constrictione. Axis 

 7 ; diam. 2 millim. Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor. W. S. 



This might perhaps come under the genus Cythara. 



Mangelia intaminata. T. parva, solida, fusiformis, corallina, 

 plicis tenuibus acutis ad 12 lyrata, et fills ad 5 quorum mediani 

 crassiori cincta ; anfr. 6-|- convexiusculis, ultimo rhomboideo, ^ 

 totius testae superante, antice constricto, fills 10 (quorum uno post 

 constrictionem majori) cincto : apertura angusta ; labro incrassato. 



