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quodammodo transversa ; columella cylindrica umbllico obvia. Axis, 3 ; 

 diam. 5 millim. Sea shore, Loo Choo. W. S. 



This pretty, depressed species may very likely belong to a distinct 

 genus ; but I find no other one which will better receive it. 



Margarita pintado. T. parva, ovato-globosa, depressa, tenuis, 

 cinerea ; anfr. 5 ventricosis juxta suturam planulatis, liris 5 volventi- 

 bus fusco et albo articulatis cinctis; basi rotundato, late perforate, 

 concentrice sulcato et articulato : apertura rotundato-ovata ; labro 

 tenui ; columella incrassata, nacrea, antic^ cuspidata. Axis, 4 ; diam. 

 5 millim. Inhabits Simon's Bay, Cape Good Hope, 12 fathoms, 

 sandy. W. S. 



Characters in many respects like those of Monilea, rather than of 

 Margarita. 



Gen. Monilea. Onmiatophori externi, liberi ; tubus analis ex 

 angulo postico apertura3 protrusus ; lobi cervicales valde fimbriati ; 

 solea elongata, lanceolata, angidi anteriores valde protracti ; cirrhi 

 laterales utrimque quinque quorum postici multo breviores. 



These characters are drawn from M. nucleses Phil, and have not 

 before been given, the genus having been established upon the shell 

 alone. 



Monilea apicina. T. parva, ovato-conica, tenuis, fills numerosis 

 subequalibus cincta ; apice et flammulis sparsis radiantibus rosaceis ; 

 anfr. 5 convexiusculis ad peripheriam obtusis ; sutura profunda ; basi 

 convexo, lineis incrementi nonnihil granulatis ; umbilico minuto, costa 

 callosa marginali et altera interiori cincto : apertura fere circularis. 

 Axis, 5 ; diam. 6 millim. Inhabits Port Jackson. W. S. 



Monilea vernicosa. T. parva, tenuis, depressa, orbicularis, 

 nitida, minutissime reticulata, virescens strigis saturatioribus ad 

 suturam et ad peripheriam quadratim dilatatis et superne cingulis 4 

 albo articulatis picta ; anfr. 5 convexis ad peripheriam subacutis ; 

 sutura profunda ; basi convexo ; umbilico profundo pallido intus ex- 

 cavato et plicato : apertura ampla ; columella expansa, antic^ angu- 

 lata, extus dentata. Axis, 4 ; diam. 6 millim. Inhabits Ousima. 

 W. S. 



Monilea nana. T. minuta, solida, ovato-globosa, albida; anfr. 

 4 ad suturam plicatis, ultimis liris granulosis 2-3 cinctis ; apice obtuso 

 levigato ; basi convexo, concinne striato ; umbilico satis magno, plicato- 

 crenulato : apertura circularis ; labro crasso ; columella tenui, anticd 

 dilatata. Diam. 2-4- millim. Inhabits China Coral Seas. W. S. 



Monilea inepta. T. minuta, solida, ovato-conica, fills (quorum 

 singulo eminentiore) articulatis rosaceis vel argillaceis cincta, inter- 

 vallis pallidioribus, regione suturali tessellato ; anfr. 4 -}- convexis ; 

 apice obtuso ; basi convexo ; umbilico modico, plicato, albido cincto : 



