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rufo-purpurea ; margine straminea, crenulata ; marglne cardinali 

 purpureo-maculata. Long. 6 ; alt. 5 ; lat. 4 millim. Inhabits Ousima, 



w. s. 



Looks like a miniature specimen of the variety of V. marica, figured 

 in Sowerby's Thesaurus f. 110, yet seems in all respects adult. 



Chioxe roscida. T, parva, elongato-ovata, compressa, glabra, 

 nitida, antice sulcis concentricis arata ; umbonibus vix antemedianis ; 

 extremitate antica satis acuta ; extrem. postica magis rotundata ; 

 margine ventrali lente arcuata ; lunula lanceolata, depressa, linea 

 impressa circumscripta : color lividus, radiis 2-3 et zonis concentricis 

 incarnatis variegatus ; intus ad limbum flavescens ; disco incarnato. 

 Long. 13 ; alt. 9 ; lat. 5 millim. Inhabits Harbors of Ousima, in 

 sand, 15 fathoms. W. S. 



A small, pretty shell, of the same type as C. lilacina. 



Callista glandula. T. tenuis, albida, ovato-cordiformis, ven- 

 tricosa, liris confertis concentricis tenuibus insculpta ; umbonibus vix 

 antemedianis tumidis ; facie dorsali utroque concavo ; lunula magna, 

 male impressa ; extremitate postica altiori, truncata ; margine ven- 

 trali arcuata. Long. 25; alt. 21; lat. 19 millim. Inhabits Hong 

 Kong. W. S. 



A small inflated species, concentrically striated like Dosinia, resem- 

 bling in form D. varians and limatula, but quite destitute of coloring. 



Cardilia gemmulata. T. minuta, solida, alba, quoad altitucli- 

 nem ovato-triangularis, sub-obliqua, striis concentricis ct radiantibus 

 decussantibus elevatis insculpta, intersectionibus nodosis ; umbonibus 

 acutis, uncinatis ; margine antica, fere verticali ; marg. postica primo 

 recta, deinde arcuata et in marginem ventralem semicircularem 

 desinente ; valvis satis convexis fere tectiformibus ; margine interna 

 undulato-dentata ; tabella ligamentali fere obsoleta. Long. 2 ; alt. 

 2.5 ; lat. 2 millim. Inhabits China Seas. W. S. 



This is the third species known, and well distinguished by its 

 sculpture. Only one valve was obtained. 



NucuLixA PRETiosA. T. minuta, oblique ovato-crescentica, 

 polita, nitida, fusco-viridis ; apice acuto, curvato ; margine dorsali 

 primo recta, dein valde arcuata ; margine ventrali incurvata ; ex- 

 tremitate rotundata ; pagina interiori virescente ; tabella cardinali 

 lata sensim retrorsum angustata ; denticulis binis subapicalibus, duobus 

 anticalibus, tribus post-apicalibus, laterali elongato, elevato, falcato, 

 albo. Long. 4 ; lat. 3 ; alt. 3 millim. Inhabits Simon's Bay, Cape 

 Good Hope. W. S. 



This curious shell greatly resembles an apple-seed, and seems to be 

 the only recent species yet obtained. One or more fossils have been 

 found in the Eocene, on which the genus was founded by Deshayes. 



