By W. L. MAY. 



393 



MAXGILIA SCHOUTENENSIS, X.S. (PL. XV., 

 FIG. 19). 



Shell solid, yellowish white, subfiisiform; whorls five, 

 rounded, including a large protoconch of two rounded 

 polished whorls; the other whorls strongly ribbed by 

 distant curved ribs, about 12 on the spire; on the body 

 whorl they disappear above the middle. The whole shell 

 is girt by numerous irregularly spaced impressed lines, 

 which pass over the ribs. ]\Iouth elongate, oval, with no 

 contraction for a canal; outer lip thin, curved, with a 

 moderate sinus at the suture, which bends the ribs; 

 columella straight. 



Length, 5.3 m.m.; breadth, 2.5 rn.m. 



Locality: Type from 40 fathoms three miles east of 

 Schouten Island, with 12 others. 



A shell of simple character, most nearly related to M. 

 delicatula Ten. Woods, the sculpture of which is similar, 

 but is easily separal^le by its few whorls and the very 

 different apex. 



DAPHXELLA PAGODA, X.S. (PL. XV., FIG. 20.) 



Shell fusiform, white, tinted with violet and yellow, 

 particularly between the ribs; whorls 6^, including a 

 rounded, smooth two-whorled protoconch ; the three spire 

 whorls spread flatly out from the suture to form a broad 

 shelf, and then curve sharply down and inwards to the 

 base, being far the widest at the angle; strong rounded 

 ribs, about 12 on the first whorl and 16 on the penulti- 

 mate, extend from the lower suture to the carena, where 

 they form a nodulous ridge, higher than the shelf, and 

 continue obscurely to the suture ; five or six insized spirals 

 corrugate the ribs; the body whorl is large, without ribs, 

 but has a number of sharp, distant spiral lirse; the peri- 

 phery forms a sharp angle, the edge of which is higher 

 than the fiat shelf, which is spirally lirate, and crossed by 

 fine curved lines of growth, corresponding with a shallow 

 sinus; mouth oblong, square above, produced anteriorly 

 into a short open canal. 



Length, 13 m.m.; breadth, 8 m.m. 



