BY W. L. MAY. 85 



is a rounded nodule. There are several smaller keels on 

 the base, corrugated by the ribs. Aperture large, nar- 

 rowed above and below, where there is a short canal. 

 Outer lip sti'ongly dentated by the sculpture, and thickened 

 by one of the axial ribs. Sinus sutural, distinct, sur- 

 rounded by a raised border. 



Length 3.3. Breadth 1.5 mill. 



Type, from 80 fath., off Schouten Id. ; four others, mostly 

 imperfect, from other places in deep water. Resembles 

 ('. modest a, Angas, which is much larger, more elongated, 

 with more spirals, and without the nodules. 



PL I., fig. 4. 



VEXILLUM PUMILIO, N. Sp. 



Very small, fusiform, yellowish, the central third of the 

 whorls paler. Whorls three, exclusive of a two-whorled, 

 smooth, pointed protoconch, which is brown and polished. 

 Adult whorls strongly ribbed, fourteen on the body whorl, 

 twelve on the penultimate. Aperture rather narrow, 

 especially in front. The columella bears three rather 

 weak plaits. 



Length 4.3. Breadth 2 mill. 



Habitat — Type, from 40 fathoms, off Thouin Bay, with 

 20 others, and from several other localities, from 10 to 

 100 fathoms. 



Remarks. — Related to V. scalariformis, Ten. -Woods. It 

 is about half the length, has a whorl less, a more elongated 

 protoconch, and narrower aperture, and is in every way a 

 less robust shell. V. legrandi, Ten. -Woods, is also a near 

 relative, but is a broader and more solid shell, with a large, 

 rounded protoconch. 



PI. I., fig. 5. 



MARGINELLA AURICULATA, Sp. Nov. 

 Shell very small, pyriform, yellowish white. The spire 

 is quite hidden. Aperture as long as the shell, and rises 

 very much above the summit, giving the shell a lopsided 

 appearance ; aperture linea, narrow, expanding at the 

 rounded front, Columella convex, bearing about 6 plaits, 

 of which the first two are much the stronger. The first 

 ascends nearly perpendicularly ; the second is very trans- 

 verse; the remaining four are small, of nearly equal size, 

 ^.nd widely spaced. Outer lip much thickened, with a 

 few small tubercles near the middle of its length, on the 

 inside. 



Length 1.8. Breadth 1.1 mill. 



