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MuREX Legeandi, n.s. 



Shell small, fusiform, turreted, elongate, with numerous 

 squamose spiny varices, of which there are upon penult, 9 ; 

 on last whorl, 5 ; whorls angulate, showing 2 angulate carinse 

 on upper whorls, and 9 more or less angulate on body whorl ; 

 interspaces between varices and carinse regularly cancellated 

 by longitudinal and transverse lirse, which become slightly 

 granular at points of intersection ; the uj^permost carina in 

 each whorl is sharply produced into a crown of squamose 

 spines where intersected by the varices ; the spines are 

 curved slightly upwards ; aperture entire ; anterior canal 

 produced into a long open arched and recurved canal ; outer 

 lip denticulate interiorly. Long. 18, lat. 8, long, apert. 

 8 mil. Rare, Table Cape. 



I have named this shell in honour of Mr. Legrand, who 

 may be well termed the father of Tasmanian conchologists. 

 The shell is easily known by its elongate appearance, and 

 from the fact that the upper carina in each whorl is alone 

 spinose. 



MUREX MINUTUS, U.S. 



Shell minute, white, shining, sub-fusiform, angulate ; 

 whorls (including smooth nucleus of 1| turn), 6 ; lower 

 whorls sharply angled at the crown by a row of bluntly 

 angulate obsoletely squamose varices, which are thin and 

 rib-like, and terminate near summit of whorl in a crown of 

 blunt squamose tubercles, 7 on last whorl and 11 on penult ; 

 interspaces rather widely cancellated by broad, flat, slightly 

 raised lirse, last two rib interspaces having 2 transverse and 

 6 spiral ; aperture entire, terminating in a moderately long 

 arched and slightly recurved canal ; inner lip not terminating 

 in a foliaceous rib ; outer lip thick, slightly reflexed, dentate 

 interiorly. Long. 8|, lat. 4|, long, apert. 5, lat. 2. Eare 

 (2 specimens) Table Cape. This is a very distinct species, 

 both in size and in ornamentation. 



FUSUS VITEEOIDES, Tl.S. 



Shell broadly fusiform, of six smooth whorls ; whorls sub- 

 angulate near the middle, and ornamented with about 17 

 obsolete ribs, which disappear near aperture, and also in the 

 upper part of each whorl, which latter is slightly concave 

 spirally ; apical angle aperture ovate-acuminate, narrowed into 

 shortly produced anterior canal ; outer lij) thin, simple. 

 Long. 42 mil., lat. 20 mil., long, body whorl 28 mil. Eare, 

 Table Cape. This shell is easily known by its size and the 

 absence of lirse. 

 Cancellaria Etheeidgei, n.s. 



Shell small, with produced spire and exserted nucleus ; not 

 umbilicated; whorls 5, convex, distinctlyribbed on U2:>per whorls; 



