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Buccinulus strigosus. T. ellipsoidea, elongata, solidula, 

 sulcis volventibus punctatis arata, interspatiis fusco et albido cate- 

 natis, et fascia albida mediana, suturali et anticali ornata ; anfr. 5, 

 ultimo |- long, testa? ada?quante. Apertura § long, testa?, peran- 

 gusta ; columella profunde excavata. Axis 8 millim ; diam. 3 

 millim. Inhabits Loo Choo and Kagosima. W. S. 



Remarkable for its small size and slender form. Some speci- 

 mens are much shorter than others and nearly without the slaty 

 lines ; so that the species appears to be quite variable. 



Liotia solidula. T. ovato-conica, depressa, solida, albida, 

 modice umbilicata ad 12-plicata, lira ad peripheriam, altera sub- 

 suturali, altera basali foveata ; umbilico dentato ; anfractibus 

 quinque. Apertura verticalis ; columella tenui, profunde abdita ; 

 labro crasso simplici. Axis 5 millim. ; diam. 8 millim. Dredged 

 in 25 fathoms off the coast of China. W. S. Allied to L. Pero- 

 nii and L. cidaris, but differing in the umbilicus. 



Liotia loculosa. T. parva discoidea, solida, cinerea ; anfr. 



4 cito crescentibus, bene discretis, ultimo ad peripheriam biangu- 

 lato, costis ad angulos tubuloso-nodosisiyrato ; sutura crenulata ; 

 umbilico amplo, profundo, crenulato. Apertura circularis ; labro 

 reflexo quadricristato. Axis 2 millim. ; diam. 5 millim. Inhab- 

 its Loo Choo. W. S. 



Liotia fulgens. T. parva, discoidea, aureo-margaritacea, 

 lamina calcarea ochracea incrustata ; anfr. 3-4- cito crescentibus, 

 ultimo ad peripheriam carinis binis acutis rufo-tessellatis cincto, 

 interspatio concavo ; subtus crateriformis. Apertura ampla cir- 

 cularis inferior ; labro expanso, lobulato. Axis 2 millim. ; diam. 



5 millim. 



Inhabits St. Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope. W. S. Very 

 like Delphinida bicarinata, Ad. and Rv., which has a more ele- 

 vated spire and unequal keels. 



Liotia asteriscus. T. minutissima, solida, alba, conica, 

 costis elevatis acutis obliquis ad 20 sulco subsuturali sulco utro- 

 que ad peripheriam et sulco umbilicum ambiente aratis ; anfr. 

 4 convexis. Apertura circularis ; peristomate crasso duplici 

 radiante ; fauce margaritacea. Diam. 1.5 millim. ; axis 1 millim. 



