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Columbella (Strombina) pungens. T. parva, lanceolata, 

 polita, ex stramineo fulvescens antrorsum pallescens, plicis numc- 

 rosis ornata ; anfr. 10 conicis, ultimo gibboso subito constricto ibi 

 spiraliter striato ; sutura inipressa : apertura angusta ; labro pos- 

 tice sinuato, incrassato, antrorsum attenuate ; columella? callo 

 in medio extruso, postice sinuato ; rostro longo, recurvo. Axis 

 10 ; diam. 4 millim. Inhabits Port Lloyd, Bonin Islands, com- 

 mon. W. S. 



A miniature representation of G. angularis, Sowb. 



Drillia tall ata. T. parva, lanceolata, lurida ; anfr. 10 

 postice abruptis, quisque carinam marginalem et fila (1-2) inter- 

 currentia gerens ; interspatiis concinne clathratis ; anfr. ultimo 

 subventricoso, filis ad 10 cincto, additis duobus minoribus in sinu 

 terminantibus : apertura £ totius longitudinis, angusta ; labro ex- 

 stante, sinu lato, profundo ; columella laevi ; rostro brevi, lato. 

 Axis 9 ; diam. 3 millim. Inhabits vicinity of Hong Kong, in 

 10 fathoms, shelly mud. W. S. 



Allied to D. violacea. 



Drillia reciproca. T. parva, lanceolata, flavescens retror- 

 sum lutescens et obscure stringata ; anfr. 10 convexiusculis, 4-5 

 carinatis (ult. anfr. 10-12) carina mediana eminentiore, interspa- 

 tiis clathratis, clathris intervalli postici alteris contrarie obliquis : 

 apertura £ totius longitudinis ; labro valde producto ; sinu lato, 

 profundo; rostro brevi, lato, contorto. Axis 12; diam. 4 millim. 

 Inhabits Ousima. W. S. 



Much like the preceding ; but the color and relative size of ca- 

 rina' are different. 



Drillia eborea. T. parva, solida, lanceolata, ex eburneo 

 lutescens, striis exilissimis transversis ubique insculpta ; anfr. 

 8-J- supernis plicatulis, ultimo J- totius longit. testae : apertura lu- 

 nata ; labro simplici, crasso, antice angulato ; sinu crescentico ; 

 columella callo erecto munita ; rostro brevi, reflexo ; canali an- 

 gusto fere clauso. 



Shell small, solid, lanceolate, yellowish white, everywhere 

 densely and faintly grooved by transverse lines, most so near the 

 sutures, apicial whorls longitudinally folded ; whorls 8-|-, the last 

 quite half the length of the shell : aperture narrow, lunate, 



