136 



Clavatula pungens. T. parva, fusiformis, cinerea, plicis 

 acutis ad 20 antice evanescentibus et liris 10-12 (quarum post- 

 suturali majori) plicas undulatim supereuntibus ornata ; anfr. 7-\- 

 rotundatis, ultimo in rostrum gracilem desinente : apertura parva, 

 piriformis ^ totius longitudinis testae ; labri sinu angusto, minime 

 profundo. Axis 9 ; diam. 3 millim. Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor, 

 in 10 fathoms, shelly sand. W. S. 



This shell has the aspect of Clavatula, and is very like to O. 

 debilis, Hinds ; but as the operculum principally characterizes that 

 genus, the generic place must be uncertain. 



Mangelia puea. T. parva, subgibbosa, fusiformis, lactea filis 

 exilissimis confertis versus apicem subgranulatis cincta ; anfr. 6-j- 

 convexiusculis, ultimo maximo rhomboideo, elongato ; sutura line- 

 ari : apertura angusta, ovalis ; sinu profundo fei'e clauso ; labro 

 simplici quadrato ; canali recto ; rostro sine constrictione. Axis 

 7 ; diam. 2 millim. Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor. W. S. 



This might perhaps come under the genus Cythara. 



Mangelia intaminata. T. parva, solida, fusiformis, coi-allina, 

 plicis tenuibus acutis ad 12 lyrata, et filis ad 5 quorum mediani 

 crassiori cincta ; anfr. 6-(- convexiusculis, ultimo rhomboideo, £ 

 totius testae superante, antice constricto, filis 10 (quorum uno post 

 constrictionem majori) cincto : apertura angusta ; labro incrassato, 

 crenulato, antice excurvato ; sinu parvo. Axis 7 ; diam. 3 millim. 

 Inhabits China Seas. W. S. 



Mangelia albicincta. T. minuta, elongata, ovato-turrita, 

 dilute rosacea, ad 11-undulata et filis ubique cincta (4 ad anfr. 

 ultimum quorum tertio albo) ; anfr. 7 rotundatis, apicalibus inorna- 

 tis : apertura angusta, sigmoidea ; labro varicoso intus 4-denticu- 

 lato ; sinu angusto, minime profundo ; rostro brevi. Axis 4 ; 

 diam. 2 millim. Inhabits Loo Choo Seas. W. S. 



Mangelia glareosa. T. minuta, rhomboidea, turrita, crassa, 

 calcarea, plicis elevatis ad 12 et liris transversis ordinatis quicquid 

 minoribus ornata, inde granulata ; anfr. 5-f- tabulatis : apertura 

 angusta, postice acuminata, £ totius longitudinis vix brevior ; labro 

 crasso, crenulato ; sinu minime profundo. Axis 5 ; diam. 2 millim. 

 Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor, in 10 fathoms, shelly bottom. W. S. 



