DRILLIA. 207 
D. PaPILLosa, Garrett. Pl. 12, fig. 33. 
Whorls eight, slightly constricted round the upper portion, 
covered by large rounded granules; base contracted, spirally 
ridged; canal short, obtuse; sinus large, deep and rounded ; 
yellowish white, with three obscure light chestnut bands on the 
body-whorl. Length, 6 mill, 
Viti Islands. 
D. MINUTISSIMA, Garrett, Pl. 12, fig. 29. 
Shell minute, solid; whorls six, the spire moderate, covered 
with close granules formed by revolving lines decussating low 
longitudinal ribs; aperture truncated below; sinus large; red- 
dish brown. Length, 2 mill. 
Viti Islands. 
D. SUBAURIFORMIS, E. A. Smith. Pl. 12, fig. 35. 
Whorls well rounded, sometimes slightly angulated on the 
periphery, spire rather long, acute; obliquely longitudinally 
closely costate, crossed by spiral lire, the intersections becoming 
subgranulous; spiral liree more conspicuous at the base; lip 
thickened without, lirate or dentate within ; sinus wide; yellowish 
white, brown-banded at the suture, and lower part of the body- 
whorl similarly colored. Length, 9°5-12°5 mill. 
Japan. 
DPD. rexta, Dunker. . Pl. 9, fig. 42. 
Shell small, with close ribs and revolving striw; suture pro- 
found ; aperture slightly coarctate, outer lip thickened, sulcate 
within ; sinus wide ; yellowish brown, with a chestnut band below 
the middle of the body-whorl. Length, 8 mill. Japan. 
Perhaps a variety of the preceding species. 
D. FORTILIRATA, H A. Smith. Pl. 12, fig. 36. ° 
Whorls twelve, slightly convex, with ten or eleven coarse 
oblique ribs crossed by very prominent spiral lire, forming com- 
pressed large nodules; below the middle of the body-whorl the 
ribs become evanescent and the spiral sculpture finer and closer; 
sinus small; horny or dirty white, aperture horn-colored, some- . 
times slightly lirate within the outer lip. Length, 14 mill. 
Japan. 
D. Moquiniana, Montrouzier. PI. 9, fig. 43. 
Shell with flattened whorls, obliquely longitudinally costate, 
the costz fading towards the upper part and base of the body- 
