STYLIFER. 291 



S. APicuLATUS, Souverbio. PI. tl, fig. 44. 



Thin, very shining, translucent, subhj'aline white, apex milky; 

 whorls 10, very convex, with deep sutures, the five superior ones 

 slowly increasing, the others rapidly, thinly subobliquely striu- 

 late. Length, ITS mill. 



Neiv Caledonia. 

 S. Brazieri, Angas. PI. 71, fig. 47. 



Smooth, pellucid, white, polished; whorls 6, flattened just 

 below the suture, which is finelj', callously margined, apex 

 styliform. Length, 4 mill. 



Port Jackson, Australia. 



S. CuMiNGiANUs, Adams. PI. 71, figs. 48, 46. 



Spire acuminated, apex stjdiform ; whorls numerous, the last 

 inflated ; aperture short, the columella rather straight. 



Length, 12 mill. 



Hab. unknown. 



S. PYRAMiDALis, Reevc (fig. 46), figured but not described, and 

 no locality given, appears to be very similar. Deshaj-es 

 ascribes to it a shell from the Isle of Bourbon. 



S. SUBULATUS, Brod. & Sowb, PL 71, figs. 49, 50. 



Whorls 9-10, the superior ones styliform, afterwards rounded, 

 suture linear, lightly impressed. Length, 15-5 mill. 



West Indies. 



S. bulbi/ormis, Sowb. (fig. 50), is probably a s^-nonym. 



S. sPEciosus, II. Ad. PI. 71, fig. 57. 



Hyaline, sjDire attenuated and stj'liform above and somewhat 

 twisted, lower whorls inflated, somewhat straight-sided ; aperture 

 short, columella rather straight. Length, 16 mill. 



Mauritius, 

 S. Barroni, a. Ad. PI. 71, fig. 51. 



White, shining, semipellucid, apex mucronate ; whorls 7, con- 

 stricted, angulated above, longitudinally obliquely striated. 

 Length, 6*5 mill. 



Hab. unknown. 

 Found on a tropical asterias; evidently deformed. 



S. EXARATUS, A. Ad. PI. 71, fig. 52. 



White, shining, semipellucid ; whorls a little convex, trans- 

 versely sulcate, longitudinally lightly striate, suture impressed. 



