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E. cumingii A. Adams. PI. 63, fig. 9. 



Small, ovate, opaque, cancellated with radiating longitudinal rib- 

 lets and thick concentric lines ; cancelli transverse, elongate ; ribs 

 nodulous, subequal, prominent, distant ; two front ones diverging, 

 interstices having two riblets ; perforation elousrate, subquadrate. 

 (Ad.) 



Eastern Seas. 



R. cumingii Ad., P. Z. S. 1851, p. 227. — Adams in Thes. p. 210, 

 t. 245, f. 1. 



E. propinqua A. Adams. PI. 64, fig. 29. 



Small, elongate-oval, with subdistant, prominent roughened radi- 

 ating riblets, interstices deeply cancellated ; cancelli transverse, 

 subquadrate ; two anterior riblets converging anteriorly, joined at 

 the margin of the aperture ; perforation narrow-oval, acuminate in 

 front. (Ad.) 



Catapan, Philippines. 



R. propinqua Ad., P. Z. S. 1851, p. 227, no. 4. — Ad. in Thes. iii, 

 p. 210, f. 2. 



E. mariei Crosse. PI. 22, figs. 34, 35, 36. 



Shell elongate-ovate, thin, subopaque, with radiating subnqdose 

 ribs, cancellated with close concentric riblets, making nodes where 

 they cross the radii ; pale huffish-tawny ; apex a little obtuse, fissure 

 .elongate-subquadrate, margined within. Inside smooth, shining; 

 muscle-scar scarcely apparent; margin subdenticulate. 



Length 41, width 3, alt. 2 mill. (Crosse.) 



Noumea, New Caledonia; very rare under stones. 



Rimula mariei Crosse, Journ. de Conchyl. 1866, p. 167, t. 5, f. 7. 



E. verrieri Crosse. PI. 63, figs. 20, 21, 22. 



Shell oval, thin, perceptibly translucent, having radiating alter- 

 nately larger and smaller ribs, crossed by quite elevated lines, 

 arched inward in the interstices of the ribs. ' Color a dull grayish- 

 white. Summit recurved, blackish-gray. Perforation elongated, 

 narrowly oval. Aperture oval, gray-whitish, blackish in the mid- 

 dle. Margins denticulate. Length a little more than 7, width 4$, 

 alt. 3 mill. (Crosse.) 



Noumea, New Caledonia. 



Rimula Verrieri Crosse, Journ. de Conchyl. xix, 1871, p. 205; 

 I. c. 1872, p. 68, t. 2, f. 8. 



