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we hope, since several have been satisfactorily re-identified, 
others will follow. His plates, reproduced also by Tryon, 
are very clear, and should leave little room for doubt when 
comparison is needed. 
E. lineata Reeve.—In hundreds. 
E. mundula sp. nov. (PI. II., fig. 6). 
£. testa parva, oblonga, solida, alba, obtusa, anfractibus sex, 
longitudinaliter costatis, costis sulcis transversim decussatis, 
gemmulato-noduliferis, brunneo ochreogue alternatim pictts, 
apertura angusta, labro crasstusculo, brunneo hic tlic 
maculato. 
Long., 8 mill. Lat., 4 mill. 
ffab., Lifu. 
A few specimens of a pretty little shell, doubtless allied to 
£. lauta Reeve from the Philippines, but differing much in size, 
(being about half the diameter of Z. /au¢a), and also in greater 
obesity of whorl. 
E. phasinola Duclos.—Several specimens. There can be but 
little doubt that this species is not a Co/umbedla. 
E. rutila Reeve.—Very rare. 
E. spica sp. nov. (PI. IL., fig. 12). 
£. testa attenuato-pyramidata, solida, albida, squarrosé 
brunneo maculato, anfractibus octo, undique transversim 
denst-striatults, trregulariter costatis, costis subacutis, ultimo 
anfractu in medto conspicué angulato, apud basim attenuato, 
apertura augusta, labro extertore tncrassato, tntus denticulato. 
Long., 11 mill. Lat., 5 mill. 
Ffab., Lifu. 
A striking little shell, of which only one specimen in very 
fine condition occurred. Its nearest allies are 2. alveolata 
Kiener, and £. Reevei Tryon—alveolata Reeve non Kiener. 
It is white, solid, attenuate at both extremities, with irregular 
acutely noduled ribs, the nodules imparting a prickly angular 
appearance to the centre of the last whorl especially. The 
mouth is narrow, dentate on the interior of the outer lip, which 
is thickened in the manner characteristic of the genus; the 
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