JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 273 



NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF SHELLS 



FROM LIFU AND UVEA, LOYALTY ISLANDS, 



FORMED BY 



THE REV. JAMES AND MRS. HADFIELD, 



WITH LIST OF SPECIES. 



Part II. 



By JAMES COSMO MELVILL, M.A., F.L.S., and 

 ROBERT STANDEN. 



(Read before the Conchological Society, October 14th, 1896). 



Murex (Ocinebra) brachys sp. nov. (PI. IX., fig. i). 



M. testa mitiuta, ovata, solida, pallide ochracea, anfractibtis 



sex, corrugatis, supernis spiraliter una/igitlatis, nodulosis, 

 ultimo (infract u undecim varicoso-costatis, cost is fimbriatis, 

 apud basim paullum prodi/cto, apertura ovata, labro extus 

 scruposo, iutus quadri-denticulato, columella recta. 

 Long., 6, Lat., 3 mill. 



A small, obscure species, six whorled, the upper whorls 

 (excluding the apical) being strongly once angled with prominent 

 nodules, the last whorl with eleven rib-like varices, which 

 are somewhat fimbriate ; at the base the canal is a little 

 produced, the aperture is oval, outer lip rough without, within 

 four - denticled, columella straight. Only one specimen. 

 (/3/xxxi's, short). 



Nassa (Niotha) rotunda sp. nov. (PI. IX., fig. 2). 



N. testa ovato-globulari, subcompressa, pallide ochracea, 

 ad apicem attenuata, anfractibus sex, duobus apicalibus, 

 l(Evibus,cteteris lotigitudinaliter arete recti-costatis, costis nodu- 

 losis, spiraliter liratis, apud suturas vitta ochracea spiraliter 

 decoratis, et impressis, ultimo anfractu ad basim compresso, 

 apertura rotunda, labro incrassato, iutus denticulato, canali 

 brevissimo, calloso-incrassato, ad basim extremam fulvo- 

 ochraceo suffuso. 

 Lotig., 6, Lat. 3 mill. 



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