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A small, very compact globular species, attenuate, however, 

 towards the apex, the remaining whorls, which are compressed 

 at the sutures, being very closely papillose with regular longi- 

 tudinal papillary ribs, spirally crossed with lir?e, the canal is very 

 short, callous at the base and stained dorsally with darker ochre- 

 brown, mouth round, outer lip denticled within with teeth 

 that extend as striae some way into the aperture. Five specimens. 



Nassa (Telasco) Shacklefordi sp. nov. (PI. IX., fig. 3). 

 JV. testa ovata,lcevissima, Candida, polita, anfractibus septem, 

 paullum tumidulis, perhevibus, nitidis, ad suturas indistincte 

 ochraceo-maculatis, ultimo dorsaliter ad basim sub lente trans- 

 versim striatulo, et nolis clathratis immersis fere celatis, decor- 

 ate, clathris sub Icevissima superfcie infra suturas ct iterum 

 ad basim calcareis, interstitiis gradatis, ochraceis, apertura 

 ovata, labro extus paullum incrassato, intus decern denticu- 

 lato, et continuo-striato, dente vel plica suturali, margine 

 calumellari ad basim bidenticulato, peristomate vix calloso, 

 canali brevi. 



Long., 13, Lat. 5 mill, sp. maj. 



A polished white shell, usually seven whorled, most of the 

 many specimens are, however, somewhat worn or broken at the 

 apex, the aperture is ovate, peristome hardly callous, outer lip 

 thickened and much denticulate within, the denticles extending 

 in the form of striae far into the mouth. There is a sutural 

 tooth, and the columella is twice denticled towards the base, 

 the canal being short. Occasionally pale ochraceous transverse 

 spots exist round the sutures, and, dorsally, upon the last whorl 

 a beautiful latticed pattern is with a lens observable in the 

 smooth substance of the polished shell, this pattern being 

 absent in the middle of the whorl. 



We have great satisfaction in uniting with this species the 

 name of the Rev. Lewis Shackleford, who has rendered us great 

 assistance in many ways. 



N. (Telasco) ecstilba sp. nov. (PL IX., fig. 4). 



N. testa ovato-fusiformi, concinna, Candida, nitida, fere Levi, 

 anfractibus septem, duobus apicalibus, ceteris subturritis, 



J.C, \ Hi., Oct., 1896. 



